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Warriors observations: Klay Thompson carries Dubs to NBA Finals (NBC Sports Bay Area)

In reality, the Warriors now have gone to six straight Finals when Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green are healthy. There's no other way to put it: ...

The Heat had the best record in the East, while the Warriors had the third-best record in the West. They also played the Heat twice in the regular season and came away with two wins. In the first halves of the first four games combined, Thompson scored 18 points. The Warriors and Heat both finished with a 53-29 regular-season record. He made five 3-pointers between the last two games in Dallas, and also hit that mark in the first half on Thursday night. In reality, the Warriors now have gone to six straight Finals when Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green are healthy.

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Warriors-Mavericks score: Golden State back in NBA Finals as Klay ... (CBSSports.com)

They punched their ticket on Thursday night with a comfortable 120-110 win over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals to win the ...

Golden State's bid to win the 2019 Finals effectively ended when Thompson tore his ACL. Now, their trip to the 2022 Finals is coming thanks to perhaps the best game of Thompson's postseason. After two years away, one of the greatest heat checks in NBA history will take his talents to the league's biggest stage and compete for his fourth ring. There were moments in the past few months in which it looked like Thompson would struggle to stay on the floor in games like this. In a sense, this is the sort of Finals run Kerr has always wanted to make. LeBron James couldn't do it alone in Cleveland. The Mavericks have done well to surround Doncic with an array of shooters and defenders. The Warriors had more of it than anyone else. The Mavericks hung around early and made a run toward the end of the third quarter to briefly cut the deficit to single digits, but they never led on the night. Curry was the only Warrior to earn All-NBA honors, and they're playing against one of the best players in the NBA. Many teams, under similar circumstances, would've folded without their best player playing at his best. Kevon Looney's 18 rebounds gave the Warriors a plus-17 margin on the glass. The Golden State Warriors are heading back to the NBA Finals for the sixth time in eight seasons. You can attribute Golden State's 3-1 collapse against the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016 to many things, but a hobbled Stephen Curry would be high on that list, so when Curry seemingly tweaked his ankle early in Game 5 with yet another 3-1 lead, Warriors fans had every right to panic. They punched their ticket on Thursday night with a comfortable 120-110 win over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals to win the series, 4-1.

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Warriors vs. Mavericks score, results: Golden State punches ticket to ... (Sporting News)

The Sporting News tracked live scoring updates and highlights from Warriors vs. Mavericks on Thursday. Check out the complete results from Game 5 of the ...

Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals will tip off around 9 p.m. ET on Thursday, May 26. Warriors vs. 10:50 p.m. — Well, Luka Doncic and the Mavericks finally woke up. 11 p.m. — The Warriors lose what could be a big challenge. Warriors vs. Green wins this round. Draymond Green at the rim. The Sporting News tracked live scoring updates and highlights from Warriors vs. The call also wiped out a Jordan Poole 3-pointer. Warriors vs. Warriors vs. Six Golden State players hit double-figures in the scoring department, including Klay Thompson, who exploded for 32 points in 37 minutes.

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Warriors Reach NBA Finals for 6th Time in 8 Years (Sports Illustrated)

After finishing off the Dallas Mavericks, 120-110 in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals behind 32 points from Klay Thompson, the Warriors have a chance to ...

While an ankle tweak in the first quarter appeared to limit his ability to be aggressive offensively. Golden State will play the winner of the Boston Celtics - Miami Heat series, which Boston Currently leads, 3-2. Thompson, who led all scorers, shot 12-for-25 from the floor, knocking down 8 of the 16 three-pointers he attempted.

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After two arduous seasons, Warriors' core trio reach sixth NBA Finals (The Washington Post)

Golden State clinched its sixth NBA Finals trip in the past eight years, a feat not seen since Michael Jordan's Bulls of the 1990s.

