Warriors aim for sweep
Golden State has won nine straight in Western final
Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors have won nine consecutive games in the Western Conference final.
They can make it an even 10, eliminate Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks and return to the NBA Finals after three years away with a victory in Game 4 in Dallas on Tuesday night.
“I’m not going to fast forward,” Curry said after a 109-100 victory in Game 3 for a 3-0 series lead.
“We can play better, but we’re finding ways to win games. There’s no expectation other than what’s the challenge ahead of us, and the challenge now is to close out a series against a really good team to get back to an opportunity to win the Finals.”
The Warriors haven’t lost in a West final since erasing a 3-2 deficit to Houston in 2018, when
they won the last of their three titles in four years by beating Cleveland in the NBA Finals. Golden State swept Portland for a fifth consecutive trip to the Finals in 2019 before losing in six games to Toronto.
The Mavericks are playing beyond the first round
for the first time since first-year coach Jason Kidd was the point guard on the Dirk Nowitzki-led team that won the 2011 title.
Note: Tim Connelly is leaving his job as president of basketball operations of the Nuggets for a similar role with Minnesota.