The Warriors recalled Jordan Poole, their No. Whenever they tell me to do something, I just want to get it done, prove to them and earn their respect." "Every time I stepped on the court, they challenged me, and that's motivational. "Draymond, Klay, Steph, Andre, all the vets, they challenged me every day," said Wiggins. 1 overall pick who blossomed into a 3-and-D threat at the end of last season, an All-Star this year and ultimately the two-way force that swung the last three Finals games in Golden State's favor. Durant begot D'Angelo Russell, who begot Andrew Wiggins, the once miscast No. The Warriors mustered no more than a play-in tournament exit without Thompson, but they built equity with a new set of strength in numbers over the last third of that season. Outside the Splash Brothers' spotlight, he was stripped of his All-Star and All-Defensive status, and the Warriors fell from the grace of five straight Finals to the bottom of the standings.Ĭurry's return for the 2020-21 campaign could not fully correct their course.
In between, Curry lost nearly an entire season to a broken hand, and Green was just lost, no longer the tie that bound these Warriors. "Then to go through this season with the ups and downs, and even these playoffs, I'm just at a loss for words at times, because I knew this was possible but to be here in real time, man, I don't want to leave." "But the second time it happened it was like, What the heck is going on, man? Just to stay with it, just calf raise after calf raise after underwater treadmill, so many days, not even touching a ball. "It was easier to accept 2019, because I had never been hurt before and that five-year run took a lot out of us," said Thompson. Durant bolted for the Brooklyn Nets following their Finals loss to the Toronto Raptors three years ago, and Thompson suffered a second serious injury that delayed his return until this past January after 941 days. That all changed in the 2019 Finals, when in successive games they lost Durant and Thompson to yearlong injuries. The Warriors with Kevin Durant were a juggernaut, their championships in 20 inevitable. "You go historically, there aren't too many teams that have been able to do that. "You talk about the fabric of this team throughout the last eight years, those three guys have had this league in a choke hold, in a headlock for a good period of time," said veteran Warriors forward Andre Iguodala.
The four years between titles and all that came with them led Curry to concede, "This one hits different." Analytics models gave Boston a better than 80% chance to win the series, but those calculations failed to account for Golden State's championship DNA.
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The Warriors submitted a signature 103-90 win over the upstart Boston Celtics on Thursday to secure a 4-2 series victory and their fourth ring in eight seasons. The Warriors knew they still had the weapons, as long as the remaining members of their first three title teams could get healthy enough to play their best basketball in the playoffs, even if Jackson spoke for the many who came to doubt them in the three years since their last trip to the NBA Finals. "Going to mock us? Like, you ain't ever been there before, bro. "It pissed me off so much," Thompson said, months after logging it into his "elephant" memory. tweeted, " Strength in numbers," mocking the original slogan of a dynasty once built with veteran depth. BOSTON - When the Memphis Grizzlies blew out the Golden State Warriors on March 28, as Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green managed mounting injuries, 22-year-old Jaren Jackson Jr.