NBA Finals

The girlfriends and wives of the Celtics and Warriors are out in full force for the NBA Finals!!!

These WAGs will be out in full force for the rest of the Finals ... 'cause this one's heating up. The Celtics and Warriors are currently duking it out in an intense series ... but let's take a second to show love for the wives and girlfriends of the NBA Finals!! Draymond has admittedly played like "s***" at points this series ... but his wife has been there for her man through it all. Damion Lee's wifey is Sydel Curry-Lee, a 27-year-old volleyball player ... who also happens to be the sister of his teammate, Steph. Steph is already a 3-time NBA champ ... but his wife will certainly be cheering for him as he tries to capture his first Finals MVP. Celtics And Warriors WAGs Steal The Spotlight ... At NBA Finals

The night demanded not just precision and concentration, but an extra something only a special few can summon.

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Steph Curry reveals whether he thinks his Game 4 performance was his best Finals game ever.

“We rely on Draymond bringing that energy and fire throughout the course of the season year after year. I wanted to try to leverage that in a positive direction for us to start the game.” Curry came out with an energy like it was a do-or-die game and scored 19 first-half points.

Even though the Golden State star had 31 points in a Boston victory, he had just two points in the fourth quarter, and in certain corners of the NBA ecosystem, ...

Neither team has won consecutive games in this series, and for the Warriors to win the title, they need to do that. Boston’s philosophy is to make the game difficult for Curry on both ends. "Those are the times where you can be a little bit more aggressive, try to, let's say, force the issue a little bit," Curry said. He made 14-of-26 shots, 7-of-14 on 3s, 8-of-9 from the free throw line, and for the series, he is averaging 34.3 points and shooting 50% from the field and 49% on 3s. His consecutive baskets, including a 3 with 1:42 left in the game, gave the Warriors a 100-94 lead. "If they get the win, they take control of series."

BOSTON (AP) — For three quarters, the Boston Celtics responded to nearly every punch the Golden State Warriors threw at them.

“But it’s the Finals. The art of competition, they came here feeling like they had to win. I think that’s kind of the beauty of it, that it’s not going to be easy. “I know I’m impacting the game in other ways, but I got to be more efficient, shoot the ball better, finish at the rim better.” “Whether it was rushed shots in traffic or ... standing around and looking at each other a little bit there.“ “They went on a run early on in the third. I got to be better,” Tatum said.

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The Celtics looked more composed speed and pace wise, particularly in the first half, but were prone to turnovers. But as a three-time NBA champion coach, Kerr has been in difficult situations before and he backed his judgement by making big calls at the right times. It worked as the Warriors fought from behind to take the lead and never relinquished it. The Warriors had various aspects they were looking to improve on coming in and they ticked every box. But Boston, despite some big plays from that pair and from Robert Williams III on the defensive end, did not have enough. Andrew Wiggins pulled down the most boards of his career, 16 of them, to go with 17 points.

The night demanded not just precision and concentration, but an extra something only a special few can summon.

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Steph Curry produced a 43-point masterpiece Friday to will the Golden State Warriors to a 107-97 Game 4 victory over the Boston Celtics and level the series ...

"It's just special to watch what he does," Thompson added. "I mean, this was nearly a must-win game," Thompson told reporters. But it wasn't just his remarkable efficiency in front of a raucous Boston crowd that made this performance special.

BOSTON — Stephen Curry scored 43 points to lead the Golden State Warriors to a 107-97 victory over the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Friday…

The amped-up crowd spent much of the game booing Warriors big man Draymond Green, chanting an obscenity at him that is usually reserved for Bucky Dent, and jeering his many misses. There was a blank rectangle where the 18th would go. The Celtics missed six straight shots during that span.

In a demonstrative and dominating performance that was one of the best of his postseason career, Stephen Curry scored 43 points to lead the Golden State ...

