A Kendrick Lamar album has coincided with Warriors championships

LEFT: ATLANTA, GA – JANUARY 08: Rapper Kendrick Lamar performs during half time during 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship Game at Centennial…

LEFT: ATLANTA, GA – JANUARY 08: Rapper Kendrick Lamar performs during half time during 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship Game at Centennial Olympic Park on January 8, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images) RIGHT: The Golden State Warriors celebrate after defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 6 to win the 2015 NBA Finals on June 16, 2015 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The Warriors took the best-of-seven series four games to two over the Cavaliers to claim their first title since 1975. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

by: Aaron Tolentino

Posted: May 27, 2022 / 04:10 PM PDT

Updated: May 27, 2022 / 04:10 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The Golden State Warriors are going back to the NBA Finals after closing out the Dallas Mavericks Thursday night in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals. It is the franchise’s sixth trip to the championship round in eight years.

During the Stephen Curry-Klay Thompson-Draymond Green era, the Warriors have won championships in 2015, 2017, and 2018. What has also happened in each of those three years?

A Kendrick Lamar album dropped.

2015

Warriors defeat Cavaliers 4-2 to win their first NBA title since 1975; Andre Iguodala named Finals MVP
Kendrick Lamar releases “To Pimp a Butterfly” album in March 2015

2017

Warriors defeat Cavaliers 4-1; Kevin Durant named Finals MVP
Kendrick Lamar releases “DAMN.” in April 2017

2018

Warriors defeat Cavaliers 4-0; Durant named Finals MVP
Kendrick Lamar releases “Black Panther: The Album” in February 2018

Earlier in the month, Lamar dropped “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers.” On Thursday, the Warriors clinched a spot in the NBA Finals.

In each of the three Warriors’ title run, Lamar dropped an album at least a couple months before the team finished off the season as champions in June.

Is a Kendrick Lamar album drop and the Warriors winning a championship just a coincidence that happened three times? Or will we continue to see this happen in 2022?

The answer will come out in June when the NBA crowns a champion for the 2021-22 season.

The Warriors await the winner of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics, who play Friday night with the latter having a 3-2 series lead. Game 1 of the finals is scheduled for Thursday at Chase Center in San Francisco.