Green, Draymond
Stephen Curry’s Golden State Is the NBA’s Newest Dynasty
BOSTON — The N.B.A.’s dynasties share certain commonalities that have helped them tip the scales from being run-of-the-mill championship teams to those remembered for decades. Among them: Each has had a generational player in contention for Mount Rushmore at his position. The 1980s had Larry Bird’s Boston Celtics battling Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Los […]
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Stephen Curry Left His Critics With Nothing Else to Say
BOSTON — A few seconds remained in Stephen Curry’s N.B.A. season when he spotted his father, Dell, sitting along one of the baselines. He went over to embrace him, then fell to the court in tears. “Surreal,” Curry said. “I just wanted to take in the moment because it was that special.” Over six games […]
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NBA Finals Game 6 Preview: What’s at Stake for Boston and Golden State
The Boston Celtics are in dire straits after losing to Golden State on Monday in Game 5 of the N.B.A. finals, leaving them in a 3-2 deficit as the series shifts to Boston on Thursday. Teams with 3-2 leads in best-of-seven N.B.A. finals have won the championship 39 of 48 times — 81.3 percent. Some […]
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The Celtics Stopped Stephen Curry. Everyone Else Made Them Pay.
SAN FRANCISCO — Inside a gleaming arena experiencing its first N.B.A. finals run, fans stood and cheered as the game’s final minute approached, perhaps the last home send-off they would get to give before Golden State returned as champion. Stephen Curry sat on the bench for the last 1 minute 19 seconds of Game 5 […]
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Stephen Curry Is More Human, and Brilliant, Than Ever
BOSTON — Stephen Curry was demoralizing the Celtics when he decided to improvise. After he dribbled to spin past Marcus Smart, who happens to be one of the N.B.A.’s most ferocious defenders, Curry found himself sizing up Robert Williams, a 6-foot-9 center whose sneakers might as well have been filled with concrete. Curry took a […]
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Steph Curry’s 43 Points Help Golden State Beat Celtics in NBA Finals
BOSTON — For two days, Golden State forward Draymond Green saw it in his teammate Stephen Curry. The fire Curry plays with isn’t always apparent to outsiders, but Green sensed that it was simmering within. Their team was down in the N.B.A. finals, 2-1, and Curry was not going to let them lose Game 4. […]
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Celtics Gain NBA Finals Edge on Golden State With Physical Play
In Game 3, the Celtics reclaimed that edge. “We had to,” Smart said of the physicality with which Boston dominated Golden State. “Game 2, they brought the heat to us. For us, that left a bad taste in our mouth because what we hang our hat on is effort on the defensive end and being […]
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Draymond Green Drags the Warriors Back Into the Fight
SAN FRANCISCO — There is a line. Draymond Green knows the line well at this stage of his career. Sometimes he uses his arms and elbows and vocal cords to push right up against the line. And there are other occasions when he enthusiastically tramples all over it. How Green treats the line depends on […]
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N.B.A. Finals: Boston Celtics Take On Golden State Warriors
It would be Stephen Curry’s fourth N.B.A. championship, or Jayson Tatum’s first. It would be a comeback story for the ages for Klay Thompson, or a fairy-tale ending to the debut of the first-time head coach Ime Udoka. Much is at stake in the 2022 N.B.A. finals for Golden State and the Boston Celtics, two […]
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