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"You've just got to embrace these moments, especially to be one of the last two teams playing and I know we're all gonna bring it Monday. We're so excited. "You have a group of guys who are going to be in the Hall of Fame someday: Steph, Klay, Draymond," Kerr said. "I can't wait to see our fans, I know they're excited. "Whether that's their crowd, their team, our team, whoever wants to see that energy and that fire – we feed off of that. "I mean, this was nearly a must-win game and to go out there and shoot as efficiently as he did, and oh, grab 10 rebounds when they're attacking him on defense – I mean, his conditioning is second to none in this league. "I've always said, he's one of the most resilient, toughest guys that I've ever played with," said Green. "The way defenses guard him, who are constantly grabbing, and he just continues to play. "These guys are the constant. "I felt like I just had to let everybody know that we were here tonight," Curry said. "The things he does, we kind of take for granted from time to time. Even though we were down, it was night and day difference between Game 3 and Game 4 how we came out defensively. I could tell [by] his demeanour last couple of days, even after Game 3, that he was going to come out with that type of fire. He went 7-of-14 from three-point range on Friday night, making him the first player to score five-or-more threes in four consecutive NBA Finals games.

Stephen Curry's 43-point masterpiece in Game Four of the NBA Finals on Friday left his Warriors teammates, his coaches and basketball fans everywhere in awe ...

"I don't rank my performances," Curry said. His conditioning is second to none in this league. Advertisement

The night demanded not just precision and concentration, but an extra something only a special few can summon.

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Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry had what teammate Klay Thompson called his best Finals performance to date, scoring 43 points to lead the Warriors ...

"He was going to come out with that type of fire," Green said. Green added: "You just try to do what you can to help free him up to get him to his spots or open up some space for him to create and get to his spots. "The things he does we kind of take for granted from time to time," Thompson said. ... I think if everybody is forceful on the offensive end, and that means with cuts, that means crisp with your passes, then you allow him to be in the position to do what he does." But Curry outscored the rest of the Warriors' starters 43-39. He became just the fifth guard in NBA history to have at least 40 points and 10 rebounds in a Finals game. Kevon Looney, who came off of the bench for the first time this series, had 11 rebounds and finished with a plus-21 net rating. But it was Curry who carried them to the point when that shot could become the dagger. With just over a minute left in the game and the Warriors up three, Green grabbed the offensive rebound off a missed Thompson 3-pointer. "Felt like we just had to let everybody know that we were here tonight," Curry said. On Friday, he scored 10 in the final frame. BOSTON -- Stephen Curry isn't one to show tons of emotion throughout the course of a game.

The girlfriends and wives of the Celtics and Warriors are out in full force for the NBA Finals!!!

These WAGs will be out in full force for the rest of the Finals ... 'cause this one's heating up. The Celtics and Warriors are currently duking it out in an intense series ... but let's take a second to show love for the wives and girlfriends of the NBA Finals!! Draymond has admittedly played like "s***" at points this series ... but his wife has been there for her man through it all. Damion Lee's wifey is Sydel Curry-Lee, a 27-year-old volleyball player ... who also happens to be the sister of his teammate, Steph. Steph is already a 3-time NBA champ ... but his wife will certainly be cheering for him as he tries to capture his first Finals MVP. Celtics And Warriors WAGs Steal The Spotlight ... At NBA Finals

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The Celtics looked more composed speed and pace wise, particularly in the first half, but were prone to turnovers. But as a three-time NBA champion coach, Kerr has been in difficult situations before and he backed his judgement by making big calls at the right times. It worked as the Warriors fought from behind to take the lead and never relinquished it. The Warriors had various aspects they were looking to improve on coming in and they ticked every box. But Boston, despite some big plays from that pair and from Robert Williams III on the defensive end, did not have enough. Andrew Wiggins pulled down the most boards of his career, 16 of them, to go with 17 points.

In the 2007 NBA draft, the Philadelphia 76ers selected versatile big man Thaddeus Young with the 12th overall pick.

In seven seasons, Young averaged 13.7 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 1.4 steals as he was a guy the Sixers could count on a nightly basis. He was also a starter on the 2009 playoff team and he made a game-winner over Dwight Howard to give Philadelphia a 2-1 lead in that series before the Orlando Magic won three straight. He helped the Sixers make a surprising run to the NBA Playoffs and he started in all six games as Philadelphia was eliminated by the Detroit Pistons in Round 1.

Draymond Green was removed from the game for Kevon Looney, who was playing great. Green was struggling again, just as he had in Game 3.

