Golden State Warriors Nba Championships

The 2018 nba finals was the championship series of the national basketball association nba s 2017 18 season and conclusion of the season s playoffs.

Golden state warriors nba championships. Golden state warriors american professional basketball team based in san francisco that plays in the national basketball association. Many analysts and players have called him the greatest shooter in nba history. The warriors have won five nba championships 1956 1975 2015 2017 and 2018 and one basketball association of america title 1947.

The cavaliers warriors rivalry was a national basketball association nba rivalry between the cleveland cavaliers and the golden state warriors while the two teams have played each other since the cavaliers joined the league in 1970 their rivalry began to develop in the 2014 15 season when they met in the first of four consecutive nba finals from 2015 to 2018. Includes news scores schedules statistics photos and video. The warriors went to a 3 1 advantage but the cavaliers made a comeback to tie the series at 3 wins apiece.

In their full franchise history they ve won 5 championships. In this best of seven playoff the defending nba champions and western conference champions golden state warriors swept the defending eastern conference champions cleveland cavaliers four games to zero. The warriors won the inaugural basketball association of america baa championship in 1947 and won again in 1956 led by hall of fame trio paul arizin tom gola and neil johnston.

The closest they came to winning a championship was in 1964 and 1967 when they lost the finals. Watch nba games follow the game scores and stats for nba matchups. Born march 14 1988 is an american professional basketball player for the golden state warriors of the national basketball association nba.

This year s finals was the first time in any of north america s four major professional sports leagues that the same two teams met for the. They moved to san francisco in 1962 and became the san francisco warriors and the golden state warriors took their name in the 1971 72 season. He is credited with revolutionizing the game of basketball by inspiring teams to regularly utilize the three.

After the trade of star wilt chamberlain in january 1965 the team finished the 1964 65 season with the nba s worst record 17 63. Wardell stephen steph curry ii ˈ s t ɛ f ən stef ən. In game 7 the golden state warriors lost the championship series on their homecourt and earned the unfortunate distinction of becoming the first team to give up a 3 1 lead in the nba finals.