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Whether it was putting up points on the scoreboard, fighting for rebounds or playing sound defense on Grizzlies sharpshooter Desmond Bane, Thompson answered the ...

"I just know how hard it is to get to this part of the season and it all just came out for me. In reality, all felt right with Thompson back on the mountain top with Game 6 calling his name. "On top of that, had a lot of pent-up energy these last couple years, and to be in this situation and to seal the game there, it all came out. Fast forward almost three years later, and the climax to Thompson's first crack at a Game 6 since that heartbreaking night north of the border came on his final shot of the night. The last time Thompson found himself in a Game 6, he put on a show to try and keep the Warriors' season alive before seeing the next two-and-a-half years of his career taken away from him. His final two points of that night were from the free-throw line after limping out of the tunnel with a torn left ACL. Thompson drained both free-throw attempts and even ran back on defense.

Golden State used a strong fourth quarter to move on to the Western Conference Finals for the first time in three seasons.

If Dallas wins, the Warriors would host the Mavericks and have home court advantage. Andrew Wiggins pitched in 18 points and 10 rebounds. The Warriors await the winner of Sunday’s Game 7 between the Mavericks and the Suns in Phoenix. If the Suns win, Golden State will travel to Phoenix for Game 1 of the conference finals next week.

But not yet. Game 6 on Friday against the Grizzlies at Chase Center was the biggest test the Warriors have faced since everything got frozen for two years and ...

I didn’t think Looney was very playable at all anymore in the playoffs, and I was wrong. A wry Warriors figure texted me after the game, reminding me that I wrote it was time to go with the small lineup. But it was also a sign that the Warriors can go multiple ways. Wiggins subbed in for Jordan Poole at the 7:08 mark and immediately made a 3-point shot that gave the Warriors a 90-89 lead, then Wiggins had a steal and a dunk, probably the two biggest shots of the game. And now the Warriors’ headliners know that he won’t shrink in the moment. Brown did not actually ask Wiggins to pick up Jones full court the whole game, but the mood was set in the biggest game of Wiggins’ career to this date. “I made a 3 at the five-minute mark or whatever,” Curry said, “it was the fourth quarter and I went to the bench and first person I saw was him and I yelled at (Wiggins), like he gave us life to start that fourth quarter. I think he hit a tough at-the-shot-clock 2 that kept the momentum, got to steal the dunk, and then he got that three, right wing I think, and those are huge plays because it’s a one-, two-possession (game) either way. If the Warriors had lost this game and then lost Game 7 … would they ever get to this place again? But could they count on Wiggins at the most harrowing moments of a game they had to win? And in the process, the Warriors also learned some very important additional things about their leaders, their new guys and their ability to keep grinding through the series. Game 6 on Friday against the Grizzlies at Chase Center was the biggest test the Warriors have faced since everything got frozen for two years and then was brought back to life this season.

Grading Klay Thompson, Steph Curry, Andrew Wiggins, and the rest of the Golden State Warriors in the team's 110-96 win over the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 6 ...

And when they started to put the game away, Klay knocked in shots. When he finally did find his shot, the buckets began to flow, and he put the game away. He got locked up a bit in this series, and Friday was no exception. And when they started to build a lead, Klay knocked in shots. Poole will also be very, very happy to not have to face the Grizzlies again until next season. Wouldn’t wanna be the dude defending him in the Conference Finals. On to the next round. Curry was very sweet to the Grizzlies after the game. What he didn’t say is how happy he’ll be to have them in the rear view mirror. Given that his role has changed from night to night, we can’t say enough about the job he did, returning to the starting lineup, playing 35 minutes, and dominating the paint. Steven Adams led the Grizzlies with 10 rebounds. But Dray is still one of the best players alive, and deserves huge props for his rebounding output.

Klay Thompson came up clutch once again in a Game 6, and the Warriors advanced to the Western Conference finals with a 110-96 win over the Grizzlies.

If the Mavs beat the Suns in Game 7, the Warriors get to start the next series at home. To counter the size of Steven Adams and help get the Grizzlies off the glass, Brown put center Kevon Looney back into the starting lineup for the first time since Game 4 of the first round. The Warriors as a whole outrebounded the Grizzlies 70-44. The Warriors always seek a sweep, but they know what's about to happen when they play a Game 6. A new chapter of Thompson's Game 6 heroics were written Friday night, and the Warriors needed all of them. After falling flat on their face two nights ago, the Warriors came out hungry and with a much better sense of urgency.

