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NBA Championship: Golden State defeats the Boston Celtics 103-90

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The Golden State Warriors² have clinched³ the team's fourth NBA title in eight years, decisively defeating the Boston Celtics on the road, 103-90, to win the seven-game championship series, 4-2.

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Last night, a familiar scene in the NBA. The Golden State Warriors lifted the championship trophy⁴ for the fourth time in the last eight years. The Warriors beat the Boston Celtics 103-90 to win their final series, four games to two. And once again, guard Steph Curry⁵ was the engine that drove Golden State's win. NPR's Tom Goldman reports.

TOM GOLDMAN, BYLINE⁶: It's absurd to say an NBA game is over after one quarter. But looking back at last night, it was. Boston had roared to a 14-2 lead to the delight of the home crowd. But when the quarter ended, Golden State led 27-22. The Warriors had imposed their vaunted championship pedigree. The Celtics turned hapless and dispirited. The lead grew as Boston committed turnover⁷ after turnover, 23 by game's end. And after the end, during the postgame celebration, the Warriors' Draymond Green played a familiar role, that of unruly guest at Boston's TD Garden.

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DRAYMOND GREEN: But we did what we do. Welcome back to the Warriors Invitational, baby. It's what we do. Welcome back.

(CHEERING)

GOLDMAN: It's what they did from 2015 to 2019, when they made five straight finals appearances and won three championships. But the last two years were an injury-plagued trek⁸ into the NBA wilderness⁹. In 2020, the Warriors had the league's worst record. 2021, no playoffs, then this - an unlikely title after a season mixed with optimism and uncertainty¹⁰. All-Star guard Steph Curry told ESPN it's why he cried at the end of the game.

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STEPHEN CURRY: You say all that. You believe it. You carry that. But you have no idea how it's going to happen. And when you get to the finish line and you look up and see you got back to the mountaintop, like, all those emotions come out.

GOLDMAN: For all he's won, both titles and awards, Curry had never been named Finals MVP until last night. His 43 points led the Warriors to a critical win in Game 4 of the finals. It started the team's surge, as they won the last three games. Without Curry, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said, none of this happens, not last night, not the titles before.

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STEVE KERR: I'm happy for everybody, but I'm thrilled for Steph. To me, this is his crowning achievement in what's already been an incredible career.

GOLDMAN: Boston guard Jaylen Brown said it stings to come up short. And the young Celtics still have a lot to learn. But, he added, the future's bright, perhaps not as bright as for the Warriors. Curry led the team, but Golden State has a bunch of young, talented players around the core group that won the three previous titles, meaning last night could be a start of another run of the Warriors Invitational.

Tom Goldman, NPR News.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "INDUSTRY BABY")

LIL NAS X: (Singing) And this one is for the champions. I ain't lost since I began, yeah.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 warriors   

武士，勇士，战士( warrior的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I like reading the stories ofancient warriors. 我喜欢读有关古代武士的故事。
• The warriors speared the man to death. 武士们把那个男子戳死了。

3 clinched   

v.（尤指两人）互相紧紧抱[扭]住( clinch的过去式和过去分词 )；解决（争端、交易），达成（协议）

参考例句：

• The two businessmen clinched the deal quickly. 两位生意人很快达成了协议。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Evidently this information clinched the matter. 显然，这一消息使问题得以最终解决。 来自辞典例句

4 trophy   

n.优胜旗，奖品，奖杯，战胜品，纪念品

参考例句：

• The cup is a cherished trophy of the company.那只奖杯是该公司很珍惜的奖品。
• He hung the lion's head as a trophy.他把那狮子头挂起来作为狩猎纪念品。

5 curry   

n.咖哩粉，咖哩饭菜；v.用咖哩粉调味，用马栉梳，制革

参考例句：

• Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish.有咖喱的菜配米饭最棒。
• Add a teaspoonful of curry powder.加一茶匙咖喱粉。

6 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

7 turnover   

n.人员流动率，人事变动率；营业额，成交量

参考例句：

• The store greatly reduced the prices to make a quick turnover.这家商店实行大减价以迅速周转资金。
• Our turnover actually increased last year.去年我们的营业额竟然增加了。

8 trek   

vi.作长途艰辛的旅行；n.长途艰苦的旅行

参考例句：

• We often go pony-trek in the summer.夏季我们经常骑马旅行。
• It took us the whole day to trek across the rocky terrain.我们花了一整天的时间艰难地穿过那片遍布岩石的地带。

9 wilderness   

n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等，荒漠

参考例句：

• She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

10 uncertainty   

n.易变，靠不住，不确知，不确定的事物

参考例句：

• Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
• After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。