NBA Finals: Boston beat Golden State at home and regained command of the series

The Boston Celtics have become strong at home as well, with a great performance led by Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum and Marcus Smartwon this Wednesday against the Golden State Warriors 116-100 in the third game of the The final in the NBA, which now leads 2-1.

Brown, who closed his evening with 27 points, Tatum, with 26, and Smart, with 24, were the great figures and top scorers of the Massachusetts franchise, who this Friday will play again in front of his audience, with the aim of lengthen the advantage e just be a win away from the ring.

For their part, Stephen Curry’s 31 points were not enough for the Warriors, nor Klay Thompson’s 25 points. In addition, they have suffered the small contribution of another of their stars, Draymond Greenwalked off the pitch four minutes from time with an accumulation of fouls and just scored two points, four rebounds and three assists.

“He had a tough game, but I trust Draymond as much as anyone else.“, said the coach at a press conference Steve Kerrwho did not give details regarding Curry’s condition, who did not finish the match due to a pain in his left leg that resulted in a fight with Al Horford.

He also analyzed:Offensive rebounds killed us. They scored more than twenty points with second chances. We had the chance to close the gap, but they captured the offensive rebounds and those were important. “

The Celtics have completely dominated the engagement except in inevitable acceleration of the Warriors in the third quarterin which Curry shone with 15 points and four triples to put his team ahead on the scoreboard.

This time, unlike the last game in San Francisco, Boston withstood the onslaught and, at the hands of Tatum, he regained control of the game and managed to get back in the lead.

“We can’t be too happy. We need to be ready for the next game. We know they will be extremely aggressiveTatum warned before the next meeting.

Match report

he had warned Jaylene Brown that his priority was to jump onto the pitch to play, without paying attention to rival pressures or provocations, and his start could not have been better. He started with two straight triples and led the way for the Celtics with 17 points in the first period, with a three out of four triple.

In a completely green-tinted Garden, and hungry for glory after twelve years of waiting to see their team in a final, Brown and Horford dominated the early stages. the Dominican, first NBA finalist from his countryhe showed off with great defensive work and a powerful dunk for 26-11.

Superiors on both sides of the courtthe Celtics fled by an 18-point margin at 54-36, led by a Tatum who participated, scored or assisted, 12 consecutive points for his team.

Steve Kerr called the time out to regroup his team’s ideas. And despite the obvious teething problems, the Warriors taught the hierarchy of a franchise that was at stake six of the last eight finalswinning three of the previous five.

Own Curry put his team behind by seven points and it is thanks to the competitiveness of Horford and Brown that the Celtics managed to stop that reaction and go on the break with a precious advantage of 12 points (68-56).

But when local efficiency diminished, the Warriors did not miss the opportunity to counterattack, with a 12-0 run led by Curry, who with a four-point play gave the Californians the first advantage on 83-82.

Marcus Smart and Grant Williams contained that push and kept their team ahead (93-89) until the fourth period. In that last quarter, Smart’s initial 9-2 from 3 recharges Garden with enthusiasm and puts the gap in double figures with the Warriors.

With four minutes and seven seconds left, Green added his sixth foul and retired sent off. The Garden celebrated his exit from the court as much as it did, shortly thereafter, when the Celtics victory was consummated.

With information from EFE.