The Celtics had real success late in the game with Smart guarding Green, blowing up Warriors’ pet plays.
One adjustment to watch in Game 2: Who does Marcus Smart guard, Curry or Green? — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports
SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors offered a basic reminder to fans and media alike following a stunning fourth-quarter meltdown Thursday night that put Golden State in a 1-0 hole in the NBA Finals. “It’s first to four, not first to one,” Klay Thompson said after the 120-108 loss to the Celtics. “We all have been…
Warriors say ‘nothing to panic about’ after stunning fourth-quarter collapse in Game 1 — East Bay Times
SAN FRANCISCO — As the fourth-quarter minutes expired and the Warriors kept missing shots, the Celtics came alive to rally for a Game 1 win in Chase Center’s NBA Finals debut. Not the ending the Warriors expected, not after yellow streamers rained from their roof to celebrate the Western Conference championship a week earlier. How…
How did Celtics come through in clutch while Warriors went to sleep? — East Bay Times
SAN FRANCISCO — Despite a NBA Finals record six first-quarter 3-pointers from Steph Curry and an impressive third quarter in which Golden State outscored Boston by 14 points, the Warriors collapsed in stunning fashion in the final minutes and lost Game 1 of the NBA Finals 120-108 to the Celtics. Golden State’s double-digit lead entering…
NBA Finals: Celtics go on 17-0 fourth quarter run to hand Warriors Game 1 loss — Monterey Herald
SAN FRANCISCO — It’s been about a month since Gary Payton II broke his elbow during a nasty incident in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals. 471 more words
Warriors: Gary Payton II, Otto Porter Jr., Andre Iguodala available for Game 1 of NBA Finals — Monterey Herald
It took Steph Curry just 12 minutes to set a NBA Finals record on Thursday night at Chase Center. Curry’s six 3-pointers marked the most by a player in an individual quarter of the NBA Finals as he nailed 6-of-8 attempts in Game 1 at Chase Center against the Boston Celtics. Curry finished the quarter…
Steph Curry sets NBA Finals record with first quarter blitz against Celtics — East Bay Times
Stephen Curry looks like someone who wants that NBA Finals trophy.
Watch Stephen Curry set NBA Finals record with six 3-pointers in first quarter — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports
It’s been 15 years since a point guard or true center has won NBA Finals MVP. Yes, like Paul McCartney in 1972, the NBA playoffs are all about wings. 1,586 more words
Kurtenbach: Andrew Wiggins’ has been the Warriors’ breakout star this postseason. They need him to a new level in the NBA Finals — Monterey Herald
The Warriors came into this postseason as an unknown. Klay Thompson only played once the calendar flipped to 2022, Draymond Green dealt with an injury that kept him out for two months, and then Steph Curry missed the final 12 games of the regular season with a foot injury. 1,100 more words
Kurtenbach: How the Warriors broke one of the NBA’s most popular prediction models — Red Bluff Daily News
The Round Mound of Rebound wasn’t having it after Thursday night’s Game 5 of the Wester Conference Finals. During TNT’s “Inside the NBA” post-game coverage outside the Chase Center in San Francisco following the Golden State Warriors 120-110 defeat of the Dallas Mavericks, people in the crowd began throwing t-shirts and other detritus at analyst…
SEE IT: Fans pelt Charles Barkley with t-shirts after Warriors clinch Finals berth — Boston Herald
SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors’ rise to prominence came in a flash all those years ago. Golden State’s run to the 2015 NBA Finals stunned the sport’s establishment and ushered in a new era of basketball in the process. Many at that moment believed it was just luck — a flash in the pan. How wrong…
Kurtenbach: Another NBA Finals trip gives the Warriors a seat atop basketball’s Mt. Olympus — Monterey Herald
SAN FRANCISCO — Klay Thompson told the celebrating crowd he wouldn’t get emotional, but the high definition video board at Chase Center couldn’t hide tears swelling in his eyes. “I’m just so happy to be back. I’m so thankful for this team,” Thompson said to TNT host Ernie Johnson with a grin. “I don’t wanna…
What Steph, Klay and Draymond are saying about returning to NBA Finals — Chico Enterprise-Record
The view from left field 