Friday 17 June 2022 12:16 AM NBA Finals, Game 6: Surging Warriors seek FOURTH title in the last eight years ... trends now
The Boston Celtics have held two separate series leads over the Golden State Warriors, but now enter Thursday night’s Game 6 at home trailing the surging Western Conference champions, 3-2.
For Golden State, a win would mark the franchise’s fourth NBA title since head coach Steve Kerr took the helm in 2014-15, but just the first since the Warriors were abandoned by Kevin Durant in free agency after the 2019 NBA Finals loss to the Toronto Raptors.
Since then, Klay Thompson has worked back from not one, but two career-threatening injuries, while Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, and the rest of the Warriors have missed the playoffs for the last two consecutive years.
All of that seems like a distant memory now that the Warriors are once again on the verge of winning an NBA title.
And the Warriors aren’t simply relying on the Splash Brothers, Thompson and Curry.
In Monday’s Game 5 win in San Francisco, it was Andrew Wiggins’s strong defensive performance and 26-point effort on offense that proved to be the difference, even as Curry failed to make a single 3-pointer for the first time in his playoff career.
The Celtics are unlikely to be that lucky again on Thursday.
Stephen Curry failed to make a 3-pointer in a playoff time for the first time in his career in Game 5, and the Warriors still won
Jayson Tatum and Robert Williams III of the Boston Celtics participate during 2022 NBA Finals Practice and Media Availability
'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. 'Looking forward to that bounce back.'
A determined mindset won't be exclusive to the Warriors, of course. Boston heads home keen on extending the series to a Game 7 back