Williams was listed as questionable coming into the game with the knee injury that kept him out at the end of the regular season and the start of the playoffs. Boston's got the best defence in the league -- huge and powerful at every position, and for Steph to take that kind of pressure all game long and still be able to defend ... I think this is the strongest physically he's ever been in his career." The amped-up crowd spent much of the game booing Green, chanting an obscenity at him that is usually reserved for Bucky Dent, and jeering his many misses. "I could tell in his demeanor, last couple of days, even after Game 3 that he was going to come out with that kind of fire." Curry was more demonstrative than usual, raising his arms after failing to get a foul call, interacting with the sold-out TD Garden crowd and flexing to celebrate a big Warriors basket. Curry's foot was an issue coming into the night after Boston's Al Horford landed on it late in Game 3. "The things he does, we kind of take for granted at times, to go out there and put us on his back. "I felt like we just had to let everybody know that we were here tonight," Curry said. Marcus Smart, who scored 18 points, hit a 3-pointer to give the Celtics a 94-90 lead with just over five minutes remaining. It was the second-most points he's scored in the NBA Finals. Andrew Wiggins had 17 points and 16 boards for the Warriors, who have won at least one road game for an NBA-record 27 consecutive playoff series since 2013. "We had to do it the difficult way," said Celtics coach Ime Udoka, whose team is 7-0 after losses in the 2022 postseason.

The NBA Finals return to Chase Center for a pivotal Game 5 matchup between the Warriors and Celtics.

Marcus Smart, Derrick White and Al Horford also have had their moments offensively for the Celtics in the Finals, who as a team are shooting 49 percent in their wins and 39 percent in their losses. He’s averaging 34.3 points while shooting over 49 percent (both overall and on 3-pointers), and he’s made no fewer than five threes in any game in these Finals. Should he keep up at this pace, this will be Curry’s highest scoring performance in his NBA Finals career, and the third highest scoring postseason series overall. He’s averaging 3.0 blocks per game and has the second best average plus-minus rating (+5.0) among players who play at least 15 minutes a game in this series, trailing only Looney. The Celtics have been the best road team during this postseason, and they’ll need that to ring true at least one more time to keep their Championship hopes alive. AST: Tatum (6.2) Wiggins has been dealt the tough task of defending Boston’s All-NBA star Jayson Tatum. And just as he did against Luka Doncic in the Western Conference Finals, Wiggins is making Tatum work for everything he gets in The Finals. Tatum is averaging 22.3 points while shooting 34.1 percent from the field, down from the 27.0 points on 44.6 percent shooting he had through the first three rounds of the postseason. In fact, the Warriors have outscored the Celtics by a single point (422-421) through the first four games. Curry made seven threes in the game and Andrew Wiggins had 17 points and a career-high 16 rebounds in the win, which tied the series up at 2-2. AST: Green (6.2) Stephen Curry had 43 points and the Warriors ended a tightly contested game with a 17-3 run to win Game 4, 107-97, in Boston on Friday night. The Warriors have won the third quarter in each of the first four games of the series and are a cumulative plus-49 in that period for the series, but Boston rode dominant fourth quarters to each of their wins in Games 1 and 3. AST: 27.2 (1st) The Dubs have gone 10-1 at home this postseason, and with three games at most left in the series, the Warriors can and will use any edge they can with each team two wins away from an NBA Championship. If Monday’s Game 5 plays out anything like the first four games, it will be decided in the second half, as the team who has won the second half has won each of the first four games in the series.

The doting dads of the Boston Celtics outwardly showing affection for their sons on the NBA Finals stage may represent a moment of progress.

“All I see is Black fathers," she said. Whether it’s Jayson Tatum’s son Deuce, Al Horford’s son Ean or Derrick White’s son Hendrix – whose arrival last month forced his dad to miss a playoff game – attentive, always-present fathers are as common in the Celtics workplace culture as a three-point field goal. The doting dads of the Boston Celtics outwardly showing affection for their sons on the NBA Finals stage may represent a moment of progress to a societal ill once highlighted by then-presidential candidate Barak Obama.

Jayson Tatum accepted responsibility for the Boston Celtics' Game 4 loss to the Golden State Warriors on Friday night, which leveled the 2022 NBA Finals at ...

"But it's the Finals. The art of competition, they came here feeling like they had to win," he said. "We obviously felt like we put ourselves in the position to win the game," Tatum said. I think that's kind of the beauty of it, that it's not going to be easy. "I know I'm impacting the game in other ways, but I got to be more efficient, shoot the ball better, finish at the rim better. I think we just got way too stagnant late in the fourth from everybody." I got to be better," the three-time All-Star told reporters.

Through four games, Green is averaging 4.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 5.8 assists. His average points per game changed drastically from the rest of the Warriors' ...

It’s not the toughest thing I’ve had to deal with in my life thus far. The Warriors ended up winning 107–97 to tie the series at two games a piece. the Mavericks, for example, the forward averaged 10.6 points per game, even scoring 17 points in Game 5 to help secure Golden State’s spot in the finals. The short answer is, she doesn’t know. In the conference finals vs. His average points per game changed drastically from the rest of the Warriors’ playoff series thus far.

