May 27, 2022

2022 NBA Playoffs Western Conference Finals

2022 NBA Playoffs
Western Conference Finals





19 May 2022 (Singapore GMT+8)
Western Conf. Finals: DAL(4) vs GSW(3) Game 1
Dallas Mavericks 87 - 112 Golden State Warriors
Curry had 21 points and a game-high 12 rebounds, Golden State held Doncic in check and the Warriors beat the Mavericks 112-87 on Thursday for a 1-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.
Doncic scored 20 points but shot just 6 for 18 and 3 of 10 from deep. He made back-to-back 3-pointers late in the first half to get his team within 54-45 at the break, but Curry and Thompson heated up and helped the Warriors pull away in the second half.

21 May 2022 (Singapore GMT+8)
Western Conf. Finals: DAL(4) vs GSW(3) Game 2
Dallas Mavericks 117 - 126 Golden State Warriors
Curry scored 32 points with six 3-pointers and eight more rebounds, Looney had a career-high 21 points and 12 rebounds, and the Warriors rallied past the Dallas Mavericks 126-117 on Saturday for a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.

Doncic scored 42 points and the Mavericks led most of the way before Golden State grabbed its first lead of the night on Otto Porter Jr.'s 3-pointer 18 seconds into the fourth. Curry could see a momentum shift at that moment.


23 May 2022 (Singapore GMT+8)
Western Conf. Finals: GSW(3) vs DAL(4) Game 3
Golden State Warriors 109 - 100 Dallas Mavericks
Stephen Curry shimmied for the TV crew, Andrew Wiggins shook Luka Doncic with a posterizing dunk and the Warriors are thinking sweep.

Curry scored 31 points, Wiggins' playoff career-high 27 points included the dunk that was originally called an offensive foul and Golden State beat the Dallas Mavericks 109-100 Monday for a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.

''He's looking like Dominique Wilkins out there,'' Klay Thompson said of Wiggins after scoring 19 points as the Warriors moved to the brink of the NBA Finals, three years after the end of a five-year run that yielded three championships.


25 May 2022 (Singapore GMT+8)
Western Conf. Finals: GSW(3) vs DAL(4) Game 4
Golden State Warriors 109 - 119 Dallas Mavericks
Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks had to wait out a rain delay in the middle of the game and sweat out some tense moments near the end. Once they did, they avoided a sweep and were still alive in the Western Conference finals. Doncic had 30 points and 14 rebounds, and the Mavericks beat Golden State 119-109 in Game 4 on Wednesday, when there was a 16-minute rain delay at the start of the second half and the Warriors cut a 29-point deficit down to single digits late.

Curry had 20 points and returned to the game with 3:22 left - his first appearance in the fourth quarter - after the Warriors had cut a 29-point deficit to 110-102. But they never got closer even after Curry and other starters returned to the floor.


27 May 2022 (Singapore GMT+8)
Western Conf. Finals: DAL(4) vs GSW(3) Game 5
Dallas Mavericks 110 - 120 Golden State Warriors


For the 6th time in the last 8 seasons, the Warriors have clinched a spot in the NBA Finals, the first team to do that since Michael Jordan’s Bulls. Golden State closed out the Western Conference Finals with a 120-110 win over Dallas on Friday, giving the Warriors an opportunity to win their 7th championship in franchise history.
6 Golden State players hit double-figures in the scoring department, including Klay Thompson, who exploded for 32 points (8-16 3PM) in 37 minutes.

Thompson's "Splash Brother," Stephen Curry, was named the Western Conference Finals MVP for his contributions across five games, presented with the FIRST Earvin "Magic" Johnson Trophy. Steph Curry had a rare poor shooting night, scoring just 15 points on 5-of-17 field goal attempts (29.4%) and draining just 2-7 3PM. But his offensive movement and vision saw him rack up an equal game-high 9 assists.

''You could see how much was missing the last couple of years,'' Draymond Green said. ''We're lucky to have the Klay Thompson we know back because we know how good he is.''

Draymond Green declared: “This one is special because this is a group that no one thought would ever be back here. Klay Thompson going through two catastrophic injuries. Steph Curry breaks his hand. We won 15 games two years ago. A group of young guys and experienced guys... But this group continued to come every day and put the work in. our coaching staff has been amazing. We’re here. We’re back!”

After missing the playoffs in 2020 and '21 in back-to-back injury-plagued seasons, the Warriors are returning to a familiar stage. They join the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls of the 1990s, Magic Johnson's Lakers in the 1980s, and Bill Russell's Celtics in the 1950s and '60s as the only franchises to make it to the NBA Finals at least six times in an eight-year span.

Golden State will host the winner of the Eastern Conference finals between Boston and Miami on June 2 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. The Celtics hold a 3-2 lead heading into Game 6 at home on Friday night.

29 May 2022 (Singapore GMT+8)
Western Conf. Finals: GSW(3) vs DAL(4) Game 6
Golden State Warriors - Dallas Mavericks
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31 May 2022 (Singapore GMT+8)
Western Conf. Finals: DAL(4) vs GSW(3) Game 7
Dallas Mavericks - Golden State Warriors
NOT NEEDED

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