Boston Celtics got off to a rocky start, but the Golden State Warriors fought back late in the first period and took the lead to victory; GS has great collective performance and Curry is Finals MVP
CHAMPION! With great collective action and Stephen CurryO Golden State Warriors won the Boston Celtics by 103 to 90 on Thursday night, the 16th, and confirmed the seventh NBA title in its history. The team led by Steven Kerr came to Game 6 with an advantage to win the series 4-2 and lift the Larry O’Brien trophy in the 2021/22 season at TD Garden.
The match basket was Curry, with 34 points, seven assists and seven rebounds. The Warriors’ second-highest scorer was Andrew Wiggins, with 18 points. On the other side, Jalen Brown led the Boston Celtics with 34 points, seven assists and three rebounds. Horford recorded a double-double of 19 points and 14 rebounds. Home team’s main hope Jayson Tatum finished the night with 13 points and seven assists.
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The trio Draymond Green (12 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists), Klay Thompson (12 points) and Curry won four NBA titles for Golden State. The achievement of the season shows the return of a revolutionary team, which had shirt 30 as the MVP of the Finals for the first time in its career. Kevin Durant (twice) and Andre Iguodala were elected in the last three titles.
Golden State’s last title was won in the 2017/18 season. Since then, the franchise has suffered from some frustrations, including the drama of injuries to its stars. Champion for the last time in 2008, Boston followed tied with Los Angeles Lakerswith 17 titles each, topped the list of greatest champions.
Curry Finals MVP
After leading the Golden State Warriors to the 2021/22 NBA season title, Stephen Curry was named the Finals MVP for the first time in his career. After the victory, shirt 30 highlighted the team: “I am so proud of this group. I thank God everyday. They are amazing people. At the beginning of the season, no one thought we would be here except this group. It’s very, very surreal. You never take it here for granted. Never know if you’ll come back here [nas finais]. If you get here and get the conquest, it means the world”, said on the court.
Stephen Curry receives the Bill Russell Trophy as the 2022 #NBAFinals MVP! #NBA75 pic.twitter.com/rWxCcmdpCl
— NBA (@NBA) June 17, 2022
THE GAME
1ST PERIOD
Needing the result, the Boston Celtics had an overwhelming start to play and went 12-2 in just over two minutes. The home team featured two threes from Jaylen Brown and Jason Tatum. Before four minutes, Boston was aggressive and managed to dig in two fouls each from Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson. GS managed to convert the first of three with just under eight minutes to go.
The visiting team started to control turnovers and managed to balance the confrontation to take the advantage of Boston. Golden State had a run from 11 to 0 in the final minutes, amending a sequence of three threes (one of them by Green), and ended the fourth winning by 27 to 22. Curry, who passed zero in threes in the game 5, converted one to turn the score around.
the degree of difficulty on this shot >>>
📺 #NBAonABC pic.twitter.com/5jqycDHH07
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) June 17, 2022
2ND PERIOD
With the bench making a difference, the second period kicked off with Jordan Poole hitting a 3 to get the Warriors off to a killer start. With just over ten minutes to go, the home team made it 10-0 (being a 21-0 streak, adding up the periods) in the partial and opened up a 15-point lead over the Celtics. The lead was the longest streak in NBA history for the past 50 years.
Tonight’s 21-0 run by the Warriors was the longest in a Finals game in the last 50 years. #NBA75
The last 20-0 run in the #NBAFinals was also by Golden State in Game 2 of the 2019 Finals. pic.twitter.com/7whA50jr6O
— NBA History (@NBAHistory) June 17, 2022
All that remained for Boston was the timeouts. The ‘fast’ was broken by one of Brown’s three. The team even rehearsed a reaction and recorded seven straight points, reducing the difference to eight points with eight minutes to go. However, Golden State imposed pressure and counted on the difficulty in the Celtics’ attack to open 18 points. The home crowd even booed the team. Golden State won the partial by 27-17 and went into the break leading the score by 54-39.
24 more minutes. pic.twitter.com/37FgUcdLjO
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) June 17, 2022
3RD PERIOD
The third period was more balanced and the Boston Celtics showed reaction in the opening four minutes, but Golden State amended a sequence of three balls and opened 18-11 in the partial, with 22 points on the scoreboard. Boston even forced a GS timeout after shortening to 18-16.
In the last minutes of the third period, Boston showed its best moment and even shortened the disadvantage to nine points, in a move by Horford that converted two points and was fouled. The Celtics won the fourth 27-22 and went into the last period losing 76-66. If on the one hand Stephen Curry shone for the Warriors, reaching the mark of 150 balls out of three in the NBA Finals, on the other hand, Jason Tatum passed erased with only 11 points.
Chipping away with 12 to play ⏳ pic.twitter.com/v5uy3kGWqT
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) June 17, 2022
BLOCKED BY HORFORD ❌
GSW 76 | BOS 66
End of Q3The @celtics end Q3 on a 16-4 run pic.twitter.com/d1voB6bQKH
— NBA (@NBA) June 17, 2022
4th PERIOD
In the last and decisive period, Golden State started ahead with a dunk by Gary Payton, but Boston did not stray and remained glued to the scoreboard, with 8-6 in the partial for the visitors. With six minutes to go, the Warriors were up 10-9 and had an 11-point lead: 86-75.
The final minutes followed with attack and response, but GS maintained the slight advantage in the partial to be 93 to 81 with three and a half minutes to go. A 3 from Halford made the visiting team ask for a timeout. In the resumption, the Warriors controlled and amended three-pointers to secure the victory and the title. With a minute and a half to go, the lead was 99 to 84. Final score: 103 to 90.
“You don’t want to see us next year.” – Stephen Curry on May 21, 2021 pic.twitter.com/pDlbpgFRRY
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) June 17, 2022
Coach’s words
Steve Kerr now has an incredible nine NBA championship rings, four of which were won as a coach and five as a player. The Warriors’ commander began the press conference by talking precisely about the team’s feelings regarding their most recent achievement, which he had classified as ‘almost impossible’.
“Each title is unique, all are special. But I think this was the most unlikely of all from the point of view of how we’ve performed in recent years. There were many doubts, the injury of Klay, Draymond and Curry. new team, full of young people around our core. It’s special to see guys like Wiggins, Looney, Payton and Poole playing, the impact they’ve had.” said Kerr.
Source: sportbuzz
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