So if he has to ride a hot hand — and Looney was terrific in the second half — he can make major withdrawals from that bank of institutional memory. The Warriors rallied in a must-win because Curry was otherworldly, with 43 points and 10 boards, and because he had lots of help — from Andrew Wiggins (17 points, 16 rebounds), Klay Thompson (18 points) and Looney, who had 11 rebounds in 28 minutes. Kerr would have gotten withering criticism as well for taking Green out, as poorly as he played, had Golden State not won and tied the series at 2-2. Loon went in there, dominated the paint, got us some big rebounds, created a presence. “It’s not just your physical abilities; it’s the high-IQ teams that are able to make adjustments.” It worked and Milwaukee pulled out a series-tying win, the catalyst for the Bucks’ ultimate six-game victory. Down the stretch, Green made a couple of monster plays — a short-roll bounce pass to Looney for a layup and a pristine dime to Curry for a dagger 3-pointer with 1:42 remaining. Boston was closing in on a 3-1 lead, which would put them a game from their franchise’s 18th title, and the Warriors were in deep trouble. He came back in and made huge plays down the stretch, finishes the game with four steals, eight assists, nine boards. But it’s still a huge roll of the dice. A hundred games, eight months together, and often, a coach has to make a big decision, in real time, that can galvanize a team toward a huge win, or splinter it into a dozen pieces. BOSTON — Game 4 of an NBA Finals is, often, the championship series’ fulcrum.

The night demanded not just precision and concentration, but an extra something only a special few can summon.

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Steph Curry produced a 43-point masterpiece Friday to will the Golden State Warriors to a 107-97 Game 4 victory over the Boston Celtics and level the series ...

"It's just special to watch what he does," Thompson added. "I mean, this was nearly a must-win game," Thompson told reporters. But it wasn't just his remarkable efficiency in front of a raucous Boston crowd that made this performance special.

The doting dads of the Boston Celtics outwardly showing affection for their sons on the NBA Finals stage may represent a moment of progress.

“All I see is Black fathers," she said. Whether it’s Jayson Tatum’s son Deuce, Al Horford’s son Ean or Derrick White’s son Hendrix – whose arrival last month forced his dad to miss a playoff game – attentive, always-present fathers are as common in the Celtics workplace culture as a three-point field goal. The doting dads of the Boston Celtics outwardly showing affection for their sons on the NBA Finals stage may represent a moment of progress to a societal ill once highlighted by then-presidential candidate Barak Obama.

The NBA Finals return to Chase Center for a pivotal Game 5 matchup between the Warriors and Celtics.

Marcus Smart, Derrick White and Al Horford also have had their moments offensively for the Celtics in the Finals, who as a team are shooting 49 percent in their wins and 39 percent in their losses. He’s averaging 34.3 points while shooting over 49 percent (both overall and on 3-pointers), and he’s made no fewer than five threes in any game in these Finals. Should he keep up at this pace, this will be Curry’s highest scoring performance in his NBA Finals career, and the third highest scoring postseason series overall. He’s averaging 3.0 blocks per game and has the second best average plus-minus rating (+5.0) among players who play at least 15 minutes a game in this series, trailing only Looney. The Celtics have been the best road team during this postseason, and they’ll need that to ring true at least one more time to keep their Championship hopes alive. AST: Tatum (6.2) Wiggins has been dealt the tough task of defending Boston’s All-NBA star Jayson Tatum. And just as he did against Luka Doncic in the Western Conference Finals, Wiggins is making Tatum work for everything he gets in The Finals. Tatum is averaging 22.3 points while shooting 34.1 percent from the field, down from the 27.0 points on 44.6 percent shooting he had through the first three rounds of the postseason. In fact, the Warriors have outscored the Celtics by a single point (422-421) through the first four games. Curry made seven threes in the game and Andrew Wiggins had 17 points and a career-high 16 rebounds in the win, which tied the series up at 2-2. AST: Green (6.2) Stephen Curry had 43 points and the Warriors ended a tightly contested game with a 17-3 run to win Game 4, 107-97, in Boston on Friday night. The Warriors have won the third quarter in each of the first four games of the series and are a cumulative plus-49 in that period for the series, but Boston rode dominant fourth quarters to each of their wins in Games 1 and 3. AST: 27.2 (1st) The Dubs have gone 10-1 at home this postseason, and with three games at most left in the series, the Warriors can and will use any edge they can with each team two wins away from an NBA Championship. If Monday’s Game 5 plays out anything like the first four games, it will be decided in the second half, as the team who has won the second half has won each of the first four games in the series.

