Warriors 22-33 Celtics, end of the first quarter
The Celtics swarmed Looney to prevent him from scoring, but that defense was nil thanks to Clay Thompson, who hit a three-pointer. However, Brown answers him with one of his own. That’s 17 points in the first quarter for Brown. White lifted his second foul with just 6.3 left in the first quarter. Thompson hit both of his free throws to make a slightly disturbing finish for the near-perfect quarter. Their lead is 11 points and it looks like it would be more against your average team.
Warriors are not average. It will be a long match.
Warriors 17-30 Celtics, 1:46, first quarter
White rushes to bankrupt Gary Peyton II to prevent easy laying. It’s a big effort, but Peyton still makes both free throws.
Warriors 15-30 Celtics, 2:00, First Quarter
Poole is called for a foul. Smart enters the line and this time hits both his freebies. Curry scores here right away.
Then Smart hits Brown for a dunk: that’s 14 points for him, and maybe this Warriors mini-run isn’t coming.
Warriors 13-26 Celtics, 3:48, first quarter
Moons crashing out of timeout. Exactly what you want to see as a head coach. There is also Jordan Poole in the game. I wouldn’t be shocked by the mini-Warriors running here.
I don’t know, I have a feeling that these matches don’t even start until the third quarter.
Wait, wait, that doesn’t mean you stop reading! This means continuing to read this to the end. I want to emphasize that whatever you do, you must always pay attention to me.
Warriors 11-26 Celtics, 3:48, first quarter
White does the laying. Steph Curry hits a jumper to try to get the Warriors to leave, but Horford – mostly invisible on Sunday – scores and this will force the Warriors to take a timeout.
Warriors 9-22 Celtics, 4:26, First Quarter
Marcus Smart is on the line with two free throws and … misses both. Perhaps the only thing that has gone wrong for them so far this quarter. Wiggins can’t connect for the Warriors, but Horford can on the other side.
And there’s a turnover on Golden State, but Draymond Green shows up and performs the cleanest block you’ll ever see. However, Boston retained possession and Brown scored.
Celtics guard Jaylan Brown (7) reached the basket against Warriors striker Draymond Green (23) in the first quarter. Photo: Kyle Terada / USA Today Sports
Updated at 02.30 BST
The Celtics escaped early. I think they need to emphasize this. It won’t shock me if this is a “good start, don’t be cheeky” speech by Udoka.
Warriors 9-18 Celtics, 5:44, first quarter
Wiggins sneaks through the Celtics’ defense to mark the laying. What a second act in his career! However, Brown climbs one, he already has 10 points.
Curry took his second foul in the middle of the first quarter. This is also something to watch out for. The Celtics take a timeout.
Warriors 7-16 Celtics, 6:51, first quarter
Warriors who look good just don’t hit them early. Something to watch. Wiggins turned the ball around with a rather obvious foul in attack, but the Celtics turned it around early in the next possession. Tatum loses control, but manages to keep the ball.
Brown gets free throws after being fouled by Gary Peyton II, right in place of Kevan Looney. Brown makes both free throws.
Warriors 7-14 Celtics, 7:55, First Quarter
Tatum replies, however, that he reaches the basket to regain an eight-point lead. Derrick White is too early to replace Williams and Curry immediately hits a three. Marcus Smart announces another basket in the paint. The Celtics feel it early.
Warriors 2-10 Celtics, 10:03, first quarter
Horford with a threesome. Brown with a threesome! I’ve never heard a garden so strong so early in the game. This is a 10-0 series.
Updated at 02.13 BST
Warriors 2-4 Celtics, 11:03, first quarter
Brown responds with a three-pointer and then Jason Tatum gets a foul and his hand doesn’t seem to be right here. On the line, Tatum makes one of two free throws.
Opening tip
Warriors 2-0 Celtics, 11:27, first quarter
Green gets booed during the performance. Warriors win the top. We have basketball. Kevan Looney scored first.
This can actually be the whole game.
National anthem
Michelle Brooks-Thompson sings. It’s good. San Francisco has more fun with The Star Spangled Banner. 6/10
Michelle Brooks-Thompson sings the national anthem before match 3. Photo: Steven Senne / AP
Updated at 02.10 BST
The first final game at TD Garden in 2010. Earlier today, there was a massive fraud alert, so there’s a good chance not everyone who thought they had tickets would come in.
