Golden State Warriors 103 vs 90 Boston Celtics summary: stats and highlights | Game 6 NBA Finals

The Golden State Warriors are Champions of the NBA for the fourth time in eight years after defeating the Boston Celtics in Game 6 of the Finals. Steph Curry was named Finals MVP for the first time and had 34 points in 103-90 victory.

Warriors trio brings fourth title Golden State

The trio of Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green join an elite group of NBA players with four rings, after a long two years of playoff anonymity.

It was a two years full of player departures, and catastrophic injuries that looked like it was on the verge of ending the Warriors dynasty. But once the trio of Dray, Klay and Curry were reunited at the turn of the new year, the Warriors championship pedigree rose to the surface.

After handing the Boston Celtics back-to-back losses for the first time since January, the Warriors would have to go into the hostile grounds of TD Garden and take a third straight game from the Celtics to lift the Larry O'Brien trophy.

Both teams exchange blows in first quarter

Early on it looked like we were destined for a 7th game when the Celtics jumped out to a 14-2 lead in the first two and a half minutes of the game. The veteran Warriors were unphased by the early body blow, and responded with a run of their own to end the first quarter.

They scored the last 16 points of the opening quarter and extended that run into the second quarter for a total of 21 straight points to take double digit lead. After their slow start, the Warriors would end the half on a 52-25 run to go into half time with a 15 point lead.

The Celtics 36-year old veteran Al Horford sparked a third quarter run which ignited the TD Garden crowd and gave Boston hope. He had three three pointers and scored 12 points in the quarter, but Jayson Tatum was kept quiet after the halftime break and the Celtics couldn’t keep up.

Curry win first Finals MVP

Curry continued to keep the Celtics at an arm’s length as he exchanged blows with Jaylen Brown who led Boston in scoring with 34 points. The Golden State defense was fantastic all season long, and proved to be decisive yet again in Game 6. They kept NBA First Team member Jayson Tatum to just 13 points and 2 in the second half.

With a double digit lead for most of the fourth quarter, the defense was able to fend off the Celtics comeback bid and Curry ended the night with 34 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists. Andrew Wiggins had another fantastic night in the close out game posting 18 points, 6 rebound, 5 assists and 4 steals.

In his eighth finals, and after winning his fourth NBA Championship, Steph Curry was finally named Finals MVP for the first time after averaging 31.6 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

After their fourth title in eight years, the debate begins. Where does this dynasty rank among the best in the history of the league?

After eight FInals appearances, and four titles Steph Curry is finally Finals MVP

After two years of post season anonymity the Warriors are back on top of the NBA.

The moment it hits that your are NBA Champion for the fourth time in eight years.

Curry ended the night with 34 points, 22 of those in the second half.

Gary Payton Jr. was on the verge of appying to be the Warriors video coordinator at the beggining of the season. He is an NBA Champion tonihgt.

Curry hit this shot and then pointed at the ring finger letting Boston know the series was ending tonight.

Thompson had 12 points in the first half. He would not score again but he set the tone early in the game.

Curry was a vital part of the Warriors  end of the first half run that saw them outscore the Celtics 52-25

Jordan Poole had a big bank shot in Game 5, and did it again in Game 6.

Curry took a while to warm up, but once he started he didn't slow down.

Andrew Wiggins was instrumental in the Warriors title run. He had 18 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals.

Thompson got started early in the first quarter and erased the early double digit deficit.

STEPH CURRY HAS JUST WON HIS FIRST FINALS MVP AFTER WINNING FOUR TITLES

THE WARRIORS HAVE WON THEIR FOURTH TITLE IN EIGHT YEARS!!!

IT'S ALL OVER!!! THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS ARE NBA CHAMPIONS!!!!

Curry to the line and he hits both.

Brown to the line and he hits both FTs.

Williams gets the bucket down low to go and he has been by far the best Celtics tonight.

Curry to the line and he hits both.

Smart down low gets the bucket to go.

Wiggins in the corner with the three and that might have just been the knock out punch!

Brown from downtown!!

Curry with the three ball out of the timeout and it's a 15 point lead with under 3 to go.

Curry going strong to the rack and gets the lay in.

Horford in the corner for three!

Green left wide open for the lay up in tranisition.

Wiggins in the corner answers back with a three.

Brown in the corner for three off the inbound!

Curry on the drive and the lay up

The Celtics come up with a steal out of the timeout and gets a foul and one for Williams! FT is good and it's a single digit lead.

Timeout Golden State with under 7 minutes to go.

Brown off the glass after the strong drive.

Curry finishing with the left hand after the drive.

Williams to Tatum on the alley oop.

Poole on the reverse after the baseline drive.

Poole to the line after Williams picks up his second foul. Both FTs are good.

Smart gets the left handed scoop to go.

Payton with the slam off the Wiggins steal.

The Celitcs ended that 3rd quarter on a 16-4 run.

