Warriors star core one game from greatness as they face Celtics in Game 6 of 2022 NBA Finals

By Ben Morse, CNN

Updated 1141 GMT (1941 HKT) June 16, 2022

Jayson Tatum and Steph Curry are hoping to lead their teams in Thursday's Game 6.

(CNN)Five preseason games, 82 regular season games and 21 and 23 playoff games respectively; it all comes down to this.

On Thursday night, the Golden State Warriors play the Boston Celtics in Game 6 of the 2022 NBA Finals with the Dubs holding a 3-2 lead in their best-of-seven series. It means they are one win away from claiming the organization's fourth title in eight seasons — and seventh overall — and cementing the legacy of their core: Steph Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson. Having been in this position many times before, Curry is hoping to lean on that past experience. «Thankfully, I think having been (in close out games) six times, been in a lot of different closeout type of opportunities, you just understand what the nerves are like,» he told the media before Game 6. Read More«You got to remind yourself of that as much as you can before the game starts. At the end of the day, once you get out there, you just have to be in the moment. You got to be present as much as possible, not worry about the consequences of a win or a loss. The only opportunity you have is that 48 minutes. »The more you can trick your mind into being in the moment and staying there, that's the best advice I can give anybody in that situation because it's going to be the hardest game you probably ever played in your career because of what the stakes are."Curry shoots during the first half of Game 2 against the Boston Celtics.For Thompson, it would complete a remarkable comeback from two back-to-back devasting injuries, forcing him to miss two consecutive seasons. Over the Warriors' dominant run of