Dillon Brooks said the Grizzlies learned a lot in their six-game series loss to the Warriors but noted that Golden State knows Memphis is coming for them in ...

"I have a lot of respect for every single guy on the team in terms of how they are built as a group, the individual talent," Curry said. "They have a lot of energy, a lot of potential in terms of winning at the highest level. Following the game, Warriors guard Stephen Curry praised the Grizzlies' young talent and capacity to contend in the coming seasons. The Grizzlies lost their star third-year point guard Ja Morant following their Game 3 loss to the Warriors in San Francisco during which Morant suffered a bone bruise to his right knee. "Ja is one of the best point guards in this league -- you guys know that -- obviously it would change, but we made do with what we had." "They know that we are going to come every single year."

The Golden State Warriors took down the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 6.

"When you say that multiple times on several different segments, you must think what I say the gospel. What I say is the gospel," Draymond said. a big ogre on TV talking about what Draymond say ain't the gospel.

The Memphis Grizzlies have officially been eliminated. Despite battling hard without Ja Morant for the last half of the series, the team was unable to ...

With the series now over, and the postgame Twitter exchanges starting to slow down, the Warriors will now shift their focus to Game 7 between the Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks, as they will play the winner of that game in the Western Conference Finals. Outside of Kuminga's little jab, it was nothing but respect from Golden State. After the game, Warriors rookie Jonathan Kuminga took a little shot at the Grizzlies with this Tweet:

The legend of Game 6 Klay continues. Klay Thompson made eight 3-pointers, including the shot that all but clinched the series in Friday's 110-96 win over ...

The 11 first-quarter rebounds are the most in a quarter for Looney in his career, regular season and playoffs (prev. eight, several times)… Tonight marked his fifth start of the postseason. - The Warriors recorded 70 rebounds, their most in a single playoff game dating back to March 28, 1969 (73 vs. - Klay Thompson became the fourth player in NBA history to make eight-or-more threes in four-or-more playoff games, joining Stephen Curry, Ray Allen and Damian Lillard… He tallied a game-high-tying 30 points, his 15th-career playoff outing of 30-or-more points… Denver… The Warriors 25 offensive boards are their most in a playoff game dating back to May 12, 1987 (26 vs. Wiggins - 11 He’d score 17 points in the first half and had 10 more in the third quarter, but his biggest shot of the game came in the fourth quarter. Wiggins - 18 Curry - 5 On the other side of the ball, Green had a huge hand in limiting Memphis to 35 percent shooting, as he was one of the primary defenders on Jaren Jackson Jr., who made just five of his 19 shot attempts. Curry - 29 That Thompson 3-pointer may have been the dagger, but it was a 10-0 run earlier in the period that put the Dubs in front for good. A one-point game entering the fourth quarter, the Warriors out-scored Memphis 32-19 in the final period.

Klay Thompson led the Warriors to a 110-96 win over the Grizzlies in Game 6. Golden State will face the Suns or Mavericks in the Western Conference finals.

Wiggins (10 rebounds), Thompson (eight rebounds) and Curry (seven rebounds) also contributed to a dominant performance on the glass. After getting embarrassed in Game 5, the Warriors were so sloppy tonight (17 turnovers) against a Grizzlies team still missing Ja Morant. The game was within single digits until Golden State went on a 21-3 run late in the fourth quarter. Thompson scored 30 points to lead the Warriors to a 110-96 win Friday, eliminating Memphis 4-2 in the second-round series. Thompson, who missed the prior two seasons with a torn ACL and torn Achilles, ensured Golden State has the opportunity with yet another big Game 6. Looney recovered the ball, and Golden State swung it back again to Curry, who missed another jumper. The Warriors swung the ball back to Curry, who got into trouble dribbling behind his back then had a pass deflected.

Do you know which game of a playoff series that Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson averages the most points per game?