Perhaps still feeling the effects of the past two seasons, which included Curry suffering a long-term hand injury and Thompson enduring two extended injury rehabilitations, the Warriors were careful not to get ahead of themselves as they closed in on this series win. To wit, Golden State improved to 9-0 at home in these playoffs, with all three of its closeout wins coming at Chase Center. Since 2015, the Warriors have a 72-21 record and a perfect 18-0 series mark against West foes in the playoffs. With the score tightened early in the fourth, Thompson returned the favor, threading a pass to Green for a basket in the paint. Early in the second half, Green pushed the ball up the middle in transition and flipped an extended behind-the-back pass to Thompson for another three. Congratulations to the Warriors. They were obviously the better team.” Luka Doncic led the way Thursday with a team-high 28 points, nine rebounds and six assists, and Spencer Dinwiddie added 26 points, including five three-pointers, off the bench. Clad in black from head to toe, the Warriors treated Game 5 like a formal dance, understanding the gravity of the occasion and executing their steps on cue. Within four minutes, the Warriors were up nine, and their lead swelled to 17 at halftime and 25 in the third quarter. Kevon Looney opened the scoring inside, Thompson drained a three-pointer, and Curry set up an Andrew Wiggins dunk and hit a three of his own. “The feeling leaving the 2019 Finals, we had been on an amazing journey and got hit with a lot of adversity and some speed bumps. Now they will seek their fourth title under Coach Steve Kerr against the Boston Celtics or the Miami Heat. Curry, whose comeback from a March foot sprain powered this playoff journey, was named the inaugural winner of the Magic Johnson award, given to the MVP of the Western Conference finals, after he averaged 23.8 points, 6.6 rebounds and 7.4 assists in the series. SAN FRANCISCO — When the Golden State Warriors have it going, they make the defense look lost and apprehensive, overwhelmed by their quick decisions and even quicker triggers.

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Los Warriors eliminan a los Mavericks y jugarán las Finales de la ... (Hola News)

Redacción Deportes (EE.UU.), 26 may (EFE).- Los Golden State Warriors ganaron este jueves a los Dallas Mavericks de Luka Doncic (120-110) y se clasificaron ...

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Warriors eliminan a Mavs y vuelven a las Finales (San Diego Union-Tribune en Español)

Klay Thompson anota 32 puntos y los Warriors de Golden State avanzan a las Finales de la NBA por sexta vez en las últimas ocho temporadas, ...

“Es difícil expresar esto con palabras en realidad”, dijo Thompson. “A estas alturas del año pasado yo simplemente había empezado a trotar otra vez de un lado a otro de la cancha. Y los Warriors han vuelto a las Finales de la NBA. Luego, en la celebración con sus compañeros, estuvo a punto de derramar unas lágrimas.

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Golden State Warriors eliminate Dallas Mavericks with Game 5 win ... (ESPN)

The Golden State Warriors are heading back to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2019 and for the sixth time in the last eight years after their ...

The Warriors held Doncic to just six points in the first half -- the fewest points in any first half all season for Doncic, including regular season and playoffs. Thursday's Game 5 was also a showcase of the Warriors' depth, which was much-needed with Otto Porter Jr. sidelined with left foot soreness. All five of the Warriors' starters finished in double digits.

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Golden State Warriors disputarán por sexta vez en ocho años las ... (ESPN Deportes)

Los Golden State Warriors están de regreso en las Finales de la NBA tras vencer en el Juego 5 a los Dallas Mavericks 110-120 para proclamarse campeones de ...

AL final del juego cifró 32 puntos con 8-16 desde el arco y 12-25 de campo. Solo Stephen Curry tiene más (16). Los Golden State Warriors están de regreso en las Finales de la NBA tras vencer en el Juego 5 a los Dallas Mavericks 110-120 para proclamarse campeones de la Conferencia Oeste al llevarse la serie 4-1.

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Los Warriors vuelven tres años después a las Finales de la NBA (FRANCE 24)

Con una actuación estelar del veterano Klay Thompson, los Golden State Warriors eliminaron este jueves a los Dallas Mavericks por 120-110 (global 4-1) y ...

