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NBA Finals 2022 - Boston Celtics vs. Golden State Warriors

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I honestly have no idea who's going to win this series. Looking at the matchups:

Horford vs. Looney will be a good one

Draymond Green vs. Grant Williams should be interesting

Steph vs. Marcus Smart should be very interesting, and I wouldn't be surprised to see Jayson switch onto Steph every so often. They'll be tracking him like they did with Durant in the first round

Klay vs. Jayson Tatum, advantage Jayson most likely at this point

Andrew Wiggins vs. Jaylen Brown, advantage Jaylen most likely

Iguodola's practicing. That's another defensive veteran to throw at Tatum
Otto Porter and Gary Payton Jr are also listed as available

The Celtics' defense throughout these playoffs has been historically good. They've had lapses, but when they've played their game, they've looked very much like a championship caliber team.

The Warriors are going to need every bit of that team oriented, free flowing, offensive basketball to win this series.
 

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Steph was on one in that first quarter. 6 for 8 from 3, with one of those misses being a half court heave

32-28 after the first
 

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Things cooled off for the Warriors in the second quarter.

56-54 Boston going into the half.
 

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The Warriors' supporting cast came through in the third.

92-80 Golden State after three.
 

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Boston turns up the defense and storms back in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Warriors 40-16, including a 17-0 run.

120-108 Boston takes Game 1.
 

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Draymond almost got himself ejected on a double technical, but the refs were lenient. We'll see how that plays out over the course of the game.

52-50 Golden State after two.
 

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Warriors win Game 4 107-97, and regain home court advantage.

Great back and forth game.

Steph finishes with 43 points. If by some chance the Warriors were to win this series, this would be one of those Finals MVP worthy games.

We'll see though. Boston definitely isn't going away.
 

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Andrew Wiggins showed out in that second quarter. Celtics started hitting their threes to keep things from getting out of hand. Draymond came to play in the first half.

Golden State up 51-39 after two.
 

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The threes were all falling for Boston in the third, and they were capitalizing on the momentum

On Golden State's side, Klay Thompson's threes kept the Warriors in it before he had to sit down with foul trouble

A nice back and forth of lead changes ended the quarter, with Jordan Poole hitting a long range three at the buzzer

Golden State leads 75-74 after three
 
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