Golden State Warriors

In the most must win of must win circumstances, Wardell Stephen Curry II stared into the green abyss that is TD Garden and he didn’t blink. The arena was going mad with deafening noise around him from the moment he stepped on the floor. A Boston fanbase desperate for their first championship in over a decade was so close they could taste it. All the Celtics had to do was stop 30 from going for 30 and they would put a 3-1 stranglehold on the series. However, the dish that Chef Curry was serving up was not what gang green ordered. Chef Curry with the pot was serving up sweet revenge and you better believe it was served as bitterly cold as a Boston winter. Whenever the crowd is at a deafening frenzied fever pitch and Curry hits a deep 3 to silence the fans, I call that a “Stephening” of the crowd. That’s exactly what Steph came out and did early by dropping 12 points in the first quarter to keep his team in it when Boston was dominating early but unable to pull away.

t was anyone’s guess how Golden State would fair against Denver. The Warriors came into the playoffs with injury concerns. They were playing against the 2021 MVP, Nikola Jokic. Throughout the season the Warriors roster was never fully healthy. Klay Thompson returned to the lineup on 9 January 2022. However, his play was sporadic. He did not become a consistent fixture on the court until mid-March. Draymond Green suffered a mid-season back injury, holding him out for weeks. Then, on the cusp of the playoffs, Curry sprained a ligament. He was out for a month. Steve Kerr designated Curry the sixth man coming into the playoffs. As the playoffs loomed, the Warriors biggest stars had yet to spend meaningful time on the court with each other. Yet, this had little effect on their performance.