"Este es un grupo al que nadie creía que iba a volver aquí", dijo Draymond Green tras el juego. "No quiero emocionarme, faltan aún cuatro (victorias) más, pero no me lo puedo creer". Tras dos temporadas de pesadilla, en las que llegaron a acabar en el último puesto en 2020, los Warriors aspiran ahora a retomar una dinastía que muchos daban por terminada con la derrota en las Finales de 2019 ante los Toronto Raptors y la partida de Kevin Durant a los Brooklyn Nets.

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Steph Curry wins Western Conference finals MVP as Warriors close ... (NBC Sports Bay Area)

The Warriors are headed back to the NBA Finals, and Steph Curry's play in the West finals was a large reason why.

A Finals MVP would be a fitting conclusion to a season that has seen Curry win NBA All-Star Game MVP and now Western Conference finals MVP. He earned all nine votes from media members who had a vote for the award. The Warriors eliminated the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 at Chase Center, punching their ticket to the NBA Finals where they await the winner of the Eastern Conference finals between the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics.

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Steph Curry Reacts to Golden State Warriors Reaching NBA Finals (Sports Illustrated)

Steph Curry won the first-ever Western Conference Finals MVP award, where he was ecstatic about not only winning the award but also reaching the finals. "This ...

This isn't the ultimate goal for the Golden State Warriors, but it's still a very special moment for this team that deserves to be celebrated. We know this isn't the ultimate goal, but we know we gotta celebrate this because of all we went through the last two years." Be optimistic the last two years, and be back where belong, back in the Finals. This is special, our fanbase, to do it in this new building.

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Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry wins inaugural Magic ... (ESPN)

Warriors star Stephen Curry was awarded the inaugural Magic Johnson Western Conference finals MVP trophy on Thursday after Golden State eliminated Dallas in ...

The league introduced new trophies for the MVPs of both the Eastern Conference finals and Western Conference finals. After the Warriors eliminated the Dallas Mavericks with their 120-110 win in Game 5, Curry was handed the brand-new Magic Johnson Western Conference finals MVP trophy and was immediately hugged and lifted in the air by his teammates. The NBA named the Western Conference MVP trophy after Johnson and the Eastern Conference MVP trophy after Larry Bird -- the two legends credited with raising the game to new levels in the 1980s.

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Warriors' Stephen Curry Named 2022 Western Conference Finals ... (Bleacher Report)

Stephen Curry was named the Magic Johnson Western Conference Finals MVP after his Golden State Warriors beat the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night, ...

If the Warriors win a title this year, however, Curry will be the prohibitive favorite to claim the award. The one thing that Curry has never won, however, is Finals MVP in five previous trips. The Warriors are the first franchise to reach the NBA Finals 6 times in an 8-season span since the Jordan-Pippen Bulls from 1991-98. Curry is a three-time champion, eight-time All-Star, two-time MVP, two-time scoring champion and four-time first-team All-NBA selection. Curry, 34, was excellent in the series, averaging 23.8 points, 6.6 rebounds and 7.4 assists. Add it to an already crowded trophy shelf.

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Klay Thompson Puts Exclamation Point on Warriors' Return to Finals (Sports Illustrated)

A 32-point outing from the sharpshooter helped Golden State reach its sixth Finals in eight seasons.

“To see him have that moment, it’s special … It’s coming from the struggle, and it’s a beautiful thing.” “An NBA season is such a marathon, to get through the 82, to get through three rounds of the playoffs, beating the best teams in the league to get there, it’s frankly exhausting. As for what a title would mean to this group? “It’s so difficult to get to the Finals,” Steve Kerr said after the game. I’m happy for all of them,” Kerr said after the game. As Thompson said himself, it’s a group that doesn’t have as much leeway as it had in the past, forced to be more meticulous because of their current circumstances. “For our team, our guys, especially the core group, Dray and Steph, Klay, Loon [Kevon Looney], Andre [Iguodala], to be part of that six times in eight years, I don’t even know what to say. When he came back, he came back a vet. A difficult climb back as the rest of the conference reloads. The Warriors took a 15-point lead and punched their ticket back to the NBA Finals. A little battered and worse for the wear. The ball found its way back to Klay, and this time he sank a three, his eighth of the game.