Warriors' Draymond Green saw his mom's tweet and agreed that he hasn't played well in the NBA Finals.

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SportsLine's projection model simulated Game 5 of Boston Celtics vs. Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals 2022 10000 times.

Visit SportsLine now to find out which side of the spread you need to jump on, all from the model that has crushed its NBA picks, and find out. That mark improves to more than 1.19 points per possession in postseason home games, and the Warriors are also holding the Celtics to just 45.7 percent 2-point shooting in the 2022 NBA Finals. Celtics? And which side of the spread hits in well over 60 percent of simulations? The model also says one side of the spread hits in well over 60 percent of simulations. That overall profile was buoyed by 43 points, 10 rebounds and seven 3-pointers in Game 4, and Curry is virtually impossible for any opponent to stop. The Celtics are also limiting opponents to only 20.5 assists per game, and Boston's versatile defensive approach regularly flummoxes opponents. Here are several NBA odds and betting trends for Celtics vs. The Celtics are averaging 26.8 assists per game, assisting on a whopping 71.3 percent of field goals against the Warriors. Boston is also shooting 42.4 percent from 3-point range and securing 29.7 percent of available offensive rebounds. Before locking in any Celtics vs. The Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors face off in a pivotal Game 5 matchup on Monday evening. Celtics picks and NBA playoff predictions. The model enters the second week of the 2022 NBA Finals on a stunning 88-60 roll on all top-rated NBA picks, returning over $2,100.

Warriors star Draymond Green just hasn't been himself in the 2022 NBA Finals. He has been so underwhelming that he actually has more fouls (18) than points ...

I had to keep my head in the game and whenever I went back in, try to make some plays. "Maybe this is a CLONE! Lmbo WHERE IS THE Draymond that helped get us here!! "Please ppl stop asking me what’s wrong with Dray… I DONT KNOW," she tweeted.

Draymond Green and his play has become unrecognizable – even to his mom – during this year's NBA Finals.

I had to keep my head in the game and whenever I went back in, try to make some plays. Green is shooting an abysmal 23 percent from the field and hasn’t made more than two field goals in any of the four Finals games. “I’m not going to sit here and act like I was thrilled.

On Friday, Draymond Green met with the media after the Golden State Warriors beat the Boston Celtics by a score of 107-97 to take Game 4 of the NBA Finals.

- SHOULD THE BUCKS MAKE A TRADE? The Milwaukee Bucks lost Game 7 to the Boston Celtics, which officially ended their 2021-22 NBA season in the second-round. "Came out and showed why he's one of the best players to ever play this game," Green said of Curry. Steph Curry erupted for 43 points in the big win, and afterwards Draymond Green spoke about Curry when he met with the media.

Nothing is easy against the Celtics, but a legendary Curry Flurry kept Golden State alive.

Curry said that, even though Golden State had a poor start offensively, the tone of the game was completely different from the previous one: "It wasn't a perfect first quarter, but we gave ourselves enough life." There were also Games 2 and 5 of the Finals, both in Toronto, both narrow, gutsy victories against an opponent that was ahead in the series and pulling out every defensive trick in the book. The Celtics' defense blends the best attributes of those Rockets (switchability) and those Raptors (intelligence). It has pushed Kerr to an uncomfortable place, where every lineup decision is a bet on Golden State either circumventing a spacing issue or scrounging up just enough stops to survive. That was its first experience on this stage, and it was down 2-1 against the Cleveland Cavaliers before it won three straight. Looney's layup turned a one-possession game into a two-possession game, and it deflated a crowd that was ready to explode. "The heart on that man is incredible," Thompson said.

Take a closer look at Golden State's 107-97 win over Boston in Game 4 to tie the Finals at 2-2 with a deep dive into all aspects of the box score.

