NBA Finals 2022: A huge Curry (43) knocks down the Celtics in the Garden

Steph Curry showed off his competitive soul this Friday and two days after setting off the alarms with a foot injury, he sealed a double-double of 43 points and ten rebounds to give the Golden State Warriors a 107-97 victory over the Celtics in Boston ‘s TD Garden and tie the NBA Finals 2-2.

Curry watered down the Celtics ‘ party with three-pointers , who could hit the series in case of victory, and returned home court advantage to the Warriors, owners of their destiny at the Chase Center.

The series, to the best of the seven, will have at least two more chapters. He will return to San Francisco on Monday for Game 5 and back to Boston for Game 6. But in case of a tie, the Warriors will be able to play the fourth ring in eight years at home.

They defeated the Celtics led by their brightest star, who finished with 43 points, ten rebounds and four assists, supported by Klay Thompson’s 18 and by a struggling Andrew Wiggins in the paint, capable of adding 16 valuable rebounds to his 17 points. .

The Celtics gave up despite a double-double of 23 points, 11 rebounds and six assists from Jayson Tatum , Jaylen Brown ‘s 21 points and six rebounds and Marcus Smart ‘s 18 points, four rebounds and five assists , on a night in which the Dominican Al Horford finished with eight points, six rebounds and four assists.

EQUALITY IN THE GARDEN

If in the third game the Celtics had had a forceful start, reaching an 18-point lead in the second period, this time the equality reigned, with small partials on both sides, errors and a fight for rebounds that did not see any clear winner.

Steve Kerr bet on Otto Porter Jr in the opening fifth, although the Saint Louis forward barely scored two points, grabbed a rebound and provided an assist in fourteen minutes.

Steph Curry was quick to show that the fear of his foot had passed and led his Warriors with twelve points in the first period and 19 at halftime, sparking his team’s attacks.

CURRY WARNS…

He sealed two consecutive 3-pointers to improve his to 23-18, after trailing 6-12, and shone alongside Andre Wiggins’ eleven, although the Warriors unusually did more damage in the paint than from the perimeter. .

His improvable success (18 of 49 in the first half) forgave some Celtics who fell back into their nightmare, lost balls. They accumulated ten just in the first two quarters, although it only cost them twelve points.

Tatum and Brown , with 16 and twelve points each, allowed Ime Udoka’s men to go to the locker room with a 54-49 score, a satisfactory margin for the locals considering that the Warriors used to be forceful when it came to punishing rival turnovers in this series (they had 33 after the Celtics’ 18 turnovers in Game 2).

.. AND FINISHES

But local optimism dipped in the third quarter, when Curry spiked up the level. After going 2-for-6 on 3-pointers in the first half, he got the better of him and hit 4-of-5, scoring 14 points that allowed the Warriors to slowly break down the Celtics ‘ resistance .

Udoka ‘s men managed to cut their lost balls (only two), but they could do nothing to stop Curry ‘s push . And it was, once again, a struggling third quarter for the Celtics.

If Brown barely scored three points in that third period, it started as a shot in the fourth, in which he sealed some spectacular plays, with penetrations and added fouls. He excited the Garden, but he could not be the protagonist of the night.

Neither he nor Smart ‘s pace from the perimeter was enough to contain Curry ‘s monumental night .

Supported by Thompson , and without a trait of Poole or Green, Curry lit up the most physical and nervous moment of the game with his class and, with two consecutive triples, launched the Warriors to 100-94, with 1:42 to play.

A great triple by Horford , leader in the most difficult moments, brought the Celtics closer (97-100), but his team did not score again and definitively succumbed to the 43 points of a Curry who finished his game from the free throw line. , receiving chants of ‘MVP’ from Warriors fans in the Garden.

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