Set the NBA conference finals for the Western and Eastern Conference for the 2021/22 season, the Finals will be held in the East i Boston Celtics e i Miami Heate a Ovest i Golden State Warriors e i Dallas Mavericks.
The 2022 NBA Conference Finals will kick off in Italian night between Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th Maycon gara 1 between Celtics e Heat at the FTX Arena in Miami (2:30 am Italian time). 24 hours later, at 3:00 Italian time, it will be the turn of Game 1 between Warriors and Mavs at the Chase Center in San Francisco.
NBA conference finals 2022: the official schedule
Per la Eastern Conference:
- Celtics @ Heat Game 1: Wednesday 18 May at 2:30 am (Italian time)
- Celtics @ Heat Game 2: Friday 20 May at 2:30 am (Italian time)
- Heat @ Celtics Game 3: Sunday 22 May at 2:30 am (Italian time)
- Heat @ Celtics Game 4: Tuesday 24 May at 2:30 am (Italian time)
- Celtics @ Heat Game 5 (if necessary): Thursday 26 May at 2:30 am (Italian time)
- Heat @ Celtics Game 6 (if necessary): Saturday 28 May at 2:30 am (Italian time)
- Celtics @ Heat Game 7 (if necessary): Monday 30 May at 2:30 am (Italian time)
And for the Western Conference
- Mavs @ Warriors race 1: Thursday 19 May at 3:00 (Italian time)
- Mavs @ Warriors race 2: Saturday 21 May at 3:00 (Italian time)
- Warriors @Mavs race 3: Monday 23 May at 3:00 (Italian time)
- Warriors @ Mavs race 4: Wednesday 25 May at 3:00 (Italian time)
- Mavs @ Warriors race 5 (if necessary): Friday 27 May at 3:00 am (Italian time)
- Warriors @ Mavs race 6 (if necessary): Sunday 29 May at 3:00 am (Italian time)
- Mavs @ Warriors race 7 (if necessary): Tuesday 31 May at 3:00 (Italian time)
I Boston Celtics qualified for the conference finals for the first time since 2018, beating reigning champions Milwaukee Bucks 4-3 to come back from a 2-3 behind after losing Game 5 at home at TD Garden. For the conference finals the Celtics will find center Robert Williams, limited by a right knee injury in only 5 games so far in the playoffs.
I Miami Heat by Jimmy Butler and coach Erik Spoelstra return to the conference finals in the East after only one year of absence: in 2020 in fact, Miami qualified in the Orlando bubble and in the final he beat the Celtics, 4-2. This year, the Heat beat James Harden’s Philadelphia 76ers and a bruised Joel Embiid, and Butler has established himself as one of the best players in this edition of the NBA playoffs.
per i Golden State Warriorsthe 2022 conference finals are a return to the glories of the past: after two years of injuries and absence from the post-season, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green e coach Steve Kerr they returned to the top of the NBA. To do so, they beat the Memphis Grizzlies in 6 games, in a rough and injured series, that of Gary Payton II for Golden State, and Ja Morant for Memphis.
Infine i Dallas Mavericks, who from seeded number 5 to the West beat the Utah Jazz 4-2 and the Phoenix Suns favorites 4-3, going to dominate game 7 away thanks to a super Luka Doncic. For the Mavs this is the first trip to the conference finals since 2010, then also came the NBA title with Dirk Nowitzki.