Jayson Tatum accepted responsibility for the Boston Celtics' Game 4 loss to the Golden State Warriors on Friday night, which leveled the 2022 NBA Finals at ...

"But it's the Finals. The art of competition, they came here feeling like they had to win," he said. "We obviously felt like we put ourselves in the position to win the game," Tatum said. I think that's kind of the beauty of it, that it's not going to be easy. "I know I'm impacting the game in other ways, but I got to be more efficient, shoot the ball better, finish at the rim better. I think we just got way too stagnant late in the fourth from everybody." I got to be better," the three-time All-Star told reporters.

Stephen Curry blew the NBA world away dropping 43 in Game 4 of the Finals and his peers took to Twitter to react to his epic game.

— RJ (@RjHampton14)June 11, 2022 — DWade (@DwyaneWade)June 11, 2022 Willed us to win.

Nothing is easy against the Celtics, but a legendary Curry Flurry kept Golden State alive.

Curry said that, even though Golden State had a poor start offensively, the tone of the game was completely different from the previous one: "It wasn't a perfect first quarter, but we gave ourselves enough life." There were also Games 2 and 5 of the Finals, both in Toronto, both narrow, gutsy victories against an opponent that was ahead in the series and pulling out every defensive trick in the book. The Celtics' defense blends the best attributes of those Rockets (switchability) and those Raptors (intelligence). It has pushed Kerr to an uncomfortable place, where every lineup decision is a bet on Golden State either circumventing a spacing issue or scrounging up just enough stops to survive. That was its first experience on this stage, and it was down 2-1 against the Cleveland Cavaliers before it won three straight. Looney's layup turned a one-possession game into a two-possession game, and it deflated a crowd that was ready to explode. "The heart on that man is incredible," Thompson said.

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"You've just got to embrace these moments, especially to be one of the last two teams playing and I know we're all gonna bring it Monday. We're so excited. "You have a group of guys who are going to be in the Hall of Fame someday: Steph, Klay, Draymond," Kerr said. "I can't wait to see our fans, I know they're excited. "Whether that's their crowd, their team, our team, whoever wants to see that energy and that fire – we feed off of that. "I mean, this was nearly a must-win game and to go out there and shoot as efficiently as he did, and oh, grab 10 rebounds when they're attacking him on defense – I mean, his conditioning is second to none in this league. "I've always said, he's one of the most resilient, toughest guys that I've ever played with," said Green. "The way defenses guard him, who are constantly grabbing, and he just continues to play. "These guys are the constant. "I felt like I just had to let everybody know that we were here tonight," Curry said. "The things he does, we kind of take for granted from time to time. Even though we were down, it was night and day difference between Game 3 and Game 4 how we came out defensively. I could tell [by] his demeanour last couple of days, even after Game 3, that he was going to come out with that type of fire. He went 7-of-14 from three-point range on Friday night, making him the first player to score five-or-more threes in four consecutive NBA Finals games.

As the offseason rolls on, keep up with all news as it relates to the Dallas Mavericks right here with our DallasBasketball.com NBA Tracker.

According to NBA reporter Marc Stein, the Mavs are planning to retain a couple of key bench presence and locker room guys. According to Forbes, James has become the first-ever active NBA player to become a billionaire. The same can be said for Theo Pinson, who scored a season-high 16 points in Dallas’ regular-season finale win against the San Antonio Spurs. Although Dallas already has Jalen Brunson and Spencer Dinwiddie on the roster, it never hurts to have another seasoned secondary distributor… The Oregon-based Knight, 84, has an estimated personal worth of $60 billion and would reportedly plan to keep the Blazers in Portland. With the NBA Draft just a little over two weeks away, the Dallas Mavericks have started the process of bringing in prospects for workouts. LeBron James has no shortage of NBA accolades — both on and off the court. Kokoskov coached superstar Luka Doncic with the Slovenian national team in 2017, so it was a natural fit. Sometimes it's about taking the best talent available over taking someone just for a positional need. Hardy appeared in 12 games for the Ignite last season, averaging 17.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.2 assists and 1.3 steals in 32.2 minutes per game. Curry's status was in question after his left foot was rolled up on by Celtics forward Al Horford in the fourth quarter of Game 3. "And then for us to come out and do what we did and go home, that five-and-a-half hour flight got a little better after tonight."

SportsLine's projection model simulated Game 5 of Boston Celtics vs. Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals 2022 10000 times.