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Warriors Close Out Mavericks In Game 5 Victory (Warriors.com)

The Warriors are on their way to the 2022 NBA Finals after eliminating the Dallas Mavericks in a 120-110 victory at Chase Center on Thursday.

Dinwiddie - 4 Bullock - 4 Poole - 6 Green - 17 Wiggins - 10 Wiggins - 18

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Warriors close out Mavericks in 5 games, advance to NBA Finals (Arizona Sports)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Klay Thompson shimmied his way to 32 points and the Golden State Warriors advanced to their sixth NBA Finals in the past eight seasons ...

Moody scored all of his seven points in the second quarter with his 3-pointer giving Golden State a 56-38 lead. After making just seven 3-pointers in the first four games of the series, Thompson had eight this game. Thompson’s 3-pointer with just under 3 minutes left gave the Warriors a 15-point lead. Golden State is now 9-0 at the Chase Center this postseason, tying the 2017 team for the the most consecutive home wins in a single postseason in NBA history. They are the first team to make six finals appearances in an eight-year span since the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls had a pair of three-peats from 1991-93 and 1996-98. Doncic has typically been a playoff star.

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Kendrick Lamar's new album could be good news for the Golden ... (ESPN)

Toronto Raptors global ambassador and Grammy Award-winning artist Drake succinctly summarized the relationship between athletes and musicians on "Thank Me ...

To put a cherry on top, all three of those albums were No. 1 on the Billboard chart upon their release -- a feat that he also achieved with his latest album. Golden State's championship-winning years (2015, 2017, 2018) have lined up with the releases of Lamar's three previous albums ("To Pimp a Butterfly," "DAMN," "Black Panther: The Album"), user unanimous30 on Reddit noted. The Golden State Warriors earned a ticket to their sixth Finals appearance in eight seasons with a convincing Game 5 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday.

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Warriors beat Mavericks 120-110 to return to NBA Finals (KMID - Local 2 News)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Klay Thompson shimmied his way to 32 points and the Golden State Warriors advanced to their sixth NBA Finals in the past eight seasons ...

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Warriors eliminan a Mavs y vuelven a las Finales (AP News)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mientras el tiempo se agotaba, Klay Thompson comenzó a bailar a un costado de la cancha. Luego, en la celebración con sus compañeros, ...

“Es difícil expresar esto con palabras en realidad”, dijo Thompson. “A estas alturas del año pasado yo simplemente había empezado a trotar otra vez de un lado a otro de la cancha. Y los Warriors han vuelto a las Finales de la NBA. Luego, en la celebración con sus compañeros, estuvo a punto de derramar unas lágrimas.

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Warriors advance to NBA Finals without Splash Brother ... (CBSSports.com)

In November of 2018, in the middle of what would become a four-game losing streak and a week removed the infamous Draymond Green-Kevin Durant sideline ...

If they lose in the Finals, they won't consider this season a success. The Warriors still need four more wins for a fourth championship in the Kerr era, and indeed, this is an organization that expects to win it all. At the end of the day, the Warriors, albeit with fewer fireworks, are putting up a postseason offensive rating in line with the Durant years. They uncovered a gem in Gary Payton II. They resisted the urge to trade Poole or Jonathan Kuminga, or even a Moses Moody or James Wiseman, building their bridge to the next era without sacrificing the championship potential of the current core. Kevon Looney had 22 rebounds in the Game 6 clincher over Memphis, and 18 boards in the Game 5 clincher over Dallas. Jordan Poole is shooting 53 percent through the first three playoff series of his career. Gone are the days when Golden State was running out a borderline Hall of Famer in Andre Iguodala, at the height of his defensive and playmaking powers, as a sixth man. The Warriors always were, and still are, a supremely skilled team, but this team has had to find other, less spectacular ways to win. But they are not the guys they were in the first few chapters of the dynasty. These guys are not the players they used to be, or at least they weren't this season. Those first two postseason runs with Durant on board, the Warriors outscored opponents by a combined 23.6 points per 100 possessions. I don't care what the odds have said at various points, or even what they'll say to open the Finals, whether against Boston or Miami. And yet here they are, in their sixth Finals in the last eight years. The final threads of the Kevin Durant era were fraying.