• In each of the first three games of the Finals, Marcus Smart was matched up with Stephen Curry for the most minutes of any Celtic, followed by Derrick White each time. • Stephen Curry shot the ball better when he was contested (9-for-14, 64.3%) than when he was left uncontested (5-for-12, 41.7%) in Game 4. • Boston doubled up the Warriors on box outs in Game 4, 12-6. • The teams tied in loose balls recovered as every 50-50 ball is critical in the Finals. No play may have demonstrated that more than Jayson Tatum’s dive and slide across the sidelines to try to save a ball from going out of bounds. • No player was on the move more than Klay Thompson in Game 4 as he traveled just under three miles on the court with a game-high 2.97 miles. In Game 4, the Warriors had 14 screen assists for 38 points – the top two marks of the series. • The Warriors assisted on only half of their made field goals in Game 4, which is not only their lowest assist percentage of the Finals, but is also their lowest mark of the entire postseason. • Boston has finished with a higher free throw rate in three of the four games in this series. He not only made the same number of 2s and 3s, he was also assisted at the same rate on both shot types (42.9%). • The first three games of the series featured only 11 total seconds of clutch time – score within five points in the final five minutes of the fourth quarter or overtime – and that came in Game 1, when Al Horford made a 3-pointer with 4:49 to play in the game to put Boston up by six. Boston’s Jaylen Brown led all players with 12 points in the paint, while Stephen Curry led the Warriors with 10, followed by Andrew Wiggins at eight. • In Boston’s two wins in this series, it has shot 50.6% (Game 1) and 48.3% (Game 3) as a team, respectively.

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James sent out a great tweet about the Golden State Warriors. On Friday night, they beat the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of ...

- SHOULD THE BUCKS MAKE A TRADE? The Milwaukee Bucks lost Game 7 to the Boston Celtics, which officially ended their 2021-22 NBA season in the second-round. The two teams are each 1-1 at home during the series. Steph Curry was the star of the night scoring 43 points and grabbing ten rebounds.

As the offseason rolls on, keep up with all news as it relates to the Dallas Mavericks right here with our DallasBasketball.com NBA Tracker.

According to NBA reporter Marc Stein, the Mavs are planning to retain a couple of key bench presence and locker room guys. According to Forbes, James has become the first-ever active NBA player to become a billionaire. The same can be said for Theo Pinson, who scored a season-high 16 points in Dallas’ regular-season finale win against the San Antonio Spurs. Although Dallas already has Jalen Brunson and Spencer Dinwiddie on the roster, it never hurts to have another seasoned secondary distributor… The Oregon-based Knight, 84, has an estimated personal worth of $60 billion and would reportedly plan to keep the Blazers in Portland. With the NBA Draft just a little over two weeks away, the Dallas Mavericks have started the process of bringing in prospects for workouts. LeBron James has no shortage of NBA accolades — both on and off the court. Kokoskov coached superstar Luka Doncic with the Slovenian national team in 2017, so it was a natural fit. Sometimes it's about taking the best talent available over taking someone just for a positional need. Hardy appeared in 12 games for the Ignite last season, averaging 17.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.2 assists and 1.3 steals in 32.2 minutes per game. Curry's status was in question after his left foot was rolled up on by Celtics forward Al Horford in the fourth quarter of Game 3. "And then for us to come out and do what we did and go home, that five-and-a-half hour flight got a little better after tonight."

The Golden State Warriors defeated the Boston Celtics 1107-97 in Game 4 of the 2022 NBA Finals on Wednesday to even this series up at 2-2 heading back to ...

Perhaps no player had a greater impact on this game for Golden State than Andrew Wiggins, who finished with 17 points and a career-high 16 rebounds. Having the ball late in the shot-clock and being assertive is what will win Boston this series. Stephen Curry put on an absolute show in this game and no matter if he was wide-open, heavily contested or being fouled, everything Curry seemed to put up went in, especially in the second-half. Through four games in the 2022 NBA Finals now, Curry is averaging 34.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists and is shooting 49.8% from the floor, 49.1% from three-point range. Andrew Wiggins is a perfect example of this. - Draymond Green's Amazing Quote About Steph Curry After Game 4: On Friday, Draymond Green met with the media after the Golden State Warriors beat the Boston Celtics by a score of 107-97 to take Game 4 of the NBA Finals. The series is now tied up at 2-2.CLICK HERE. - Steph Curry's Viral Quote After Brilliant Game 4: Steph Curry met with the media after he had 43 points in the Golden State Warriors win over the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of the NBA Finals.CLICK HERE. The Celtics’ inconsistency on the offensive-end of the floor has hurt them at times in this series and it especially hurt them in Game 4, a game in which Boston could have taken. The third quarter of Game 4 was much like the third quarters of the previous three games in this series and the Warriors outscored the Celtics 30-24 with Curry scoring 14 points in the quarter and helping Golden State take a one-point lead into the fourth. Golden State ended up outrebounding Boston 55-42 in Game 4, helping them hold on and even up this series at 2-2 after a 107-97 victory on the road. Over the final twelve minutes of Game 4 on Friday night, Curry continued to give the Celtics’ defense fits and the Warriors as a whole were putting in work on the offensive and defensive glass. With their backs up against the wall and facing a scenario where they could have gone down 3-1 in the NBA Finals, the Golden State Warriors responded in Game 4 against the Boston Celtics on Friday night.

