With Steph Curry doing his thing, and ably supported by the rest, The Dubs are at home, the only team still undefeated in their own back yard. We saw in the early stages of the NBA Playoffs that seeding matters when it comes to home-court advantage, the higher seed playing initial host. So, with the Warriors having finished compared to the Celtics , Game 1 will be at the Chase Centre in the Golden State, as will Game 2, 5 and 7, consistent with other rounds.
Games 3, 4 and 6 will be in Boston. To answer this question, I dug out my old calculator. It would appear that starting the Finals series at home does indeed help. The Shrug. The Stepover. Game 1 is an opportunity for both teams to set the tone for the series. NBA75 pic.
Obviously, the first game can be key to the momentum building but having this advantage also applies to Game 7, if we indeed reach that point. The others are the Washington Bullets as they were known then in against the Seattle SuperSonics, and the Cleveland Cavaliers in against, ahem, the Warriors. The franchises have met four times previously in the playoffs, the first three occurring in the Eastern Conference finals before the Warriors moved west from Philadelphia.
The Celtics won all four matchups, including in and in the second and fourth seasons of their eight straight championships. Boston also beat the Warriors in the NBA Finals, a five-game series in which Wilt Chamberlain outscored rival Bill Russell and out-rebounded him in defeat.
Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain! The Celtics have added six titles in the post-Russell era, including one - their most recent - in over the Los Angeles Lakers with Joe Lacob as one of their part-owners. The Massachusetts native became owner of the Warriors two years later and has since added three to his championship-ring collection, with Golden State claiming crowns in , and Update: Jun 2nd, EDT.