Brown fouled by Curry and he goes to the line and hits one of two.

Green on the inbounds drills the long two.

HOrford gets the bucket to go under the basket and gets fouled! FT is good and Horford has 12 in the third quarter!

Brown in traffic gets the bucket to go and a 22 point lead has been chopped down to 12.

Brown with a three ball and he's got 21

Wiggins on the tip in of the Curry miss!!

Brown going into the heart of the paint and getting the short jumper to go.

Smart drops a three ball and the Warriors call a quick timeout before the Celtics can get too much momentum.

Williams gets the tip in to go off the miss.

Timeout Celtics with 6:12 to go in the third quarter. Boston is in danger of this game getting out of hand.

Curry pulls up for three with two guys in front of him!!!

Porter answers back with another three ball!

Horford with his third three of the quarter!!

Curry drops the three ball and the lead is up to 19!!!

Porter left all alone for three in the corner.

Horford for three!!! Is he going to be the one to get the Celtics back in this game?

Curry drops the three ball after the Wiggins offensive board.

HOrford in the corner for three!!!

Brown goes to the rack strong and gets the lay up.

Green starts the second half with a three ball

Teams leading by 15+ at halftime are 53-1 in the NBA Finals.

Is Thompson on the verge of another big close out game? He had 32 in Game 5 against the Mavs and has 12 tonight.

Poole has been making a habit of using the bank for deep triples.

Curry took a while to get going but he went into the halftime break with 12 points.

Wiggins has had a post season to remember and he has 10 in this potential close out game.

Thompson came out of the gate locked in. He's got 12 on the night.

The Celtics have turned the ball over 12 times and have allowed 9 offensive rebounds in the first two quarters.

Tatum looked like he was going to have a big impact, but quieted down as the first half went on.

The Celtics got off to a red hot start in the opening minutes of the first quarter.

Brown has 14 and Tatum has 11 for the Celtics, but it hasn't been enough for the Celtics who trail by 16.

Thompson and Curry have 12 points and Poole has 11 to lead the Warriors through 24 minutes.

The Warriors ended the first half on a 52-25 run after the first two and a half minutes of the game.

Smart with a brilliant touch pass to Williams who was behind him wide open for the slam.

Brown fouled by Curry and he hits both FTs.

Tatum going strong to the rack and gets the lay in

Thompson with the three ball and the lead is up to 21!

Green finding Thompson slashing to the basket and the lead is up to 18!

Curry gets into the lane and gets the finger roll to go. This is the largest lead of the night.

Tatum just got called for an offensive foul and that's his third.

Curry with the three ball from the top of the key and he's got 10 on the night.

Horford gets the home town roll off the mid range jumper.

Curry on the floater in the lane. He's got 7 on the night.

Wiggins gets the roll on the corner three and he's got 10 points on the night.

White finds Williams wide open down low and he gets the easy jam.

Thompson breaks the Cetlics run with a FT line jumper.

Big block by Williams and Tatum with the Eurostep on the other end with the lay up. Timeout Warriors with 8:02 to go in the second quarter.

Smart just picked up his third foul with 9 minutes to in the second quarter.

Brown with the pull up and the Celtics are on a little run of their own.

Brown out of the timeout hits the three ball!

Wiggins on the break and finishes with a big jam! Golden State have gone on a 21-0 run since the middle of the first quarter.

Poole with another three ball and he's in double digits.

Wiggins in transition with the lay up and the Warriors are on a 16-0 run. Timeout Celtics with 11:10 to go in the second quarter.

Poole starts the second quarter with a three ball and he's got 8 points.

Four different Warriors have 5 points while Tatum and Brown have 7.

The Warriors end the first quarter on an 11-0 run to take the lead into the second quarter.

Poole with a step back three ball off the bank!!! That looked very familiar.

Curry for three and the Warriors are on an 8-0 run!

Green from the corner for three! That's his first make in 12 attempts this series.

The Celtics will take a timeout with 2:09 to go in the first quarter.

Payton follows up his own miss and gets the put back to go.

Tatum drops the FT line jumper and he's got 7 points already.

Payton to the line after Smart picks up his second foul.

Brown has seven points after the baseline jumper

Poole with on off balance shot on the drive from the right side.

Curry down the lane and he gets the finger roll for his first points of his night.

R. Williams to the line after getting fouled by Looney on his attempted alley oop. Both FTs are good. He is a great shooter from the line for a big man.

Thompson strings a three ball and he has made a habit of having big nights in close out games.

A Boston steal leads to an easy lay up for WHite in tranistion.

Thompson on the catch and shoot from the mid range.

Wiggins drops a three from the top of the key for his first points of the night.

Tatum gets the pull up jumper frome the elbow to go. He looks like he's money tonight.

Thompson just picked up his second foul just three minutes into the game.

Tatum wide open and the drills the three ball! The Celtics are on a 10-0 run and the Warriors will take a timeout with 9:25 left in the first quarter. TD Garden is rocking!!!

