2023-04-30 07:00:00
Tonight, the Golden State Warriors have a date with their history, once once more. This Sunday at 9:30 p.m. Stephen Curry’s dynasty and his friends will play a decisive fifth Game 7 once morest the Sacramento Kings following having already played 4 between 2014 and 2018. A short tour of the DeLorean to remember what happened passed each time.
Premier tour, 2014 VS Los Angeles Clippers
To give context, the Clippers are still in Lob City mode with Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan, and the franchise then belongs to controversial ex-owner Donald Sterling, in turmoil when he had just been guilty of racist remarks once morest his ex-wife V. Stiviano. The players, meanwhile, did everything they might to stay united despite the extra-sporting storm, and with the Warriors, they kept going blow for blow. But it was the Angelinos who had the last word, as Doc Rivers is also capable of ensuring in hot moments, his guys did it brilliantly by resisting 33 points from Stephen Curry who is celebrating his first selection to the All-Star Game. Chris Paul has turned into a true conductor by alternating between basket clutches and the expedition of the two marsupials into orbit. JJ Redick will finish the throwing job and send his troops to the conference semi-finals, but it’s as if the essentials were elsewhere for the Clippers following this earthquake caused by their president at the time. This elimination may have been a lifesaver for the Warriors, who became NBA champions the following season for the first time in the Curry era.
Conference Finals, 2016 VS Oklahoma City Thunder
The Warriors have just signed the best regular season in history with 73 wins for 9 losses, and started the season with a 24-0, but it is obviously in the Playoffs that they are most expected. It almost got out of hand for the defending champions who were trailing 3-1 by the Thunder of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, but we are on one of the biggest turnarounds in recent years. Golden State managed the feat of coming back to 3-3 in the series to return to a white-hot Oracle Arena for the occasion. The match is rather close, but do you know the famous third quarter of the Warriors, the one during which they transform into Avengers and destroy everything in their path? It is precisely in this quarter that the Dubs will stick a 29-12 to the guys from OKC, in the wake of incandescent Splash Brothers who burned the nets NBA Jam style. Defense and shooting skills, this is the explosive cocktail that allowed Golden State to climb to its second consecutive NBA Finals, to find the Cavs, like in 2015. But hang in there, it’s not not even finished for this year.
Finales NBA, 2016 VS Cleveland Cavaliers
During these NBA Finals, Golden State leads 3-1 once morest Cleveland and seems to dominate the series. But now during Game 4, Draymond Green and LeBron James are warming up. Tired of his incessant escapades during these Playoffs, the NBA suspends the Warriors hound for Game 5 and leaves Kyrie and LeBron plenty of time to score 41 points each. Without his cornerstone, GS leaves Cleveland down to 3-2 and must therefore return to Ohio to try to win his title. New defeat for the band to Steve Kerr, who will certainly play Game 7 at home, but at this point in the series, the momentum is clearly for LeBron and his friends. And there, too many unforgettable moments to tell you, you who potentially discover this sport. Stephen Curry’s messed up back pass which lands in the front row, this stratospheric counter from LeBron James who, following the most important sprint of his life, explodes the leather once morest the board on this attempted lay-up from Andre Iguodala less than two minutes from the end, while the score is 89 everywhere. Less than a minute later, Kyrie Irving takes out the wheelbarrow once morest Stephen Curry and switches this game to a 3-point step-back, the air conditioning is installed in Oakland, everyone breathes through a straw. No more baskets will be registered in the game and LeBron James will finish the job by registering a free throw out of two following a foul by Draymond Green. Final score, 93-89. LeBron James keeps his promise, brings back the first title in Cavaliers history following an unlikely scenario and breaks down in tears. The Warriors, meanwhile, literally choke and are the first team to blow a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals. However, these Playoffs were also a turning point for the Warriors dynasty, since some time later, Kevin Durant decided to leave Oklahoma City to sign as a free agent with the Warriors, and made them the most successful team. hated in the NBA.
Conference Finals, 2018 VS Houston Rockets
Since the arrival of KD in their ranks, the Warriors have a target in the back, everyone wants to see them fall, and the Rockets of Mike D’Antoni did not go far from being these people. They led 3-2 in the conference finals once morest the ogre of Oakland, but were unfortunately deprived of Chris Paul… The Warriors managed to come back to 3-3 in the series, but Game 7 takes place in Houston, given that the Rockets are leaders in the West. The Fusées had started very well, until this gigantic air gap between the second and the fourth quarter. Mike D’Antoni’s men will completely unscrew and the doors of the Toyota Center will open and create great currents of air. Houston will miss 27 (twenty seven) consecutive 3-point shots. This is absolutely not a typo. 10 misses for James Harden, 7 for Eric Gordon, 6 for Trevor Ariza, 2 for PJ Tucker, 1 for Gerald Green and 1 for Joe Johnson. You can check, the account is good and new buildings have been built in Texas. The coach wants his team to live or die by shooting 3-pointers, and that day, he killed his own chances of reaching the NBA Finals. The score was 30-42 with 6 minutes 13 remaining in the second quarter for the Texans in the first miss, it was 89-76 for the… Californians with 7 minutes remaining in the… fourth quarter during of the last brick. The famous third quarter of the Warriors and their iron defense did not help, but we are there on an all-time crack. Golden State will eventually win, and head for its second consecutive title under the leadership of Kevin Durant, future Finals MVP for the second time in his career.
Everything has not always been rosy for the Warriors during the Game 7 they have played, but once morest the Kings, they will hope to write a new page in their history on hostile ground. The Golden1Center will be white-hot, and no doubt they will rather want to reproduce the results once morest the Thunder and Rockets rather than those once morest the Clippers and Cavaliers.
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