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Everything is ready for the NBA Finals to start in their 2022 season. The Golden State Warriors and the Boston Celtics will meet in a best-of-seven duel to add one more Larry O’Brien trophy to their showcases.
It will be a confrontation between two of only four franchises to have at least six titles in his record. The ones from Massachusetts they will seek their 18th crownwhich would place them as top winners in NBA history; while those in California they will try to reach their seventh ringwith which they would break the tie with the Chicago Bulls.
There is already a precedent between these two traditional organizations in the NBA Finals, which goes back to 1964when Bill Russell’s Celtics they won 4-1 to Wilt Chamberlain’s San Francisco Warriors in what represented one of the 11 championships that those of Boston were awarded in a period of 13 seasons.
For this 2022, the situation between Golden State y Boston is different, since so far XXI century, the Celtics they have only been crowned oncewhich arrived in 2008. For their part, the Warriors They boast of being the most recent NBA dynasty After becoming champions in the 2015, 2017 y 2018besides that they will play the Finals for the sixth time in the last eight years.
Road to the Finals
Los Warriors returned to the Western Conference throne after leaving on the way the Denver Nuggets, Memphis Grizzlies y Dallas Mavericks. Much of the team’s success Steve Kerr this year is because he had the trident again Stephen Curry-Klay Thompson-Draymond Greenwhich was unavailable the last two seasons due to injuries that kept Thompson off the court.
On the other hand, the Celtics took over the Eastern Conference after not having achieved it since 2010. The Rookie Coach Team Path, Ime Udokahas been more than complicated, because they swept The Brooklyn Nets by Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving in the First Round, they defeated in seven games the champions Milwaukee Bucks of Giannis Antetokounmpo in the Semifinals and got their ticket to the Finals after also winning seven games against Miami Heat.
The curtain on the NBA Finals will open this Thursday, June 2 at the Chase Center, home of the Golden State Warriors. The dish is served for all fans of the best basketball in the world to enjoy an attractive clash between two great teams that will give their all to lift the Larry O’Brien trophy.
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