Golden State Warriors reach sixth NBA Finals in eight years as comparisons are drawn with dominant Chicago Bulls team of the 1990s

By CNN Sports staff

Updated 0939 GMT (1739 HKT) May 27, 2022

The Warriors celebrate with the Western Conference Champion trophy after a 120-110 win against the Dallas Mavericks.

(CNN)The Golden State Warriors have advanced to the NBA Finals for the sixth time in the past eight seasons, a feat only three previous teams have ever achieved.

After defeating the Dallas Mavericks 120-110 in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals in San Francisco on Thursday, the Warriors took a 4-1 series victory and now await the winner of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat. The Warriors, appearing in their first Finals since 2019, join the Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls, and Los Angeles Lakers as the only NBA franchises to feature in six Finals over an eight-year span. It's a record that has led to comparisons with the dominant Bulls team of the 1990s, which featured Warriors head coach Steve Kerr.«I think the common denominator is just talented players who are fierce competitors,» Kerr said of comparisons between the two teams.Read More«Whether you talk about Michael [Jordan] and Scottie [Pippen], Steph [Curry], Draymond [Green], Klay [Thompson], it takes a special kind of athlete to have both dynamics.»The skill and the athleticism and all that, but to also be just incredibly competitive and to want to win so badly. It's the only way you can have a run like that because you get exhausted, you get tired, you get frustrated.«If you don't have that type of competitive desire and that type of skill combined, it's just not going to happen six times out of eight years.»Curry won the Magic Johnson Western Conference Finals MVP award.READ: Miami Heat and Boston Celtics pay tribute to victims as the sporting world