The 2022 NBA Finals are here!
The NBA’s 75th anniversary season features a throwback matchup between the Boston Celtics and the Golden State Warriors. The two teams were frequent playoff rivals in the 1950s and 1960s before the Warriors moved to California and met in the 1964 NBA Finals. All games can be seen on ESPN Deportes/ESPN3/ABC .
The Warriors, led by Western Conference finals MVP Stephen Curry, are in the Finals for the sixth time in eight years, looking to win their fourth title since 2015. The Celtics and Eastern Conference finals MVP Stephen Curry Jayson Tatum are making their first Finals appearance since 2010, when they lost to Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games. Boston hasn’t won the title since 2008, and no one on the Celtics’ roster has ever played in a Finals game.
This will be the third Finals series in which one team has at least 100 games of Finals experience on its roster, while the other has zero. The previous two cases involved the Chicago Bulls: They had the experience advantage over the Utah Jazz in 1997, while they were the inexperienced team that faced the Los Angeles Lakers in 1991.
Here’s all the information you need for the 2022 Finals, including news, results, recaps, stats and game-by-game analysis.
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NBA FINALS
Odds: Celtics -165 (Caesars Sportsbook)
Game 1: Celtics 120, Warriors 108
Game 2: Celtics at Warriors, Sunday 8 pm ET (ESPN Deportes/ESPN3)
Game 3: Warriors at Celtics, June 8, 9 pm ET (ESPN Deportes/ESPN3)
Game 4: Warriors at Celtics, June 10, 9 pm ET (ESPN Deportes/ESPN3)
5* game: Celtics at Warriors, June 13, 9 pm ET (ESPN Deportes/ESPN3)
Set 6*: Warriors at Celtics, June 16 at 9 pm ET (ESPN Deportes/ESPN3)
Game 7*: Celtics at Warriors, June 19 at 8 pm ET (ESPN Deportes/ESPN3)
*if necessary
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The Boston cast beat the Golden State Warriors 120 to 108 with a great collective performance, where Al Horford and Brown were the top figures (26 and 24 points respectively). Curry had 34.
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• Horford: “I’m just grateful to be in the final”
• Horford and Brown combine for 50 points in Celtics win
• Steph Curry favorite to win her first Finals MVP
• Celtics vs Warriors, what makes it a special Final?
How do I watch the Warriors-Celtics NBA Finals?
All games of the 2022 NBA Finals can be seen on ESPN Deportes, ESPN3 and ABC in the United States.
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How the Warriors and Celtics got here
Golden State Warriors
Regular season: 53-29, third in the Western Conference
First round: Defeated Denver Nuggets 4-1
Second round: They defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 4-2
Conference Finals: Defeated Mavericks 4-1
Boston Celtics
Regular season: 51-31, second in Eastern Conference
First Round: Defeated Brooklyn Nets 4-0
Second round: 4-3 defeat to Milwaukee Bucks
Conference Finals: Defeated Miami Heat 4-3
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