NBA superstars dominate the game, legends change it. Scorching in the midst of a legacy-defining playoff series, Golden State Warriors guard Steph Curry keeps his foot on the gas in a decisive Game 6 matchup on June 16, 2022. With the Boston Celtics on their heels in a pivotal third quarter, Curry sprints down the court to free up a sliver of airspace then pulls up for a soul-crushing deep triple just seconds into the shot clock. In the contest, Curry racked up 34 points, seven rebounds, seven assists, the first Finals MVP of his illustrious career, and a fourth ring that he knows just what to do with.

Steph Curry

Steph Curry points to ring finger in title-clinching 2022 Finals matchup

Series after series, the Golden State Warriors entrusted Andrew Wiggins with the challenge of guarding the opposition's brightest perimeter scorer and he consistently delivered. In need of razor-sharp focus to close out Game 6 and walk out as NBA champions, Wiggins again showcases his defensive vigor, matching Boston Celtics All-Star Jayson Tatum step-for-step on a drive attempt before finishing with a well-timed swat. The rejection helped the Warriors maintain an 11-point advantage with six minutes to go on the way to a 103-90 victory on June 16, 2022. As with the block, Wiggins' fingerprints were all over the Warriors win, as he collected 18 points, six rebounds, five assists, four three-pointers, four steals and three blocks. 

Andrew Wiggins

Andrew Wiggins hounds Jayson Tatum in decisive Game 6 of 2022 Finals

Ever a threat to unleash a soul-destroying poster, Andrew Wiggins’ aerial game has evolved to be so much more. Barrelling down the pipe with momentum against a late-adjusting Boston Celtics defense, the budding Golden State Warriors star leaps into traffic, evades the outstretched arms of Robert Williams III and lays in a tough bucket amidst an unforgettable Game 5 performance. Wiggins racked up 26 points and 13 rebounds in the pivotal June 13, 2022 matchup.

Andrew Wiggins soars through paint for acrobatic finish in 2022 Finals

Draymond Green’s greatest contributions cannot be quantified in a box score but that doesn’t make it any less profound when he takes the ball to the rack. Granted an opportunity to make the Boston Celtics defense pay for underestimating the threat he poses, Green baits his opponent with a fake dribble hand-off before splitting to the rim himself for an emphatic two-handed jam. Green finished the June 13, 2022 contest with eight points, seven rebounds, six assists and a critical Game 5 victory.

Draymond Green

Draymond Green fakes a hand-off, takes it hard to the rack in 2022 Finals

Few visuals hit quite like Klay Thompson cuing up for a triple in front of a raucous Golden State Warriors bench in the Chase Center. After far too long on the sidelines recovering from injury, the iconic deep threat picks up right where he left off in the 2019 NBA Finals, sending one Boston Celtics defender flying into the stands with a pump fake, then drilling a bullseye from the corner in a pivotal Game 5 matchup. Thompson finished the June 13, 2022 contest with 21 points on 5-of-11 shooting from beyond the arc.

Klay Thompson

Klay Thompson loses defenders with a pumpfake, buries triple in 2022 Finals

You know what Robert Williams III is capable of on the glass, on defense or on the receiving end of an alley-oop but that’s not the only way the Boston Celtics big can impact a ball game. Working his way down the lane in a pick-and-roll, Williams III forces a Golden State Warriors defender to collapse from the corner before timing up a precise touch pass out to a teammate just in time for a buzzer-beating triple. Williams III did a little bit of everything on June 10, 2022, finishing with seven points, 12 rebounds, four assists, two blocks and a steal.

Robert Williams III

Robert Williams III touch pass finds teammate open for triple in 2022 Finals

Rings and accolades fill the record books but legacies live forever. Trailing in the NBA Finals and facing an inflection point in his own career, Golden State Warriors superstar Steph Curry etches his name deeper into basketball history with an instant classic Game 4 performance. Unrelenting in his effort to stave off a two-game deficit and reclaim home-court advantage on enemy soil, the 34-year-old icon works a fourth-quarter give-and-go with teammate Draymond Green, stepping into his seventh three of the ball game to give his club desperately needed breathing room in the final two minutes of a three-point affair. Curry’s triple - three of the 43 insurmountable points he dropped on a Boston Celtics team hellbent on hanging on to their series lead - was a symbolic death blow in the June 10, 2022 contest, a punctuation point on a legacy-defining statement game.

Steph Curry drains clutch triple in momentum-shifting 2022 Finals performance

Putting the ball in the hoop against an NBA defense is tough enough under the best of circumstances, racking up points in the Finals against an embattled core of three-time champions dedicated to shutting down your every move is borderline impossible. Checked on the perimeter by a mismatch, Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum takes advantage of the opportunity, heads straight to the rack, then contorts his body mid-air to get a layup attempt off around the outstretched arms of Golden State Warriors veteran Draymond Green. Tatum put up 26 points, six rebounds and nine assists in the Game 3 victory on June 8, 2022.  

Jayson Tatum

Jayson Tatum contorts body for tough two through traffic in 2022 Finals

As plenty of NBA teams have learned over the years, when one Golden State Warriors shooter starts to heat up, the fire tends to spread. Helping his team erase a double-digit third-quarter deficit, Otto Porter Jr. shows up with his number called, providing a desperation outlet for a teammate before raising up for a contested three-pointer against a stingy Boston Celtics defense. The off-balance bucket helped the Warriors roar back in a hard-fought game, cutting a 13-point deficit to just two. Porter contributed six points, four assists and two three-pointers in Game 3 on June 8, 2022.

Otto Porter Jr.

Otto Porter Jr. drains off-balance triple in 2022 Finals

Limited in capacity over the course of a long postseason, Boston Celtics big man Robert Williams III wasted no time making his impact felt during his time on the court in the NBA Finals. Attentive from the help-side position as Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry breaks free from his own check on the perimeter, Williams III hedges into position and launches a seemingly unreachable floater directly out of bounds 30 feet away. Williams III finished the Game 3 victory on June 8, 2022 with eight points, 10 boards, four blocks and three steals in just 26 minutes of work.

Robert Williams III spikes high-arching floater out of bounds in 2022 Finals

When Jaylen Brown makes his mark on a ball game, he does it on both ends of the floor. Up late in a critical Game 3 matchup of a tied series, the Boston Celtics star hounds Klay Thompson, pressuring the Golden State Warriors wing every step of the way through an offensive possession, culminating in an emphatic rejection straight out to the baseline as the TD Garden faithful rejoice. In addition to the dramatic block, Brown put up 27 points, nine rebounds and five assists in the June 8, 2022 victory.

Jaylen Brown

Jaylen Brown shadows Klay Thompson, spikes layup attempt in 2022 Finals

Playing in the first NBA Finals of his decorated career, Boston Celtics big Al Horford had his eyes firmly set on an NBA championship. Noticing a teammate leaking down the floor behind the Golden State Warriors defense during a routine inbound, Horford put that vision to good use, slinging a touchdown dime on-target from the other side of the court to set up a wide-open score. The 15-year veteran's pass helped push the Celtics' Game 3 lead to 13 on their way to a 116-100 win that provided them a 2-1 series edge. The do-it-all big did just that, finishing with 11 points, eight rebounds, six assists, a block and a steal on June 8, 2022.

Al Horford

Al Horford hits Jaylen Brown with quarterback pass from sideline in 2022 Finals

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