The Golden State Warriors captured their fourth NBA title in eight seasons on Thursday, defeating the Boston Celtics.
The Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers (formerly from Minneapolis) each have 17 titles. The franchise began as the Philadelphia Warriors, which won the first title in the Basketball Association of America — a forerunner to the NBA — in 1947 before capturing the crown again in 1956. Before Thursday night, the Warriors were tied with Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls as the team with the third most titles in NBA history.
The Golden State Warriors enter Game 6 of the NBA Finals in Boston on Thursday with an enhanced edge of determination as a fourth title in eight seasons ...
Got to win on Thursday. That's all we got to worry about right now." Behind Tatum's 26.2 points, 6.9 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game average in the playoffs, the Celtics have been on a wild ride. They advanced by winning Game 7 on the road. A determined mindset won't be exclusive to the Warriors, of course. "Obviously, track record says I shoot the ball better the next game," said Curry, whose record streak of 132 consecutive playoff games with a 3-pointer came to an end. "You want to impact the game that way.
Rolling report: The Golden State Warriors were too good for the Boston Celtics as they wrapped up the finals series 4-2.
“Because it’s going to be the hardest game you probably ever played in your career because of what the stakes are.” In the mean time, feel free to send thoughts and feelings to @LengelDavid or via Email. Not that it mattered as Andrew Wiggins, the former No 1 overall pick, stepped up and gave the most important performance of his career. They need to stop this bleeding before the Garden becomes a morgue. “You just understand what the nerves are like,” Curry told reporters earlier this week. That’s really the difference here, along with the Warriors threes and the Celtics lack of them, of course. So they’ll have to snap out of their Garden mediocrity if there’s going to be another cross-country haul in their future. That’s the half, one that started a lot better for Boston than it finished. Thanks to Andrew Wiggins piking up Golden State, Boston are back in a similar situation: having to sweep two games. Then Brown comes right back with a left handed layup of his own for Boston. It looks good, but the Celtics need stops. Curry walks, but they don’t call it - he passes to Thompson, who hits a fadeaway, straight on. And now we begin to wonder if they can do it all again in 2022-2023.
The Warriors are again NBA champions, conquering the Boston Celtics in six games with a 103-90 victory in Game 6. Steph Curry was named NBA Finals MVP for the ...
•1h ago •1h ago Steph Curry extremely emotional with 63 seconds left and title basically clinched. •1h ago The dynasty reigns on. In just two seasons, the Golden State Warriors went from worst, back to first. The Celtics made some good adjustments and some gambles failed in Game 6. That's a fourth NBA title for the Steph Curry-Klay Thompson-Draymond Green-Steve Kerr core. Golden State wins a closeout game on the road despite only making (and attempting) eight free throws. The team in that locker room realized that and we didn’t. Have a meaning in everything we do." The dynasty reigns on. In just two seasons, the Golden State Warriors went from worst, back to first.
The Warriors defeated the Boston Celtics 103-90 in Game 6 of the Finals on Thursday, completing an exhilarating comeback from a 2-1 series deficit to complete a ...
It transcends numbers, but against the Celtics, he has the stats to back up his immeasurable impact.This time, he had to carry the Warriors for much of the way. When the Warriors had a 15-point lead at halftime, it was widely noted that teams with that kind of advantage were 53-1 in Finals games since 1950, but this one does not feel over at all. He did his best Stephen Curry impression, draining three three-pointers, and sent a Curry shot into the stands. His spirit carried the Warriors through tribulations that would have shattered lesser teams, and his brilliance in Game 4 flipped the Finals. Boston was looking for an 18th championship banner, which would have broken a tie with the Lakers for most in league history. We all appreciate each other, and we understand what each of us bring to the table. As the final seconds ticked off, Curry embraced his father, Dell, who was sitting courtside, and fell to his knees, overcome with emotion. The Warriors built a 22-point lead in the third quarter and held on down the stretch. A mid-series injury to Ja Morant opened the door for Curry to seize control, and Thompson delivered the Game 6 knockout. While Curry, who turned 34 in March, remained an all-NBA-caliber player, it was reasonable to wonder whether the Warriors could reassemble a winner around him before he faded out of his prime. Durant departed soon after in free agency, Thompson missed the next two-plus seasons with injury and the Warriors missed the playoffs in 2020 and 2021. Curry, who finished with 34 points, seven rebounds and seven assists in the closeout victory, claimed his first Finals MVP award as a unanimous selection.
In the first half of Game 6, the Golden State Warriors set an NBA Finals record.
You've got to just think about executing one minute at a time, one play at a time, and that's the focus tonight." Golden State's impressive and historic run was a result of their ultra-focused approach to Game 6. Amazingly, the Warriors started the game slowly, missing shots and allowing the Celtics to build an early lead.
Behind 34 points from Stephen Curry and a 21-0 first-half run, the Golden State Warriors beat the Boston Celtics 103-90 in Game 6 on Thursday at TD Garden ...
Thompson, with five points and two fouls in 6:36, subs out of the game for Gary Payton II. Meanwhile, Stephen Curry is off to a slow start, 1-for-3 without a 3-pointer with three minutes to go in the quarter. However, I still expect the Warriors to become the first team since the 1985 Lakers to win a title on Boston's parquet. C.J. Holmes, Warriors beat reporter: The Warriors are 0-3 in close-out games on the road in these playoffs, while the Celtics are 3-0 in elimination games. The Warriors will need to keep their poise in the fourth quarter, and take care of the ball, to secure another championship. 6:55 p.m.: Boston finally ends the drought with Jaylen Brown's 3-pointer out of the timeout, and the teams are back to trading baskets, but turnovers are becoming a problem. 6:19 p.m.: The Warriors stop the bleeding. Then, there was the free-flowing Warriors who followed that up with a 25-8 run to seize a five-point lead. That shot stretched Golden State’s lead to 72-50, but then the Warriors became sloppy and the Celtics trimmed their deficit to 10 points heading to the fourth quarter. After missing all nine of his 3-point attempts a game earlier, he is now 5-for-6 from beyond the arc and has a game-high 21 points. Stephen Curry smells blood — and his first Finals MVP. He takes Al Horford off the dribble for a layup, and the Warriors lead 93-81 with 3:32 remaining. 8:40 p.m. DYNASTY RESTORED: By beating the Celtics 103-90 in Game 6 of the Finals, Golden State authored a fitting ending to the most unexpected chapter of this dynasty, Connor Letourneau writes. 8:09 p.m.: Jordan Poole has 15 points off the bench in Game 6 of the NBA Finals so far.