Visit SportsLine now to find out which side of the spread you need to jump on, all from the model that has crushed its NBA picks, and find out. That mark improves to more than 1.19 points per possession in postseason home games, and the Warriors are also holding the Celtics to just 45.7 percent 2-point shooting in the 2022 NBA Finals. Celtics? And which side of the spread hits in well over 60 percent of simulations? The model also says one side of the spread hits in well over 60 percent of simulations. That overall profile was buoyed by 43 points, 10 rebounds and seven 3-pointers in Game 4, and Curry is virtually impossible for any opponent to stop. The Celtics are also limiting opponents to only 20.5 assists per game, and Boston's versatile defensive approach regularly flummoxes opponents. Here are several NBA odds and betting trends for Celtics vs. The Celtics are averaging 26.8 assists per game, assisting on a whopping 71.3 percent of field goals against the Warriors. Boston is also shooting 42.4 percent from 3-point range and securing 29.7 percent of available offensive rebounds. Before locking in any Celtics vs. The Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors face off in a pivotal Game 5 matchup on Monday evening. Celtics picks and NBA playoff predictions. The model enters the second week of the 2022 NBA Finals on a stunning 88-60 roll on all top-rated NBA picks, returning over $2,100.

On Friday, Draymond Green met with the media after the Golden State Warriors beat the Boston Celtics by a score of 107-97 to take Game 4 of the NBA Finals.

- SHOULD THE BUCKS MAKE A TRADE? The Milwaukee Bucks lost Game 7 to the Boston Celtics, which officially ended their 2021-22 NBA season in the second-round. "Came out and showed why he's one of the best players to ever play this game," Green said of Curry. Steph Curry erupted for 43 points in the big win, and afterwards Draymond Green spoke about Curry when he met with the media.

SportsLine reveals the top NBA prop picks and best bets for Game 5 of Boston Celtics vs. Golden State Warriors.

You need to see the model's analysis before making any Celtics vs. The offense is clearly in Curry's hands at this point, so Thompson is unlikely to get over this total in Game 5. Celtics 10,000 times, the model projects Golden State shooting guard Klay Thompson to go under 19.5 points at -125 odds. The model enters the second week of the 2022 NBA Finals on a stunning 88-60 roll on all top-rated NBA picks, returning over $2,100. Warriors Game 5, you need to see the Warriors vs. Celtics prop predictions from the SportsLine Projection Model.

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After twice going ahead in the series, the Boston Celtics missed a crucial chance to take a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals on Saturday morning.

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Take a closer look at Golden State's 107-97 win over Boston in Game 4 to tie the Finals at 2-2 with a deep dive into all aspects of the box score.

• In each of the first three games of the Finals, Marcus Smart was matched up with Stephen Curry for the most minutes of any Celtic, followed by Derrick White each time. • Stephen Curry shot the ball better when he was contested (9-for-14, 64.3%) than when he was left uncontested (5-for-12, 41.7%) in Game 4. • Boston doubled up the Warriors on box outs in Game 4, 12-6. • The teams tied in loose balls recovered as every 50-50 ball is critical in the Finals. No play may have demonstrated that more than Jayson Tatum’s dive and slide across the sidelines to try to save a ball from going out of bounds. • No player was on the move more than Klay Thompson in Game 4 as he traveled just under three miles on the court with a game-high 2.97 miles. In Game 4, the Warriors had 14 screen assists for 38 points – the top two marks of the series. • The Warriors assisted on only half of their made field goals in Game 4, which is not only their lowest assist percentage of the Finals, but is also their lowest mark of the entire postseason. • Boston has finished with a higher free throw rate in three of the four games in this series. He not only made the same number of 2s and 3s, he was also assisted at the same rate on both shot types (42.9%). • The first three games of the series featured only 11 total seconds of clutch time – score within five points in the final five minutes of the fourth quarter or overtime – and that came in Game 1, when Al Horford made a 3-pointer with 4:49 to play in the game to put Boston up by six. Boston’s Jaylen Brown led all players with 12 points in the paint, while Stephen Curry led the Warriors with 10, followed by Andrew Wiggins at eight. • In Boston’s two wins in this series, it has shot 50.6% (Game 1) and 48.3% (Game 3) as a team, respectively.

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James sent out a great tweet about the Golden State Warriors. On Friday night, they beat the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of ...

- SHOULD THE BUCKS MAKE A TRADE? The Milwaukee Bucks lost Game 7 to the Boston Celtics, which officially ended their 2021-22 NBA season in the second-round. The two teams are each 1-1 at home during the series. Steph Curry was the star of the night scoring 43 points and grabbing ten rebounds.

The Golden State Warriors defeated the Boston Celtics 1107-97 in Game 4 of the 2022 NBA Finals on Wednesday to even this series up at 2-2 heading back to ...

