Series preview: The Western Conference

Game 1 between the Golden State Warriors and Dallas Mavericks will begin on May 18 at 9:00 pm ET.

Head-to-head record: Mavericks 3-1
Regular-season record: Warriors 53-29, Mavericks 52-30
Odds to win series: Warriors -255, Mavericks +235

Despite missing Games 4, 5 and 6 against Memphis, Warriors coach Steve Kerr cleared the NBA’s Health & Safety Protocols. Andre Iguodala may return to the Warriors as early as Game 2 after missing seven playoff games, including the entire series against Memphis. The Warriors expect Otto Porter Jr. to return after missing the past two games due to a sore foot.

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2021-22 History

Warriors celebrate NBA title with fourth parade in eight years

The Bay Area hasn’t hosted a championship parade in three years, but neither the city nor the Warriors forgot how fun it is. On top of a banister at a Muni stop, Stephen Curry started banging the sign next to him. “M-V-P!” chants echoed from every direction, as blue and gold confetti rained down from […]

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Takeaways from the Warriors’ 2022

This Warriors championship crowns the third elite team of the Kerr era. In 2014-15, the revolution group raided basketball’s old order, changing how the sport would be played forever. As a death star grinding its opponents to dust on a joyless, inevitable march to victory, the two-time championship team of 2016-18 was the team of […]

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Curry and the Golden State Warriors beat the Boston Celtics to win the dynasty’s fourth title

To win their fourth NBA championship in eight years, the Warriors swept the Boston Celtics in Game 6 of the NBA Finals. After scoring 21-0 in the first quarter and the beginning of the second, Golden State was able to build a lead that was too big for Boston in a 103-90 win. Among five […]

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