![]() ![]() They will put those records to the test again on Sunday in Game 2 from the Chase Center. Brown finished with 24 points, 10 of those coming in the fourth quarter, and Smart had 18 with four three pointers.īoston handed the Warriors their first loss at home in this postseason, all the while improving their road record to 8-2. Derrick White had another spectacular night off the bench, going for 21 and hitting a couple of the biggest shots of the night. Horford finished the night as the top performer, posting 26 points and hitting a career high six three pointers in his Finals debut. ![]() Tatum went just 3-17 from the field and scored just 12 points but did have 13 assists. Golden State went on a five minute scoreless spell while the thirty-six year old Horford had 8 straight points in what would end up being a 17-0 run to put the game to rest for the Celtics.Įveryone who needed to step up on Tatum’s off night stepped up in Game 1. Half way through the final quarter the 12 point lead had been 103-100 and the Celtics kicked it into overdrive from there. Derrick White and Al Horford took over from there hitting big shot after big shot to continue chipping away at the lead.Īs each and every shot went down the Boston defense seemed to suffocated the Warriors one time flowing offense as the game wound down. Four quarter comeback for the agesĪ 7-0 run led by two Brown buckets and an alley oop assist to Robert Williams gave the Celtics that shot of life they needed. With Tatum having an off night it was going to be up to Jaylen Brown and the supporting cast if the Celtics were going to have any chance of a comeback after entering the quarter down 12. Curry and Andrew Wiggins not only took the lead from the Celtics, but would build as much as a 15 point lead. Good defense led to easy offense for the Warriors and Curry who got back on the scoresheet after a scoreless second quarter. Jayson Tatum was shut down by the Warriors defense all night long, and they zoned in on him coming out of the halftime break. Much of the talk coming into this series was about the Celtics top rated defense, but the Warriors had the second ranked defense this season and it showed in the third quarter. Steve Kerr’s side came out of the halftime break tenacious on the defensive end. They took the lead for the first time since it was 9-8 when Brown went to the free throw line to make it 51-49, and carried that lead into halftime. Boston went on a 10-0 run to tie the game up at 57. Jaylen Brown then stepped to the stage in the second quarter, once the Golden State shooting cooled down. Even with Curry and the rest of the Warriors shooting lights out the Celtics only trailed 32-28. It was the most threes ever scored in any quarter of an NBA Finals game. Curry hit and NBA Finals record six three points in the first quarter and had 21 going into the second stanza. It was Golden State, and Steph Curry in particular, who started off hot out of the gate. He took the game over with his scoring, especially late on as the Celtics made their game winning run. Horford has been an instrumental part of Boston’s playoff run, but on Thursday night he did something that no one expected him to do. Celtics strip Warriors of homecourtĪl Horford had waited fifteen years to make his first NBA Finals appearance and did not disappoint once he stepped into the spotlight. Al Horford was the unlikely hero stepping up and scoring 26 points to lead the Celtics to the 120-108 win at the Chase Center. The Boston Celtics went into San Francisco and took a win from the Golden State Warriors in the final 12 minutes of Game 1.
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