From there, he’s been stellar (with one exception) in the sixth game of each series. Thompson only scored more than 10 points once in those five games (20 in the 2015 series-ender at Memphis). But now, in the seven Game 6s since 2016? Then, in those Finals against the Raptors, Thompson had 30 points in just three quarters. The Warriors and basketball fans got the return of Game 6 Klay on Friday night, and Thompson’s 12th career Game 6 had a start to meet his well-earned nickname. He even picked up a technical foul, too.

The Golden State Warriors have listed Otto Porter Jr. as questionable for Game 6 against the Memphis Grizzlies.

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For 80 of the season's 82 regular-season games, Kevon Looney started at center for the Golden State Warriors. He spent half the season as the team's only ...

In their first Conference Finals since 2019, the Warriors await the winner of Suns-Mavericks before they learn who they’ll play on Wednesday night. The Warriors took a nine-point lead early in the second quarter as Klay continued to bomb threes, and then Memphis erased it with a 7-0 run. He scored 15 points on 6-8 shooting, nailing all three of his attempts behind the arc, grabbing six rebounds, blocking two shots, and taking a steal in for a dunk. Damion Lee, Nemanja Bjelica, and Jordan Poole were the entire bench rotation in a game where Coach Brown leaned hard on the starters, Tom Thibodeau-style. Poole had 12 points in 24 minutes, going 2-11 from three-point range and again getting walloped by a Grizzly, although this time he actually drew a foul. Desmond Bane and Klay Thompson dueled in the third quarter - 11 for Bane, 10 for Klay, two three-pointers each - and the teams went into the final frame just one point apart. Looney had the most rebounds by any Warriors in a playoff game since Larry Smith in 1987 and the adulation of a whole contingent of young people, who he’s inspired to learn to box out and throw two-handed fundamentally-sound bounce passes. Steph Curry was again the NBA’s greatest closer down the stretch, with 11 points and three three-pointers in the final six minutes. They got the lead back up to seven, and Memphis responded with a 14-0 run, thanks to a series of blocked shots and an unsuccessful challenge to a Damion Lee foul that still makes no sense. Last night, upon instructions from interim head coaches Steph Curry and Draymond Green, Looney returned to the starting lineup for the Warriors’ biggest game of the season and simply had the biggest game of his career. Klay Thompson led the team with thirty points in another legendary Game Six performance in a postseason career that’s full of them. Jaren Jackson Jr. kept a lot of shots from going in, but on both ends, blocking four Warriors attempts and missing 14 shots of his own, including six threes. For 80 of the season’s 82 regular-season games, Kevon Looney started at center for the Golden State Warriors. He spent half the season as the team’s only real center, manning the post defensively despite standing 6’9”, while Draymond Green, Otto Porter Junior, and Nemanja Bjelica were in and out of the lineup, and James Wiseman never joined.

Just when the Warriors looked like they would be packing for a trip back to Memphis to play a Game 7 in the second round of the Western Conference Playoffs, ...

"Especially the perspective I've gained from the injuries I've had to now be able to compete at the highest level and be one of the final four teams. In fact, Thompson hit 5 of his first 7 triples attempted and dropped a team-high 17 points by the break. "I just was thinking about how far I've come and how grateful I am to have another close-out game at Chase. Luckily it was one of my nights and you know, cary this momentum into the Western Conference Finals."

Golden State dominated the boards and the paint while closing out the Grizzlies on Friday.

Thompson and Curry said they'd watch Sunday's Game 7 between the Suns and Mavericks, both as fans of the NBA and to get a feel for their next opponent. "That is remarkable against a team of that size and that athleticism." We can argue all day about whether what the Warriors have shown so far in the playoffs deems them worthy of true title contention, but they displayed something essential to the championship formula in a closeout game on Friday night: adaptability. On top of the shooting struggles, the Warriors fell into their notorious habit of throwing the ball to the other team or out of bounds, leading to 16 turnovers over the first three quarters. "When you look at the last eight quarters prior to this game, we got dominated for seven of them," Green said of the choice to start Looney in Game 6. The Warriors beat the Grizzlies on points in the paint, an area where Memphis has dominated all season. "We just knew we needed to come out and establish an inside presence to start the game off, and not worry so much about our scoring. So the Warriors had a decision to make for Game 6. "Because that was a totally different team we played against the last three games." Stephen Curry, Jordan Poole, Klay Thompson, Andrew Wiggins and Draymond Green seemed unbeatable in their brief stints together, leading many to suggest that the unit should start for the rest of the playoffs, or at the very least receive a larger chunk of minutes. SAN FRANCISCO -- Mike Brown concerningly glanced at Kevon Looney, one of his soldiers from the past six seasons who has done everything asked of him with little to no fanfare on a Golden State Warriors franchise rife with highlights and glory. Then the next two, he looked like he was worse," said Brown, the Warriors' acting head coach.