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Warriors Announce 2022 NBA Finals Ticket On-Sale Information (Warriors.com)

The Golden State Warriors announced today that single game tickets for the team's first three home games of the NBA Finals will go on sale Friday, May 27, ...

In partnership with Chase Center Founding Partner Ticketmaster, the Warriors resale marketplace offers a safe and convenient way for fans to access all levels of tickets throughout the regular season and playoffs. The Dub Club is a comprehensive benefits program that replaced the Warriors Season Ticket Waitlist and offers all fans exclusive access and perks, including pre-sale opportunities for Warriors regular season and postseason games and select Chase Center events. 95.7 The Game 95.7 The Game 95.7 The Game The first presale event begins Friday, May 27, at 10 a.m., exclusively for the team’s season ticket members.

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Twitter erupts as Warriors return to NBA Finals, eliminate Mavericks (NBC Sports Bay Area)

Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, Steve Kerr and the Golden State Warriors are headed back to the NBA Finals. Their 6th trip in the last 8 seasons.

From an injury-plagued season to a playoff ascension, the Warriors were able to close it out on their home court and prove their doubters wrong. The gentleman's sweep sent Golden State to its sixth Finals appearance in the last eight seasons, and social media was in awe of the Warriors' playoff resurgence after missing out on the postseason the last two years. With their close-out victory over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals on Thursday, the Warriors didn't just have Chase Center in an uproar, but Twitter, too.

Star trio leads Warriors to 6th NBA Finals spot in 8 years (The Seattle Times)

Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green picked up where they left off last time they were healthy in the postseason.

The skill and the athleticism and all that, but to also be just incredibly competitive and to want to win so badly. If you don’t have that type of competitive desire and that type of skill combined, it’s just not going to happen six times out of eight years.” “We never lost the faith, but you understand how hard of a process it was going to be to climb the mountain again,” Curry said. It’s an accomplishment only the greatest groups have reached with Bill Russell’s Celtics of the 1950s and ‘60s, Magic Johnson’s Lakers in the 1980s and Michael Jordan’s Bulls of the 1990s doing it. “Like I’ve said over and over again, I’m going to keep saying it: No one has proven that they can move us off that spot,” Green said. Draymond Green anchored the defense and even chipped in on the offensive end for a change.

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Star trio leads Warriors to 6th NBA Finals spot in 8 years (KMID - Local 2 News)

Draymond Green anchored the defense and even chipped in on the offensive end for a change. Stephen Curry capped off an MVP performance. The trio that led Golden State to so much success in recent years is whole again and and has the Warriors ...

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Golden State Warriors Advance to 2022 NBA Finals (Warriors.com)

The Golden State Warriors earned a berth in the 2022 NBA Finals following tonight's 120-110 victory over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the Western ...

95.7 The Game 95.7 The Game 95.7 The Game 95.7 The Game 95.7 The Game Golden State will own home-court advantage during the NBA Finals over either Miami or Boston.

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Golden State Warriors beat the Dallas Mavericks to reach sixth NBA ... (CNN)

The Golden State Warriors have advanced to the NBA Finals for the sixth time in the past eight seasons, a feat only three previous teams have ever achieved.

"The skill and the athleticism and all that, but to also be just incredibly competitive and to want to win so badly. "It's hard to put into words really. 120-110 in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals in San Francisco on Thursday, the Warriors took a 4-1 series victory and now await the winner of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat.

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The Warriors' return to the NBA finals is a remarkable feat of ... (The Guardian)

Golden State have a shot at their fourth championship in less than a decade. It's easy to forget they were the worst team in the NBA just two seasons ago.

