SAN FRANCISCO –
Just like in game 1, the Golden State Warriors took the lead with a big third round.
Unlike game 1, they got the job done.
The NBA finals are now over, after the Warriors turned a closing game into a match with a stunning third-round hit. Stephen Curry scored 29 points, Jordan Poole connected from the inside of the game to get through the crucial period and the Warriors beat the Boston Celtics 107-88 on Sunday night in Game 2.
“I think people have bonded more,” said Warriors coach Steve Kerr after his team improved the score to 5-0 following this knockout loss.
Poole finished with 17 points for the Warriors, who overcame Boston 35-14 in the third round to turn a two-point lead midway into 23. And when the Warriors then scored the first six points of the fourth inning, the Celtics waved the flag of surrender and cleared their bench.
“We said we needed to play with desperation,” said Curry. “That’s what we did.”
Golden State also has 12 points from Kevon Looney on a 6 to 6, and 11 points from Andrew Wiggins and Klay Thompson.
Jayson Tatum scored 21 of his 28 points in the first half for Boston. Jaylen Brown added 17 goals for the Celtics, but fought through an overnight shoot 5 to 17, and Derrick White scored 12.
Just like in game 1, one big run decides everything. The Celtics went on to run 48-18 in the second half to decide the opener. The Warriors didn’t wait that long in Game 2, with 43-14 bursting from the end of the first half to the beginning of the fourth to turn a draw into an absolute run.
Game 3 takes place on Wednesday in Boston.
Curry had 14 points in the third inning, creating three of his five 3-pointers in the round. Boston won 4-15 in the round, trailing 21-6 in 3 seconds and letting the Warriors turn 5 wins into 11 points.
“Steph was spectacular that quarter,” Kerr said.
The Celtics turned a 15-point third-quarter deficit to a fourth-quarter 15-point deficit in Game 1, but that didn’t happen again on Sunday. Boston’s coach, Ime Udoka, even picked up a technician in an attempt to express his displeasure with everything, including the whistling or omission, to no avail.
“I just let them know how I felt during the match in an illustrative, purposeful way, to get technical,” says Udoka.
Poole put on the exclamation point at the end of the third round, made a pass in the final seconds, dribbled across the midline, created a little space and flew.
Exalted.
Curry greeted him with a smile and a hug, fans at Chase Center jumped – if they weren’t already there – and the outcome was pretty much decided.
And for the first time ever, the crowd in the new Warriors building finally saw the Celtics lose. Boston entered the night 4-0 at the 3-year-old home of the Warriors, the only team to have won the first 4 games in this arena.
But dropping 33 points after 19 matches means that streak has no chance to continue.
“We have to take better care of the ball,” said Tatum.
The Celtics have bid to join just two other teams – the 1993 Chicago Bulls and the 1995 Houston Rockets – on the list of clubs that have completed two road games to open the finals. Those Bulls and Rockets teams won championships, and 31 of the previous 36 teams that opened 2-0 ended up celebrating a title.
All is not lost to Boston. The Celtics only need to win their remaining home games to become champions, though that won’t be easy against a Warriors team that has won at least one road game in a record-breaking NBA 26 consecutive playoff series .
“What is it like,” said Al Horford of the Celtics, who had 26 points in game 1 and was two points behind on Sunday. “Go to game 3”.
CAT
Celtics: The Celtics fell 8-3 in this knockout. They are still tied for the second most road wins in a single season; The record is nine, set by Houston in 1995. … Robert Williams III, who dealt with knee problems during the knockout stages, had a difficult fall the following third quarter. when he was stabbed by Marcus Smart. He was knocked down 21 seconds later and did not return. … Tatum and Brown have 40 of Boston’s first 54 points.
Warriors: Draymond Green’s impact on Game 2: nine points, seven assists, five rebounds, one technical foul and a ton of physicality. “It didn’t matter,” said Horford.…Andre Iguodala (right knee inflammation) was sidelined for the second half, after scoring 12 minutes in the first half. But the knee swelled on Saturday and he sat for the 13th time. in the final 14-game Warriors… Gary Payton II played for the first time since breaking his elbow in the Memphis series.
BIG WOMAN
The Warriors’ 35-14 advantage in the third round was a different 91st inning in these knockouts, where one team had a double-digit lead over the other. That’s the most in a single playoff year ever, topping 90 such quarters in the 2017 knockouts.
GAME REPORT
Both teams’ players and coaches wore orange T-shirts before the game that had the words “Stop Gun Violence” on the front, a theme that Kerr, whose father was killed in a violent incident. gun force 38 years ago – spoke out often. . “It convinces politicians that things like background checks are really important and things that don’t affect people’s Second Amendment rights,” Kerr said.
SPECTACULAR VERSION
Sunday marks the 31st anniversary of Michael Jordan’s first NBA Finals win, when he and the Chicago Bulls overcame the Los Angeles Lakers in game 2 in 1991. Jordan hit 13 straight shots in the game. there, the last of which is symbolic change. -middle layup center 4. “A spectacular move by Michael Jordan,” is NBC announcer Marv Albert.
