Celtics force Game 7 with Bucks
SAN FRANCISCO, May 14, (AP): Klay Thompson knocked down eight 3-pointers on the way to 30 points, Stephen Curry scored 29 with six 3s, and the Golden State Warriors advanced to the Western Conference finals by beating the Memphis Grizzlies 110-96 in Game 6 on Friday night.
Curry found his shooting touch late and made two straight baskets late in the third for a 78-77 lead entering the final 12 minutes. Draymond Green contributed 14 points, 16 rebounds and eight assists. Kevon Looney grabbed 22 rebounds and Andrew Wiggins scored 10 of his 18 points in the fourth with a pair of timely 3s.
Golden State - eliminated by Memphis in the play-in tournament last year - withstood a testy series to advance to the conference finals for the first time since 2019, when the franchise reached
its fifth straight NBA Finals before losing to Toronto in the deciding Game 6.
The third-seeded Warriors will face the Phoenix-Dallas winner in the conference finals. Game 7 of that series is Sunday in Phoenix.
“Whoop that trick!” the delighted, raucous home crowd chanted in the waning moments, the fans’ steal away from Memphis.
Celtics 108, Bucks 95
In Milwaukee ,Jayson Tatum scored 46 points, outdueling Giannis Antetokounmpo to make sure there wouldn’t be another Milwaukee fourth-quarter comeback, and the Boston Celtics beat the defending champions Bucks 10895 on Friday night to force a seventh game in the Eastern Conference semifinal.
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The third straight victory for a road team set up a winner-take-all game Sunday in Boston. The winner will head to Miami to face the top-seeded Heat on Tuesday night.
Boston bounced back two nights after blowing a 14-point, fourth-quarter lead at home in a 110-107 Game 5 loss. The Bucks tried to rally again after trailing by 14 points in the final period, but this time Tatum kept the Celtics on top and kept their season alive.