The Canadian has thrived in the postseason, too, drawing primary-defender duty on Doncic and providing perhaps the highlight of the playoffs so far when he dunked over the Slovenian superstar in Game 3 of the Conference finals. His selection as an All-Star back in February was perhaps more indicative of the dearth of elite forwards in the West with LA Clippers duo Kawhi Leonard and Paul George out, but Wiggins has fully acclimated to the Warriors’ defensive set-up and their constant-motion offense this year. But, looking back now, Curry’s absence from the final 12 games of the season might have been a blessing in disguise. History will remember this season as a continuation of the Golden State dynasty, especially if they go on to claim their fourth NBA title in less than a decade. It has been a remarkable feat of regeneration and rejuvenation. Hand surgery meant Steph Curry missed all but five games of the 2019-20 season, in which Golden State finished with the worst record in the NBA. They were only marginally better the season after, creeping into the inaugural postseason play-in tournament, where they were dumped out by a young Memphis Grizzlies team.

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Watch: Warriors Fans Threw Things at Charles Barkley On-Air ... (Sports Illustrated)

NBA on TNT analyst Charles Barkley has made it very clear in recent weeks that he's not a fan of Warriors supporters or the city of San Francisco.

They will face either the Celtics or the Heat. Barkley got up from his seat like he was going to throw something back at them, but Barkley’s colleagues Ernie Johnson and Kenny Smith pleaded with Barkley to sit down. While Barkley’s feud with Warriors fans is amusing, it’s dangerous to normalize the idea that throwing things at analysts is O.K.

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Warriors vs. Mavericks score, takeaways: Golden State closes out ... (CBSSports.com)

Stephen Curry and the Warriors are back in the NBA Finals for the sixth time in eight years.

Golden State's bid to win the 2019 Finals effectively ended when Thompson tore his ACL. Now, their trip to the 2022 Finals is coming thanks to perhaps the best game of Thompson's postseason. After two years away, one of the greatest heat checks in NBA history will take his talents to the league's biggest stage and compete for his fourth ring. There were moments in the past few months in which it looked like Thompson would struggle to stay on the floor in games like this. In a sense, this is the sort of Finals run Kerr has always wanted to make. LeBron James couldn't do it alone in Cleveland. The Mavericks have done well to surround Doncic with an array of shooters and defenders. The Warriors had more of it than anyone else. The Mavericks hung around early and made a run toward the end of the third quarter to briefly cut the deficit to single digits, but they never led on the night. Curry was the only Warrior to earn All-NBA honors, and they're playing against one of the best players in the NBA. Many teams, under similar circumstances, would've folded without their best player playing at his best. Kevon Looney's 18 rebounds gave the Warriors a plus-17 margin on the glass. The Golden State Warriors are heading back to the NBA Finals for the sixth time in eight seasons. You can attribute Golden State's 3-1 collapse against the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016 to many things, but a hobbled Stephen Curry would be high on that list, so when Curry seemingly tweaked his ankle early in Game 5 with yet another 3-1 lead, Warriors fans had every right to panic. They punched their ticket on Thursday night with a comfortable 120-110 win over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals to win the series, 4-1.

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What the Golden State Warriors Have to Fear (Slate Magazine)

The Warriors are now one series away from their fourth championship since 2015; the team's core three of Curry, Thompson, and Draymond Green are already locks ...

In the modern NBA the Spurs are the gold standard for a dynasty that was simultaneously rooted in stability and adaptability, exactly what the Warriors are striving for. There won’t be anything quite like this Warriors team ever again, and if you’re a basketball fan it’s good to have them back in the Finals and to know, for right now, that they still belong there. Leonard got hurt in the 2017 Western Conference Finals (which the Spurs lost to the Warriors, incidentally) and played only nine games in the 2017-18 season before demanding a trade. In 2010, the team was sold to a forward-thinking and deep-pocketed ownership group led by venture capitalist Joe Lacob and movie producer Peter Guber. In 2011, the Warriors drafted Klay Thompson with the 11th pick, then plucked Draymond Green with the 35th choice the following year. From 1992 to 2014—a 22- year stretch—the Warriors never won more than 50 games in a single season, and most seasons won far less than that. After dispensing with the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night, the Golden State Warriors are now headed for their sixth NBA Finals in the past eight years.

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