The starting lineup of the Boston Celtics
Jason Tatum, G / F
Marcus Smart, G
Jaylan Brown, J / G
Robert Williams, K
Al Horford, F
Great thing about Boston’s participation in the NBA Finals: they were charged with Gang Starr in these pre-game montages. (RIP Guru, Boston Legend)
The starting lineup of the Golden State Warriors
Steph Curry, G
Clay Thompson, G / F
Draymond Green, C / F
Keven Looney, C / F
Andrew Wiggins, F
Stephen A. Smith says that Drayman Green knows that these judges will be biased against him and that he will not be as … involved, say, as in Game 2.
You must not be wrong! Besides, wow, this Boston mob is going to pour anger on him.
Derrick White
I’m biased, but I still say that the unlikely story of Derrick White’s unusual journey to the NBA and the complicated path to the NBA Finals with the Boston Celtics is worth reading. We have little time here, especially since the Opening Council always seems to be a foggy time.
(No, I don’t know why the games still start at 9:00 PM EST, even though we’re no longer in the West Coast.)
Forecasts
I? I’ve seen enough of this model: The Celtics are humiliated after stumbling into a winning game that turns into an embarrassing loss due to their own carelessness, coming together and achieving a huge victory. They have not lost twice yet – as mentioned earlier – and I see that continuing here. It could even be a relatively stress-free win, consider a double-digit number until the fourth, although the live commentator in me hopes not to win two consecutive games that were decided so early.
Your thoughts? Once again, I would like to remind everyone that they can email their predictions to hunter.felt.freelance@theguardian.com or tweet them at @HunterFelt and we will include them in this live blog. Unless it’s in the middle of the fourth quarter. It’s just a scam, isn’t it?
Injury report
For what it’s worth, Andre Iguodala is available to play tonight for the Golden State Warriors. I really didn’t feel like they needed him in Game 2.
Robert Williams is also good for the Boston Celtics, but hopefully he looks better than he did on Sunday when he was hammered to the point of harming the team. When he is healthy, this is quite obvious (especially for the other team).
Scott Foster
For all those who hoped that this time we will not get a reference show after the nonsense from Game 2? Sorry, Scott Foster is here as part of the NBA crew.
If you want to know if you’re a respected employee, just think that all the betting sites noticed this right away and sent me a bunch of emails about how this could affect the game. The Celtics are 3-1 in the playoffs led by Foster this year, however much.
Draymond Green
The key moment in Game 2? Well, there was a time during a court match between Draymond Green of the Warriors and Jaylan Brown of the Celtics, when officials could (and perhaps should) be called in for double technical fouls. However, this would mean that Green, the protective engine of Golden State, will have to be discarded after taking technology at the beginning of the game.
Knowing that this was a complicated thing in the middle of a playoff game, they decided not to call them. Green stayed in the game and his defensive energy – not to mention the Celtics’ disappointment that he was even still in the game – was a key reason for Boston’s collapse.
Like it or not, the rules are changing in the playoffs and the Celtics knew they were coming in. It’s hard for them to get angry about that, especially since the match was an absolute loss in the end. As CelticsWire’s Justin Quinn rightly points out: “The fact that Boston allowed itself to be disturbed by such antics, which for better or worse are a feature of modern gaming and not error, at 18 rpm is the reason they lost the game. ”
Context: Boston teams have a history, part of it (but not all) apocryphal, not to play all the way up and up.
Preamble
Well, that was much more predictable than match 1 on Thursday. The Boston Celtics are not good in the game up front. So after a huge comeback victory over the Golden State Warriors in the previous game, the Celtics decided to repeat the collapse in the third quarter, avoiding a repeat of the miracle fourth. So, yes, it was a huge loss for Boston, to the point that Celtics head coach Name Udoka pulled his starters long before the last bell rang.
It shouldn’t be shocking considering their opponents: their chances of winning both games to start the 2022 NBA Finals against this Warriors team have always been slim. The Warriors tied the NBA Finals 1-1 and guaranteed what we all expected: it will be a long series. I don’t see any team winning three in a row against each other.
Keep in mind that the Celtics have not lost two consecutive games throughout the postseason. This is usually a good statistic in your back pocket, but Boston can’t be satisfied. I remember a message from “Scream 3”, all bets are excluded in the third part of the series.
While we are all witnesses, you can write to us and post your thoughts on the final game 3 here so that everyone can see. If you prefer to use email, send them to hunter.felt.freelance@theguardian.com or you can tweet them at @HunterFelt. This is Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors …
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