NBA Conference Finals: The two conference finals both reported an increase in viewership from the previous year. Should a winner not determined in the first four games, the venue will then alternate between the Warriors and the Celtics with Golden State retaining the home advantage by hosting game five and seven if required.2019 15.1 6 games Toronto over Golden StateĢ018 17.6 4 games Golden State over ClevelandĢ017 20.4 5 games Golden State over ClevelandĢ016 20.3 7 games Cleveland over Golden StateĢ015 19. Games three and four will then move to the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. Given their superior regular season record the home-court advantage will belong to Golden State, who will host the first two games of the finals series. Jayson Tatum in action during Game Seven of the Eastern Conference Finals (2022 Getty Images) On the night, when his team needed him most, the power forward racked up 26 points, 10 rebounds and six assists in 46 minutes, demonstrating his capacity to stand tall when needed most even when under the heat of the formidable Jimmy Butler. Tatum arrived for Game 7 against the Miami Heat averaging 24.8 points, 8 rebounds and 5.5 assists. Since then, the Tokyo 2020 gold medallist has made the floor for 65 play-off games, a remarkable feat given his age, and it is consistency in the clutch moments that will pose problems for the hunting Warriors. The 24-year-old, now in his fifth NBA season, has been a star on the rise ever since he matched up against his childhood idol LeBron James in the play-offs four years ago. Recently crowned Larry Bird Eastern Conference finals' MVP Jayson Tatum will be the one hoping to deliver Boston to glory. ![]() Klay Thompson defending against Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic during Game Five of the 2022 Western Conference Finals (2022 Getty Images) Then there is the small matter that making the championship series is something personal for the point guard.Īfter the highs of making four consecutive finals from 2014-15 to 2018-2019, the Warriors were slapped with a two-year lull exacerbated by Curry’s own injury to his left hand, causing him to miss 60 games for his side.īack at the top, and buoyed by the in-form Klay Thompson whose own past season injury woes has fuelled his own motivational fire, if the Celtic are to stem the favoured Warriors, then quietening Curry will be their top priority. He finished the series having averaged 23.8 points, 7.4 assists and 6.6 rebounds confirm his status as the engine of the Golden States’ offence. The unanimous winner of the inaugural Magic Johnson Western Conference MVP, the 34-year-old as spearheaded their return to the finals after a two-year-long hiatus. Undeniably the player from the Warriors to watch leading into the Finals is Steph Curry. ![]() MORE: Back-to-back MVP award for Nikola Jokic in an NBA more international than ever Steph Curry has been a stalwart for the Warriors who are bidding for NBA title number eight (2022 Getty Images) ![]() It was a second seven-games series victory for the Celtics who ousted 2021 champions, the Milwaukee Bucks, 4-3 to set up a conference finals meeting with the Heat.Īnd before then? The Celtics only had the small task of eliminating Kevin Durant and ** Kyrie Irving'**s Brooklyn Nets. The Massachusetts-based franchise punched their ticket to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2010 after coming out on top of a down-to-the-wire series over the top-seeded Miami Heat 4-3. If the Warriors strolled to the Finals then the Celtics surely limped there, battered and bruised. They arrive at the best-of-seven finals series with the best marks of the post-season having beaten the Denver Nuggets - home of the regular consecutive regular season MVP Nikola Jokic – 4-1, before topping the Memphis Grizzlies 4-2 in the semi-finals. The road to the NBA Finals Golden State Warriorsįor the sixth time in eight seasons the Golden State Warriors will feature in an NBA Finals after emerging victorious against the Dallas Mavericks 4-1 in the Western Conference finals.
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