They got up early, put in some time on the court and made the right plays, including the timely stop on the Draymond Green shot.
That’s not a bad thing, at all. It just goes to show how good the Spurs are and that’s something to be proud of.
As the Warriors and Cavaliers prepare for Game 3 of the NBA Finals, the most important question is, will the Warriors be able to survive Stephen Curry’s ankle injury?
Jaylen Brown made 22 of his 27 points in the first half for the Celtics and the Celtics beat the Golden State Warriors, 116-100.
Curry scores 31 points against the Knicks in Game 4 and he does it again in Game 5.
He has 94 points in three games. He’s going to have a tough game, though, because he’s injured, and his ankle may be bothering him in Game 4.
The Boston Celtics have never lost back to back games in the playoffs.
We’ve got a good team, and I know we can win some games.
Another positive sign for the Celtics. They’ve lost the first two games by a combined six points, and they’re going home.
Friday’s game at TD Garden is the decisive game of the Finals. Golden State needs to win two road games in order to win this series.
We’ve got a good team, and I know we can win some games.
Another positive sign for the Celtics. They’ve lost the first two games by a combined six points, and they’re going home.
Friday’s game at TD Garden is the decisive game of the Finals. Golden State needs to win two road games in order to win this series.
The Celtics have made it clear that they’re comfortable committing less than 15 turnovers; Boston had just 12 in Game 2 of the Finals, compared to 19 for 33 from the Warriors.
Game two, they brought the heat, said Smart, who contributed seven rebounds and five assists.
We’re disappointed because we’re used to playing good defense and getting the W, but what we do is give up goals at the wrong times and get behind.
Yes, it did, but we’re not surprised at all that it didn’t wake up many other people.
Kevin Durant had his best game in the Finals with 25 points, five rebounds, five assists and two steals. LeBron added 18 points and Kyrie added 16 points, four assists and three steals.
Green scored just two points and fouled out, playing just 11 minutes, and said he had no rhythm or flow to his game. He was frustrated that he never found his rhythm, which was good enough for the Pacers to score 18 points off the bench, led by a monster 17-point, four-rebound, six-assist double-double from Darren Collison.
Klay Thompson, who led the Warriors to the NBA finals, had a great game with 25 points. It was only his second playoff game with double-digit scoring.
In Game 2, Green went 0-for-2 from the field and had four fouls. ‘Just trying to find my rhythm,’ Green said. ‘Not much rhythm there.
During the same play that Green fouled out, Horford dove for a loose ball and fell on top of Curry’s left ankle.
While on the court, Stephen Curry went down several times to help his Warriors teammate, Kevin Durant, fight off a hard foul by Serge Ibaka.
The basketball player sat down and stayed in the game, but clearly had an injured ankle.
With 2.9 seconds left and the Celtics ahead by 14 points, LeBron James shot a fadeaway jumper that went in to give the Cleveland Cavaliers a stunning Game 1 win over the Boston Celtics.
After the first timeout, we made it pretty clear that we were not going to chase them down, Kerr said.
We’ll find out more tomorrow, but we need him if we want to win this thing.
I know that Steph Curry will do whatever he can in his power to play.
It will be very hard for me without him, but I’ll try not to think about it too much.
Golden State played well in the first half, but they didn’t expect to lose by 25 points. That is the biggest loss in NBA playoff history!
It’s hard to see how the Celtics can get back into this series, which means they need to step up their game in the next three quarters of games 4, 5 and 6, if they want to
How’s a seven-point possession sound?
Curry, who scored 15 points in the quarter, drained a 3 and was fouled by Horford with 5.6 left. Officials ruled after video replay that Horford didn’t give Curry enough room to land which is a flagrant foul so the Warriors got to keep the ball after Curry’s foul shot. Otto Porter Jr. knocked down a 3 for seven points. And then with 3.3 remaining in the period Curry nailed another 3 for an 83 82 lead.
Rather than buckle under the weight of another Warriors run, Smart and Grant Williams connected on 3s and the Celtics took a 93 89 lead into the fourth. Golden State never got closer, and Tatum’s emphatic drive to the hoop through traffic for a 107 96 advantage with 5.1 left was a punch into the Warriors breast bone. They were out of air.
I felt like our team really stayed poised, Horford said.
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It’s not the time to panic and give up on the series. We didn’t panic and just continued to play.
We feel like they’ve been killing us on the glass this whole series, Williams said. Wanted to just put an emphasis on it.
