The Warriors are a win from another NBA title

Here’s a Golden State win from its seventh championship title that will be fourth for its sixth final in eight years, after coronations in 2015, 2017 and 2018. Enough to revive a golden dynasty we thought was buried in 2019, after the defeat against Toronto, during a final marked especially by serious injuries by Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson.

It was also three years ago until the day Thompson tore the cruciate ligaments of his left knee. The full-back, who has actually been sidelined for two and a half years after also breaking his right Achilles tendon, has done everything he can’t to be filled with emotion.

His 21 points prove it, with 5 baskets behind the arch from 11. Two of them stopped California’s big bleeding in the third quarter. The Celtics reversed the situation after lamenting 16 lengths in the first quarter.

And his final banner, less than two minutes from time, to bring the score to 102-86, was deadly.

So Thompson was in cold blood when Curry couldn’t warm up on a difficult night, 72 hours after his Game 4 recital, finished with 43 points. On Monday, he was the victim of special treatment by the entire opposing defense.

So for the first time in a playoff game, the double player of the year (2015 and 2016), who made seven three-point baskets on Friday, did not score even one of nine attempts. Curry certainly wouldn’t mind too much, as it didn’t stop his team from winning and he was able to earn 16 points and 8 assists from his key entries.

So it was necessary for the third man to rise to guide the Warriors to victory: Canadian winger Andrew Wiggins, the formidable efficiency in mid-distance and in attacking the opposing circle (12 of 17), is the author of 26 points and 13 rebounds.

“My state of mind is to be diligent. I’m just trying to do what it takes to win, whether it’s scoring, rebounding, defending or whatever I’m asked to do,” said the man in the shadow when full light.

In this battle where their exterior address is at half mast (9 out of 40), the Warriors usually owe their safety to everyone’s efforts, remembering that the slogan of their first title eight years ago was strength in quantity.

That’s why Gary Payton Jr., who broke his left elbow five weeks ago, scored 15 points, and Jordan Poole added 14, including a shot when the siren rang at the end of the third quarter to take his place. top 75-74, all at bottom. the eyes of rapper Jay-Z, but not of league boss Adam Silver, who is subject to the COVID protocol.

The Warriors have just experienced a rise (35-24) of Boston, in their favorite period yet. Following Jayson Tatum (27 points and 10 rebounds), irresistible for a long time before coming down after 45 minutes on the floor, the Celtics, who started the game with 0 to 12 from long distance, were on fire (9). at 10) between the end of the first stage and the beginning of the second.

They couldn’t confirm this explosion, despite the efforts of Marcus Smart (20 points) and Jaylen Brown (18 points), who weighed in with 18 losses on the ball, their not-so-cute offense in this final, who offer 22 points to their opponents. .

And here are the Celtics, who have yet to lose two consecutive games in this playoffs, with their backs to the wall. In search of a record 18th title, they had to react Thursday at their TD Garden to snatch the seventh decisive match, scheduled for Sunday, again in San Francisco.