The return of 'Game 6 Klay' and the contributions of Kevon Looney help send Golden State to the Western Conference finals.

It took everything we had to win that game, including the fan support and the noise that was in the arena.” And they got the last laugh with the “Whoop That Trick” anthem. The night ended with Warriors fans singing “Whoop That Trick,” mocking the Grizzlies’ anthem. “That means a lot when your teammates want you out on the court with them,” Looney said. But with the Grizzlies having a size advantage due to Steven Adams’ bulk and length, the Warriors were concerned about a sluggish early start. “The toughest and most competitive player I’ve ever played with, and it showed up tonight. “I used to take it for granted and just think that’s the way it’s supposed to be, like we’re supposed to make the Western Conference finals,” Draymond Green said. “I didn’t go to sleep last night thinking of scoring 30 or shooting the ball well,” Thompson said. “One of the toughest guys and most competitive guys I’ve ever played with,” Green said before correcting himself. And though he had 30 points against the Toronto Raptors in Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals, Thompson’s night ended with both a Finals loss and an ACL injury that sidelined him for the 2019-20 season. “I love the moments. The Warriors had just eliminated the Memphis Grizzlies with a decisive 110-96 Game 6 win on Friday at Chase Center, leaving them with a feeling that had become painfully unfamiliar the past two years.

While Golden State produced one of its iconic offensive stretches in Friday's 110–96 series clinching win against Memphis, Dillon Brooks provided the ...

“Ja is one of the best point guards in this league—you guys know that—obviously it would change, but we made do with what we had,” Brooks said. “Going against them was amazing, it is big for us… However, Brooks believes last year’s play-in game experience and this year’s back-and-forth battle with the Warriors provides Memphis with valuable learning lessons.

The Splash Brothers will presumably have to be better no matter who they face in the Western Conference finals.

It's hard to imagine the Warriors beating the Suns, or even the Mavericks, with Thompson and Curry shooting so inconsistently, especially because they don't have an elite defense to fall back on anymore. Curry and Thompson can put these erratic ways behind them and get hot at the right time, and if they do, the Warriors can beat anyone. He was 6-for-17 from 3 on Friday, and he concluded the Memphis series at 32 percent from beyond the arc and 41 percent overall. He wound up with 29 points, and it's a testament to his all-time threat level that he was sloppy with the ball and couldn't make a shot for most of the night that he still wound up a plus-14 for the game, and indeed he hit the shots when they really counted, but looking ahead to either Dallas or Phoenix in the conference finals, he is going to have to be better. The same goes for Thompson, who was terrific on Friday but has been forcing shots for a while now. Curry was 4-for-17 at one point before hitting two dagger triples as the Warriors finally put the Grizzlies away.

The Grizzlies guard called his showdown with the Warriors star his “favorite matchup.”

Morant had an opportunity to reflect on the matchup against Curry and the Warriors on Saturday, as he called Curry his “favorite matchup” and that he was “looking forward to more battles” with Curry in the future. In the fashion of the Warriors of old, it was the “Splash Brothers” of Klay Thompson and Steph Curry that propelled Golden State forward in the playoffs once again, one step closer to a return to the NBA finals. The Warriors defeated the Grizzlies, 110–96, in Game 6 of their series on Friday night to advance to the Western Conference Finals for the first time in three seasons.

Dillon Brooks met with the media after the Memphis Grizzlies got eliminated by the Golden State Warriors in Game 6.

I play for the respect, I play for my peers to respect me." Brooks and the Grizzlies did a good job getting the series all the way to Game 6, because they had been playing without their best player All-Star guard Ja Morant since the end of Game 3. "They know that we're gonna come every single year," Brooks said of the Warriors. "We're young and they're getting old, so they know we're coming every single year, and that's the way I play.

