NBA Finals: With an epic comeback, Boston beat Golden State in the first game of the series

The Boston Celtics got off to a good start The final of the NBA, beating the Golden State Warriors on Thursday 120-108 as a visitor. the Dominican Al Horford led the epic return in the last quarter and positioned himself as one of the great figures of the Chase Center in San Francisco.

Al Horford (26 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists), Jaylene Brown (24, 7 and 5), Derrick White (21, 1 and 3) and Smart Marco (18, 5 and 4) were the best of some Celtics who made it through their star’s bad night, Jayson Tatumwho added 12 points and just scored 3 of the 17 field goals.

Golden State for its part missed the 34 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists of Stephen Curry, who had a devastating start with 21 points in the first room. The other two pillars of the starting lineup could not accompany him: Klay Thompson (15 points) and Draymond Green (4).

Those led by Steve Kerr They maintained control of the game and the edge on the scoreboard for most of the match. They also started the last quarter with a 12-point lead. However, they were unable to keep the difference and the Celtics converted 17 consecutive points, without the locals being able to score. The result for that quarter was 40-16.

In this way, Boston became the first team in history win a final by more than 10 points after entering the fourth quarter behind by double digits.

Now, the Celtics are aiming for the goal of conquering theirs eighteenth ring take off from the Los Angeles Lakers and be the franchise with the most titles. The last one they got was in 2008, and none of the players on the current roster have played even a single game of the NBA Finals.

A completely different situation is experienced by the protagonists of Golden State, who disputes it sixth final in the last eight yearswith the same trio as Curry, Thompson and Green.

Golden State did not raise alarms after the defeat against Boston

“There is no need to be alarmed. The first team to win four games, not the first to win one. We have always accepted challenges. We will accept this. It’s not a big blow to our confidence at all, not even one bit, “said Draymond Green.

And he warned: “Even if you win all the games at home, you have to win one away. And in our history we have always won one at home“.

Along the same lines, another of the Warriors figures, Klay Thompson, said: “It’s never fun and that hurts on the bigger stage, but no reason to panic“.

“I like the chances we still have, we will go home and digest what happened. I know we will do better in the second game. There is no reason to hold back a loss when you have another game so soon. “to complete.

For his part, coach Steve Kerr said: “When you win your first home game, there is a feeling of well-being and you have a perception of your opponent that you make your adjustments with. So that’s a different feeling. Obviously. , you go to the second game with a major sense of despair“.

“But that’s part of those things. We’ve been in this position before and we won a series of playoffs in which we lost the first game“, hill.

With information from EFE

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