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- 2022 NBA Finals Celtics vs Warriors Recap
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Santiago Leon – @sleon
Erwin Dudley – @ErwinDudley
2022 NBA Finals Celtics vs Warriors Recap
The determined Celtics delivered a memorable comeback and rallied past Stephen Curry and the Golden State old guard.
Jaylen Brown fueled the late charge and scored 24 points, Al Horford hit six 3-pointers, and the Celtics rode the most lopsided fourth quarter in NBA Finals history to a 120-108 victory over the Warriors in Game 1 on Thursday night.
Horford finished with 26 points and the Celtics outscored the Warriors 40-16 in the final 12 minutes after trailing by 15 points late in the third quarter. The 15th-year big man, who turns 36 Friday, played in 141 previous postseason games, most ever before playing in the NBA Finals.
Boston made its first seven tries from long distance in the fourth and wound up 9 of 12 beyond the arc in the period as almost everybody got involved in the 3-point flurry. Jayson Tatum was the lone Celtics regular who struggled offensively, finishing 3 for 17, though he did have 13 assists.
Curry scored 34 points in his return to the NBA’s big stage for the first time in three years, but the Warriors couldn’t sustain momentum from a 38-point third quarter that put them ahead 92-80.
Curry scored a smooth 21 points in the opening period on 7-for-8 shooting
Golden State dropped to 9-1 this postseason at home, where a sellout crowd in yellow finals T-shirts chanted “M-V-P!” for Curry at every chance.
Marcus Smart scored 18 points with four 3s for Boston.
first quater: BOS 28 GSW 32
2nd quarter: BOS 28 GSW 22
3rd quarter: BOS 24 GSW 38
4th quarter: BOS 40 GSW 16
Predictions
BOS-GSW – Game 2
ED: GSW 128-120
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