Warriors vs Boston Celtics

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Lore & Background

The 2021–22 Warriors faced the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals, a rematch of the 1964 Finals. In that earlier series, the Celtics defeated the then–San Francisco Warriors in five games. The 2022 series saw the Warriors defeat the Celtics four games to two to win their fourth championship in eight years, seventh overall, and first since 2018. After the series, many analysts claimed that the Warriors were one of the greatest dynasties in NBA history. During the championship run, the Warriors won at least one road game in all four playoff series, thus extending their NBA record for consecutive playoff series with at least one road win at 27.

In Their Own Story

The 2021–22 Golden State Warriors entered the NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics after a season of dramatic turns. The Warriors had a 41–13 record in February, then went 7–16 in an injury-plagued stretch of 23 games, and then won the final 5 games of the season. They finished third in the Western Conference, with a record of 53–29. In the playoffs, they defeated the Denver Nuggets in five games, upset the second-seed Memphis Grizzlies in six games, and defeated the Dallas Mavericks in five games in the Conference Finals. This was the sixth time in the last eight years the Warriors won the Western Conference. The last team to win six conference championships in eight years was the 1990–98 Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference. The Warriors under Steve Kerr to this point had never lost a Western Conference playoff series, going 18–0 during this span, tied with the 1959–67 Boston Celtics for the longest playoff winning streak in NBA history against their conference opponents. In the Finals, the Warriors beat the Boston Celtics 4–2.

Did You Know?

• The 2022 NBA Finals was a rematch of the 1964 Finals, in which the Celtics defeated the then–San Francisco Warriors in five games.
• The Warriors beat the Boston Celtics 4–2 in the 2022 Finals, winning their fourth championship in eight years (2015, 2017, 2018).
• During the 2022 championship run, the Warriors extended their NBA record for consecutive playoff series with at least one road win to 27.
• The Warriors under Steve Kerr had never lost a Western Conference playoff series, going 18–0, tied with the 1959–67 Boston Celtics for the longest playoff winning streak in NBA history against their conference opponents.
• The last team to win six conference championships in eight years before the Warriors was the 1990–98 Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference.