Kerr, Steve
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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Tampa Bay Lightning Try To Win Stanley Cups. How Hard Is It?
Winning a championship is the peak achievement for a professional sports team. Repeating the next year is a rarity. But trades get made, and players retire. Injuries happen, and so do upsets. Postseason play is a grueling gantlet to run, and it keeps expanding. Winning a third straight title is one of the toughest feats […]
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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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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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Golden State Headed to NBA Finals After Beating Dallas Mavericks
The celebration began with about a minute and a half left in the game. Golden State took its starters out so the crowd could shower them with love. Curry sat on the bench looking almost like he couldn’t believe it, then the buzzer sounded and he jumped up and down waving a towel in the […]
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Kevon Looney Leads Golden State in Comeback Win Over Dallas Mavericks
SAN FRANCISCO — The day before Kevon Looney produced the best game of his professional career, he sat in a hallway at Chase Center in San Francisco, thinking about the way his role had changed since Golden State drafted him in 2015. This was a team known for its smaller lineups; that’s how it had […]
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