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Golden State Warriors Win 2022 NBA Championship Over Boston Celtics
Golden State Warriors Win 2022 NBA Championship Over Boston Celtics
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The Golden State Warriors' 103-90 victory over the Boston Celtics in game six of the NBA Finals secured the franchise their seventh championship and first... 17.06.2022, Sputnik International
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The championship is the Warriors' fourth in the past eight seasons and solidifies their status as an NBA dynasty. They were led by their core trio of Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, and Klay Thompson. The three have lost one playoff series when fully healthy since 2015, a loss in the 2016 NBA Finals to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Boston Celtics had taken a 2-1 series lead, but the Warriors stormed back and won the next three games. The Celtics had not lost consecutive games throughout the playoffs until dropping three straight to the Warriors. The Warriors entered the series as the favorites in Vegas, but many projection models favored the Celtics to win the championship. Inexperience and turnovers doomed the Celtics and saw them lose control of the series. Stephen Curry was named Finals MVP for the first time after averaging 31.2 points per game on 43.7% shooting from 3-point range.It was the only individual award he had yet to claim in his illustrious career. In 2015, he won the league MVP and in 2016, he was the first unanimous MVP in NBA history. However, a Finals MVP had eluded him. In his previous three finals wins, a teammate had captured Finals MVP, Andre Iguodala in 2014, and Kevin Durant in 2017 and 2018. The Warriors' return to glory was a long time coming. After making five consecutive Finals, winning three, they failed to make the playoffs the next two seasons as Klay Thompson recovered from an ACL tear and then an Achillies injury. While the surrounding players on the team have changed dramatically since 2019, the core three of Curry, Green, and Thompson has once again reasserted themselves at the top of professional basketball. The Warriors ran the league's highest payroll to keep their core together and bring in supplementary players. The combination of a $175 million payroll and $170 million in luxury tax payments for exceeding the NBA's soft salary cap saw them spend an astronomical $345 million for their championship team.
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Golden State Warriors Win 2022 NBA Championship Over Boston Celtics
03:31 GMT 17.06.2022 (Updated: 18:45 GMT 19.10.2022) The Golden State Warriors' 103-90 victory over the Boston Celtics in game six of the NBA Finals secured the franchise their seventh championship and first since 2018.
The championship is the Warriors' fourth in the past eight seasons and solidifies their status as an NBA dynasty.
They were led by their core trio of Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, and Klay Thompson. The three have lost one playoff series when fully healthy since 2015, a loss in the 2016 NBA Finals to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Boston Celtics had taken a 2-1 series lead, but the Warriors stormed back and won the next three games. The Celtics had not lost consecutive games throughout the playoffs until dropping three straight to the Warriors.
The Warriors entered the series as the favorites in Vegas, but many projection models favored the Celtics to win the championship. Inexperience and turnovers doomed the Celtics and saw them lose control of the series.
Stephen Curry was named Finals MVP for the first time after averaging 31.2 points per game on 43.7% shooting from 3-point range.
It was the only individual award he had yet to claim in his illustrious career. In 2015, he won the league MVP and in 2016, he was the first unanimous MVP in NBA history. However, a Finals MVP had eluded him. In his previous three finals wins, a teammate had captured Finals MVP, Andre Iguodala in 2014, and Kevin Durant in 2017 and 2018.
The Warriors' return to glory was a long time coming. After making five consecutive Finals, winning three, they failed to make the playoffs the next two seasons as Klay Thompson recovered from an ACL tear and then an Achillies injury.
While the surrounding players on the team have changed dramatically since 2019, the core three of Curry, Green, and Thompson has once again reasserted themselves at the top of professional basketball.
The Warriors ran the league's highest payroll to keep their core together and bring in supplementary players. The combination of a $175 million payroll and $170 million in luxury tax payments for exceeding the NBA's soft salary cap saw them spend an astronomical $345 million for their championship team.