The Warriors won't have a key member of their rotation as they look to close out the Grizzlies.

He was a plus-17 in Game 2 and a plus-30 in Game 3. "So it is tough, but we've said this in the past, next man up." In Game 4, he scored 12 points and hit four big 3-pointers as Golden State took a three-games-to-one lead.

The Golden State Warriors' embarrassing defeat in Game 5 had an element of physicality to it. The Memphis Grizzlies finally realized they were the much ...

In a high-stakes environment such as the NBA Playoffs — full of stagnant possessions and defensive mudslinging contests — the lowest hanging fruit, whatever form it may be, is often the key to advancing deeper into the playoff rabbit hole. Looney’s presence as a screening partner for Curry is extremely valuable — not only because of his ability to set rock-solid screens, but also due to the nature of how Adams was going to defend Looney. The Warriors did a much better job of forcing the Grizzlies’ hand. A team with nothing to lose and everything to gain is often considered the most dangerous kind of opponent, and the Warriors were in danger of letting that spark evolve into an uncontrollable wildfire. Dillon Brooks is able to navigate around the initial pick, with Adams meeting Curry at the level of the screen to take away his space. The necessity of shelving half-court possessions initiated from the low or high post, as well as up top in a “Delay” configuration, was compounded by such a problem.

The memorable lyric was a fitting reference after Thompson led the Warriors back to the Western Conference finals.

He then proceeded to finish the night with 30 points shooting at 50% from the field and going 8-of-14 from beyond the arc. He went 3-of-3 from three point range in the first six minutes of the game. The star of the night was none other than Klay Thompson, also known as " Game 6 Klay." He embraced the nickname and celebrated by posting a sequence of photos on his Instagram story: Michael Jackson, Mike Tyson, Michael Jordan and himself.

When the Warriors lost in Games 6 of the NBA Finals to the Toronto Raptors in 2019, there were real questions surrounding that core. Kevin Durant had suffered a ...

Roughly three years later, the Warriors are back in the conference finals. They lost in the Play-In Tournament. When the Warriors lost in Games 6 of the NBA Finals to the Toronto Raptors in 2019, there were real questions surrounding that core.

When Brooks was speaking to the media after the regular-season game, he brought up Warriors forward Andre Iguodala, who was traded to Memphis following the 2019 ...

And Brooks didn't help himself in the series as he was ejected three minutes into Game 2 for a Flagrant Foul Penalty 2 on Gary Payton II, who suffered a fractured left elbow and ligament damage on the play. I'm just happy I'm a part of this and happy I figured out how to stay here in Memphis." The veteran forward missed the entire series due to a neck injury. I've been here the longest so I'm just happy to see each player grow in their role and to try to exceed their role, which is amazing to see. Send him back to the Warriors and let him do his thing over there." "He's said a lot of crazy things," Curry told Amick. "He called himself a dynasty already, so you've got to figure.

The Memphis Grizzlies look every bit like a team on a path to an NBA title in the coming years. They have the superstar player in Ja Morant, ...

They can be. They can be really special.” You know, they can be special.

Golden State Warriors: The NBA's young guard can wait a while longer, the veteran Warriors — Steph Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson — are making ...

The Warriors might not be calling this playoff run their last hurrah, but this core doesn’t sound like a group that has another multi-year run in them. Even the young(er) players on the Warriors — the guys in their primes — are old. I’ve known Looney since the day after he was drafted in 2015. Our careers — we are not singers, we are not actors. Kevin Durant, 33, was swept in the first round. Green already has a job lined up for retirement.

Even though the Golden State Warriors defeated the Memphis Grizzlies, it seems like the trash talk still hasn't stopped. Dillon Brooks isn't taking the loss ...

“He’s said a lot of crazy things,” Curry told The Athletic with a smile while glancing at nearby cameras from NBA TV. “He called himself a dynasty already, so you’ve got to figure. If these two teams meet again next season in the playoffs, it'll have even more fireworks. Dillon Brooks isn't taking the loss against Golden State without giving a little bit of lip service.