The Boston Celtics take game 1 of these NBA finals in the bay area with a miraculous 120-108 win. The Celtics rallied back in the fourth quarter to come back and win it, thanks to Al Horford’s big night with six threes made and 26 points Boston used that as jet fuel to blow out the Warriors in the fourth. With Jayson Tatum being doubled and trapped most of the game the C’s role players game up bi making 21 three’s, fifteen just between Derrick White, Marcus Smart and Al Horford, Tatum had a below average game in his standards finishing with just 12 points on 3-17 shooting {17.6% FG, 20% 3PT} but having 13 assists and just 2 turnovers, so Tatum didn’t necessarily win you the game but he made the right basketball plays to get you the win.
Now for Golden State, the Warriors overall played pretty well but some were better than others, Stephen Curry played great having one of his better finals game finishing with 34, 5 and 5 assists with 3 steals as well, Curry came out swinging with 21 points in the first quarter, Curry did cool off after that but still had 13 points in the remaining three quarters but none less the Warriors role players and other stars didn’t come to play, Klay Thompson did not have a great game finishing with just 15 points which isn’t going to be enough, Klay needs to be averaging at least 20 in this series. Draymond also took too many shots {12} which isn’t really his cup of tea as a “enforcer” Draymond should be taking 6-8 shots a game and looking to find other players open looks. Jordan Poole also needs to step up, Poole hasn’t had a good stretch of games since the first round against the Denver Nuggets, Poole scored just 9 points and that’s becoming a regular for him in these playoffs thus far.
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