Perhaps no player had a greater impact on this game for Golden State than Andrew Wiggins, who finished with 17 points and a career-high 16 rebounds. Having the ball late in the shot-clock and being assertive is what will win Boston this series. Stephen Curry put on an absolute show in this game and no matter if he was wide-open, heavily contested or being fouled, everything Curry seemed to put up went in, especially in the second-half. Through four games in the 2022 NBA Finals now, Curry is averaging 34.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists and is shooting 49.8% from the floor, 49.1% from three-point range. Andrew Wiggins is a perfect example of this. - Draymond Green's Amazing Quote About Steph Curry After Game 4: On Friday, Draymond Green met with the media after the Golden State Warriors beat the Boston Celtics by a score of 107-97 to take Game 4 of the NBA Finals. The series is now tied up at 2-2.CLICK HERE. - Steph Curry's Viral Quote After Brilliant Game 4: Steph Curry met with the media after he had 43 points in the Golden State Warriors win over the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of the NBA Finals.CLICK HERE. The Celtics’ inconsistency on the offensive-end of the floor has hurt them at times in this series and it especially hurt them in Game 4, a game in which Boston could have taken. The third quarter of Game 4 was much like the third quarters of the previous three games in this series and the Warriors outscored the Celtics 30-24 with Curry scoring 14 points in the quarter and helping Golden State take a one-point lead into the fourth. Golden State ended up outrebounding Boston 55-42 in Game 4, helping them hold on and even up this series at 2-2 after a 107-97 victory on the road. Over the final twelve minutes of Game 4 on Friday night, Curry continued to give the Celtics’ defense fits and the Warriors as a whole were putting in work on the offensive and defensive glass. With their backs up against the wall and facing a scenario where they could have gone down 3-1 in the NBA Finals, the Golden State Warriors responded in Game 4 against the Boston Celtics on Friday night.

A business trip between 3 Nike employees takes an unexpected turn, and ends up changing a young Utah Jazz fan's life.

“We gave him back to his mom, had that moment, tears were shed, and we all choked up as we realized this is what the night was for; it wasn’t for the game. “As his back was to us, we could see her face and the tears that began to stream down her cheeks.” Then I asked about her son, and it was great to hear that he’s done really well in life.” “We were excited about the Jazz and I would have loved to have gone if circumstances were different, but I wasn’t about to take that opportunity away from Chase,” Mary recalls. “I was just so excited to see those guys the next day,” Mary said. It wasn’t until a year ago that the idea of getting back in contact was first sparked by Ken finding his ticket stub while he was in the process of moving. “The game changed for us right there and it became all about Chase’s experience that night,” Ken said. “I just thought there’s so many times that you help a customer because it’s the right thing to do, and I kind of felt like that at the time,” Mary said. “I remember handing them up to him, and then thinking, ‘What did I just do?'” Mary said with a laugh. The reason she didn’t go to the game herself, but rather insisted that the ticket go to her son. But for a Finals Jazz game against Michael Jordan and the Bulls, it was like, ‘Yeah, I’m out of here guys.'” She has tickets to the Jazz game,” said Chase, who is now 38 and still lives in the Salt Lake City metro area.

On June 11, 1997, Jordan added an unforgettable chapter to his legacy with one of the most iconic performances in NBA Finals history.

"Is it easier to play with a herniated disc or to play with the flu?" But on that court, Scottie did a lot more than both of them, but Scottie felt like he was left out of there. Pippen was undoubtedly Jordan's best teammate throughout the Bulls' multiple three-peats, and he quite literally carried Jordan to the finish line in Game 5. "And Scottie set him up by drawing the double-team and getting the ball back to Michael [on offense]." I take the pizza, and I tell them, I said, 'I got a bad feeling about this.' I said, 'I just got a bad feeling about this.' Out of everybody in the room, he was the only one that ate. While appearing on "The Bill Simmons Podcast" earlier this year, Charles Oakley, who played for Chicago from 1985-88 and is one of Jordan's close friends, expressed his doubts. Jordan had enough in the tank to give the Bulls 38 points (13-of-27 shooting), seven rebounds, five assists, three steals and one block in 44 minutes. There was no doubt that Jordan was struggling heading into Game 5, so the Bulls tried to limit his workload on and off the floor. He checked on Jordan before tipoff, saying that he was going to play despite feeling "like crap." "I come to the room, he's curled up, he's curled up in the fetal position. "Scottie was all about, 'We'll take care of the defense. In 2013, Tim Grover, Jordan's former personal trainer, said on TrueHoop TV that Jordan was actually dealing with food poisoning, not the flu.