2022 NBA Finals Game 6 vs Boston Celtics

Lore & Background

The Warriors were the no. 3 seed in the West, while the Celtics were the no. 2 seed in the East. The Warriors had home-court advantage for finishing the regular season two games better than the Celtics. The Celtics won Game 1 on the road and returned to Boston with the series tied 1–1. They won their first home game to take a 2–1 lead, but the Warriors won the next three games to take the series 4–2. Golden State won its first title since 2018 and its seventh championship overall. The series started on June 2 and concluded on June 16. This was a rematch of the 1964 NBA Finals, in which the Celtics defeated the then-San Francisco Warriors in five games.

In Their Own Story

The air inside TD Garden hung heavy with the scent of impending history for Boston, but the Warriors moved with the cold precision of a machine finally tuned to perfection. Every dribble echoed through the tense arena as Curry surveyed the floor, his eyes locked on the rim, daring the Celtics to double him. The Green Sea roared in protest, yet Golden State answered with surgical execution. The drought was over; history had been written in their favor.

Reader's Guide

In Game 6, the Warriors closed out the series. It is unclear from the source whether Jordan Poole scored a career-high 30 points in this game.

Did You Know?

• The Warriors were the no. 3 seed in the West but had home-court advantage over the no. 2 seed Celtics due to a better regular-season record.
• Stephen Curry was named Finals MVP for the first time in his career.
• This was the second Finals meeting between the Celtics and Warriors, after 1964.
• The Celtics won Game 1 despite Jayson Tatum shooting 3-for-17 from the field.