The time has come when children are separated from adults. Welcome to the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Boston Celtics that begin this Thursday at the Chase Center, a sports hall in the Mission Bay area of the city of San Francisco.
Golden State led by Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, the Splash Brothers, are the experience in these instances together with Draymond Green. They are looking for their fourth ring in eight years, a number that is not easy to achieve with the competitiveness that exists right now in the NBA.
While across the street there is history in the franchise and irreverence in their Performers: Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart. And to give it a Latin and spicy touch, Al Horford appears to give depth to Boston.
From the 2015 the team from San Francisco was always in the NBA finals except in 2020, when the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Miami Heat and in 2020, the year the Milwaukee Bucks triumphed over the Phoenix Suns.
Golden State was in no trouble to reach the finals. They took down Jokic’s Denver Nuggets in five games, then in six games they eliminated the Memphis Grizzlies and finally dispatched the Dallas Mavericks in five games.
Boston had a tougher road having to sweep Brooklyn Nets, take out the champion Milwaukee Bucks in seven games and after knocking out the Miami Heat also in the famous ‘Game 7’.
3.- Golden State has won all nine of its home games in the NBA Playoffs of 2022.
4.- The Celtics last appeared in the NBA Finals ago 12 years, losing to the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games.
5.- Boston seeks its first NBA championship in 14 years
6.- The Celtics are looking for their 18 th NBA championship, which would break the tie with the Lakers for the most in league history.
7.- The Warriors have won at least one game on the road in a consecutive NBA playoff series, a record of 14, a streak that began in the first round of the NBA Playoffs in 2013.
8.- Boston and Golden State are original NBA franchises that have played in the 26 NBA seasons.
9.- The only previous meeting of the NBA finals between the Boston and Golden State franchises took place in 1964, when Bill Russell and the Celtics defeated Wilt Chamberlain and the San Francisco Warriors in five games in the finals matchup between the two centers legendary.
12.- The distance of the flight from San Francisco to Boston is about 2,700 miles.
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