NBA Finals 2022

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NBA Finals 2022 - The seven moments that supercharged the return ... (ESPN)

A star sixth man. A Luka-stopper. A tantalizing new starter. And a Finals masterpiece. Here are the critical moments that brought a championship back to ...

In addition to his distinction as the Warriors' best matchup defender during the postseason, Wiggins also has been an efficient shot creator on the wing for a team desperately in need of one, and has crashed the boards with authority. But with each successive dribble, Curry widened the area of engagement -- a stutter-step right, a couple of crossovers, all the while he watched Horford's feet. With the Warriors leading 91-81 in another rugged defensive standoff, Curry faced up against Horford with a narrow band of staccato dribbles in a tight spot. When he stepped up on the dais after Game 5, he was a 32-year-old vet still trying to recapture his muscle memory. He scampered around perimeter screens for catch-and-shoot looks; he drove to a pleasant spot for a midrange jumper when the Mavs chased him off the arc; he fanned out to the wing in transition for easy opportunities. "With Luka, it starts with, 'Bother him for as long of the basketball game as you possibly can.'" As Payton made his swift approach to the rim, Brooks caught him from behind, swatting him with a full windup of his right arm, nailing the soaring Warriors guard on the head. When he arrived to the Warriors last season, Payton was the consummate basketball journeyman, one who'd struggled for years to find a home in the NBA. He'd even considered leaving a playing career behind to become a video coordinator. The second had Curry coming off the bench to start each half, which would reduce the length of his time on the bench between playing time. The Warriors endured a two-year hiatus in the NBA wilderness after the departure of Kevin Durant and the extended absence of Klay Thompson due to injury, while Curry dealt with his own spate of maladies. Given the Warriors' pedigree, their return to the top of the NBA isn't a surprise -- but it was improbable. The Warriors had imposed a similar restriction when Thompson returned to action in January after two seasons away from the game.

2022 NBA Finals: Why Golden State Warriors' Latest Title Is Most ... (Forbes)

The Stephen Curry-led Warriors defeated the Celtics in convincing fashion at the TD Garden in Game 6, 102-90. Despite falling in a 14-2 hole early on in the ...

The 2021-22 Warriors may go down in history as the worst of the Curry-era title teams. The five-time All-Star missed nearly three years of his career after suffering a torn ACL and an Achilles injury before making his return in January of this year. And while Thompson wasn’t his old dominant self in this series, he still contributed in a major way while averaging 17.0 points per game, third among all Warriors behind Curry and Wiggins. There’s many reasons why this title team feels like the sweetest of all of them. Meanwhile, the Warriors actually finished third in the conference, finishing behind the Memphis Grizzlies and winning just 53 games on the season. The Warriors never looked back as they held Jayson Tatum to just 13 points — two points in the second half — in a series-clinching win.

NBA Finals 2022: Where can you buy Golden State Warriors NBA ... (Sporting News)

The Golden State Warriors have won their fourth NBA title in eight seasons! So where can you purchase Dubs championship gear?

Golden State Warriors Win 2022 NBA Championship (Warriors.com)

The Golden State Warriors have won the 2022 NBA Championship following tonight's 103-90 victory over the Boston Celtics in Game 6 of the NBA Finals at TD ...

They are second quartet, in the last 50 years, to combine for four championships joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Cooper, Magic Johnson and Kurt Rambis (1982, 1985, 1987, 1988). 17 17

6 takeaways from the Warriors' 2022 NBA Finals-clinching win over ... (NBA.com)

Golden State looks flawless in clincher, Stephen Curry's legacy continues to grow and Jayson Tatum isn't quite at superstar status after rough NBA Finals.

Durant is a constant on social media and maybe in the next few days he’ll break his Warriors’ silence. Durant was on two of those teams, won Finals MVP both times and then in the summer of 2019 bailed for Brooklyn in free agency, essentially trading Curry for Kyrie Irving. That unit eventually won this championship because, other than Curry and Wiggins, the Warriors lacked consistency from the rotation. He helped elevate the confidence of Andrew Wiggins, dumped by his former team in Minnesota and mostly dismissed by the basketball world as an underachiever. He took over for Mark Jackson and won a championship, and then again eight years later, all without much experience on the bench prior to this job. He was spooked by his constant mistakes, didn’t even attempt a free throw and wasn’t heard from in the fourth. This is what he learned about himself in the Finals, and there’s no particular shame in falling short. Tatum was not against the Warriors, and was especially exposed in Game 6, when he went out meekly. After a three-year delay caused by injuries and a noticeable defection — more on him later — the Warriors returned to the throne and carried on like they never really left. The Warriors were up 15 at halftime, 22 in the third and 10 entering the fourth. So his story, and the debate, isn’t finished. The Warriors set out to reclaim the title on this journey of redemption and got their just reward.

2022 NBA Finals: In Boston, Warriors' Draymond Green gets his ... (CBSSports.com)

The villain of TD Garden closed out the Celtics with a dominant performance in Game 6.

In other words, you expect him to set the tone for the defense, tell everybody where to be and to make plays like these: "And the Celtics had the best defense in the league, but we were right behind them. After both of Golden State's losses, Green said that he and the team needed to play with more force and that Boston was too comfortable. When you have somebody you can rely on like that and count on, it gives everybody a confidence boost." The Golden State Warriors have won their fourth NBA title in the last eight seasons. To him, it was all about staying the course. The Celtics scored an abysmal 96.8 points per 100 possessions in Game 6, and according to Cleaning The Glass, only 81.8 per 100 in the halfcourt. He's going to go out there and do it for the team. And Game 5, Game 5, I was pretty solid. Green took the blame when he missed 10 of his 12 shots and Boston Celtics stole home-court advantage in the Finals opener. He took the heat when he fouled out in Game 3 and the crowd "caught me off guard," as he put it. "If you know basketball, and you watch Game 1, I did not have a bad Game 1," Green said.