Brown strings a three ball and he's got 5 points already.

Smart gets into the paint from the left side and hits the floater over Green.

Brown off the dribble and he hits the elbow jumper.

Curry finds Green wide open down low, and he will want to get off to a nice start after a couple of rough games this series.

Horford going to the line after getting fouled on the opening possession of the game. He hits both FTS.

We are underway in Game 6 from TD Garden!!!

Nothing has changed for the Celtics starting five. Tatum will have to be fantastic, but they will need everyone stepping up tonight in Game 6.

For the third straight game Otto Porter Jr. is in the starting five. The Warriors won both of the previous two games he started. Will Golden State make it three straight and take the NBA Title in Boston tonight?

Tonight's odds

According to Bet365.com Boston Celtics come into Game 6 as 3.5 point favorites, with the Over/Under set at 211. All series I have said these two teams are going to a Game 7. That means that Boston have to win tonight right? As logical as that may seem, I’m taking the Warriors. I think we get our first tight game that goes down to the wire. I still think the Celtics will win, but the Warriors will cover the 3.5 points.

Tatum's toughtest test

Jayson Tatum has come under criticism in his first NBA Finals of his young career. He is coming off of a Game 5 in which he had 27 and 10, and is averaging 23.2 points a game, but the First Team All-NBA selection has yet to be decisive for the Celtics. There is no better time to show up and change the series than in an elimination game on your own home court.

The calm before the storm. TD Garden will be rocking tonight in Boston as the Celtics look to even the series at 3-3.

Can Curry bounce back?

Curry had an off night in Game 5, but he has been the man for Golden State all series, and for the entire playoffs. Last game was the first time he went for under 29 points since closing out the Mavericks in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals. He is averaging 30.6 points a game in the the Finals, and grabbing nearly six rebounds a game.

History favors the Warriors to win it all

There have been 30 previous NBA Finals that have been tied at 2-2 after four games. In those 30 Finals, the winner of Game 5 has gone on to win the title 22 times. That’s an outrageous percentage of 73.3%. Golden State have the odds in their favor, but Boston are back home looking to force a Game 7 in Golden State.

Wiggins leading Warriors in Game 4 and 5 wins

If the Warriors win the title, Andrew Wiggins won’t win the MVP of the Finals but without his clutch performances throughout this series Golden State would probably have already been knocked out of this series. His rebounding has been just as important if not more important for the Warriors in the last couple games. In Game 4, he had 17 points and 16 rebounds coming off a loss in which the Celtics crushed Golden State on the boards. He had 13 rebounds in his 26 point night in Game 5 and led the Warriors on a night when Steph Curry went cold.

Curry ready to shake off Game 5

Steph Curry has been the go to scorer for the Warriors in this series, but struggled from the field in Game 5. He comes into tonight expecting that won’t be the case in the close out game in Boston. "Obviously, track record says I shoot the ball better the next game," said Curry. "Looking forward to that bounce back."

It looks like he's already shooting the ball better in the warmups.

Tatum thinking about Game 6 only

Boston knows the road to the title is an uphill one. They have to win both of the next two games, but Jayson Tatum is focused on one game at a time. "You know, I've said it before: You better be confident, right?" Tatum said. "We ain't got to win two in one day. We just got to win one game on Thursday. We've been in this situation before. So it's not over. Got to win on Thursday. That's all we got to worry about right now."

Jordan Poole showing love to his teammate Klay Thompson as he arrived at TD Garden. Check out the old school 2011 NBA Draft shirt.

It's the biggest game of the year, and the biggest game in over a decade for the Celitcs who walked into TD Garden rocking their Game 6 drip.

Game 5 recap

The Warriors got off to a quick start in the first quarter of Game 5, building up an early double digit lead. Golden State came out the more physical side and the defense dominated from the tip. Boston missed their first 12 three pointers of the game as Andrew Wiggins set the pace for the Warriors with 16 first half points. Jayson Tatum led a third quarter charge that saw Boston take a brief lead, but Jordan Poole buzzer beater at the end quarter gave the lead and momentum to Golden State going into the final 12 minutes.  As so often the case in this series, defense was the decider on Monday night. Boston was held to just five points in the first seven minutes of the fourth quarter and Wiggins scored 10 of his 26 in that span to secure the 104-94 win in Game 5.

We are live from Boston

Hello everyone and welcome to TD Garden for this first elimination game of the NBA Finals. The Celtics return home after losing two straight games for the first time since January all the while giving up a 2-1 lead. The Warriors got a big boost from Andrew Wiggins who is having a breakout post season to lock up Game 5 in San Francisco.

Warriors vs. Celtics Game 6

We are back in Boston for Game 6 of the NBA Finals and the Golden State Warriors have a chance to lift the Larry O’Brien Trophy with a win tonight over the Celtics. AS English will be with you all night with live updates, coverage, stats and scores from TD Garden.