NBA West Final: Golden State beat Dallas and will play for the title

Ang Finals of the NBA already have their first star. It’s the Golden State Warriors, who on Thursday beat the Dallas Mavericks 120-110 at the Chase Center in San Francisco and, in this way, built a ultimate 4-1 lead in the series, played in the best of seven games.

So, the Warriors will play their sixth Finals in the last eight years, after two seasons of not even playing the playoffs, largely due to severe injuries on campus. Klay Thompson, Stephen Curry and Draymond Greenthe leaders of the Californian franchise, will be next in their fourth ring, after dedicating themselves in 2015, 2017 and 2018 against LeBron James ’Cleveland Cavaliers, who now play for the Los Angeles Lakers.

The great figure of the night was Thompson, who closed the night as the top scorer of the match with 32 points. Further back was followed by his teammate Andrew Wiggins, with 18 points; Green, with 17; Jordan Poole, with 16, and Stephen Curry, with 15.

Meanwhile, visiting team main star Luka Doncic converted 28 points, pulled down nine rebounds and shared six assists. However, unlike his incredible performances in previous battles in the series, this time the 23-year-old Slovenian went through ups and downs. Translated into a low efficiency: barely he made ten of his 28 shots. He was even more inaccurate from the perimeter, with just three triples of 13.

“I don’t want to lose, especially like this. I played bad“, admitted the former Real Madrid, who admitted that the Warriors were” clearly better “but ended up being” very proud “of his team.

“It’s a group already No one believes I will see it again. Klay Thompson suffered two catastrophic injuries. Steph Curry’s hand was broken and two years ago we won 15 games. But this group continues to fight every day and here we are. We are back “, Green appreciated after the victory.

Thompson, for his part, expressed his happiness: “I’m so happy to be back, so grateful to this team … I don’t want to get excited, may apat pang (victory) na mapupuntahan, pero I can not believe“.

“It’s a blessing to be back where we belong, the Finals. We know that this is not the end goalbut we need to celebrate it for all we’ve been through these past three years, ”said Curry, who received the first Magic Johnson award for MVP (Most Valuable Player) of the Western Conference Final.

In the final they await the winner of the series between the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat, who are leading 3-2 and will have a chance to seal their classification this Friday from 9:30 pm (Argentina time), as a guest on TD Garden in Massachusetts.

DB