Warriors Sweep Trail Blazers, Head To NBA Finals

The Defending NBA Champion Golden State Warriors are heading back to the NBA Finals after completing a sweep Monday night of the Portland Trail Blazers. The final score was 119-117 in overtime.

Looking every bit like a dynasty, the Warriors are heading to the finals for the fifth straight season. The only other team to achieve that distinction was the Boston Celtics which went 10 straight years, from 1957 to 1966. Golden State won the title in 2015, 2017 and 2018.They lost in 2016 to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Golden State will have plenty of time to rest and recover before the finals. Game one will be on May 3o.

Single game tickets for the first two home games of the NBA Finals will go on sale Tuesday with exclusive presale events before becoming available to the general public at 4 p.m.

The Warriors will host Game 3 at 6 p.m. June 5, and Game 4 at 6 p.m. June 7 at Oracle Arena, in addition to the if-necessary Game 6, scheduled for 6 p.m. June 13.

The team will open the NBA Finals on May 30 against the winner of the Milwaukee Bucks and Toronto Raptors in the Eastern Conference Finals.

The first presale event begins at 10 a.m. Tuesday for season ticket holders. Beginning at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 21, presale events will begin for members of the Warriors' Season Ticket Priority Wait List and for Santa Cruz Warriors season ticket holders.

At noon on Tuesday Warriors Insiders members will receive information on participating in a presale event, before tickets go on-sale to the general public at 4 p.m. Fans will be able to purchase single game tickets for the team's first two home games of the NBA Finals at Oracle
Arena, exclusively online at warriors.com.

— Patch editor Bea Karnes and Bay City News contributed to this story

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