BOSTON — With eight minutes remaining in a tied Game 4 of the NBA Finals, Golden State Warriors forward Nemanja Bjelica threw an inbounds pass directly to ...

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We go over the odds on DraftKings Sportsbook to win NBA Finals MVP after Game 4.

With the Warriors now having homecourt advantage again, Curry is the frontunner to win his first Finals MVP. Tatum is now +170 and could be a value play for those who believe the Celtics will win this series, while Brown has dropped off a bit after a great Game 3 outing. The Golden State Warriors showed why postseason experience matters Friday night with a Game 4 win over the Boston Celtics to level the 2022 NBA Finals at 2-2.

With the NBA Finals series tied 2-2, the MVP odds are on the move. Sammy P shares his insights on how to bet on the Finals MVP award.

If you believe in resilient trends like that, you should look to buy the dip on one of Boston's two stars, Tatum ( +200) or winger Jaylen Brown ( +800). "Scoring 43 points in a hostile environment when everybody knows you're the only real threat is just absurd. Tatum quickly ascended to the top spot on the betting board, only to relinquish it back to Curry after the Splash Brother poured in 29 points to even the series 1-1.

Could it be anyone else? Golden State's sharpshooter goes off for 43 points and seven 3-pointers to continue his torrid Finals.

In Game 4, his 13 defensive rebounds helped the Warriors limit the Celtics to 12 second-chance points, compared to his own team’s 19. Thompson and Curry (18 points) nearly outscored the entire Celtics roster (19 points) in the fourth quarter as they combined to hit 5-for-8 from the field and 3-for-4 from deep. Thompson joined Curry and Green in winning 19 career NBA Finals contests to match San Antonio’s Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili for the most Finals victories by any trio over the last 50 seasons. But of course, we’ve still got to let this play out on the court as we step back into the thick of this dogfight of an NBA Finals on Monday at Chase Center. In the second half of the first four games, Tatum is minus-19 while averaging 8.3 points on 26.5% from the floor and 21.4% from 3-point range. Usually aggressive, Brown took his first shot of the night with 7:31 left in the opening quarter and finished with just two points before scoring 10 in the second quarter. In Game 3, Boston crushed the Warriors on the boards (47-31) with the forward producing just seven rebounds in a 116-100 loss. In doing so, he became the first Golden State Warrior since Nate Thurmond in 1967 to finish with at least 17 points and 16 rebounds in an NBA Finals contest. “Wiggs has done what he’s done all playoffs: make it tough for the opposing starter to score” Warriors forward Draymond Green said. “I just know last game they had outrebounded us and got all the offensive rebounds,” he said. That just carried over into a 14-point third quarter, then an uber-efficient final frame as Golden State embarked on a 17-3 run over the final five minutes. “To go against Boston, you’ve got to deal with Tatum and Brown, and they are just powerful, skilled players.

The Boston Celtics had a chance to seize control of the NBA Finals in Game 4 at home but couldn't close out the Golden State Warriors.

Up 3-2 against Miami in the conference semifinals, Boston failed to finish the series at home in six games and had to win Game 7 on the road. Miami is a team that we went and did it against. But Boston didn’t cough up Game 4 as much as Golden State won it with offensive and defensive execution in the final five minutes of the fourth quarter. The Celtics played in back-and-forth series ever since sweeping Brooklyn in the first round. It's a championship-caliber opponent that's not going to lay down. Golden State forced missed shots and turnovers and was 5-for-7 from the field with two big 3s from Curry and Thompson. Golden State coach Steve Kerr made the right substitutions, even sitting Draymond Green during a key stretch, and Curry, Thompson, Green and Andrew Wiggins made winning plays. “As much as we'd like to do better on our own, you've got to give them credit for how they stepped up defensively. “We had our chances … It's not only solely dependent on one team. Curry had a game-high 43 points on Friday – the second-highest scoring output of his Finals career. I think that's kind of the beauty of it, that it's not going to be easy. It shouldn't be'