With the series tied 1-1, the Boston Celtics are currently hosting the Golden State Warriors for the third game in the NBA Finals. The Eastern Champion wants to maintain the home advantage it took from its opponent in the first game, but also to recover from the defeat it suffered in the second game of the series. The Celtics enjoyed an excellent game of Taitum and Brown in the first game and were in business in the second game as well. But a murderous third quarter for the Warriors left them behind. Boston knows that maintaining a home run will lead it to winning the championship and the road to that begins in this game.
Quarter 1
The opening of the game belonged to Boston, who went up to a quick 2:10 with threes from Horford and Brown. Steph Kerry got into things with a first three, but the Warriors found no answer for Brown, who scored 10 quick points and put the hosts up 18: 9. The madness of Boston lasted a lot thanks to Brown and also Horford who blocked on one side and celebrated on the other side in color. The Warriors did not find the ring and Brown was blocked by Green, but immediately afterwards scored a basket on him and completed a 0: 8 run with another Horford basket setting an early record advantage of 11:26 and forcing Kerr to call a timeout. But even the timeout did not stop Boston and especially Brown, who responded to Steph’s first three with a three of his own and went up to 17 points in the first quarter. Clay Thompson got into things with points from the line and the quarter ended with a promising 22:33 lead for the hosts.
Quarter 2
Golden State had hoped to come back in the second quarter, but saw Grant Williams score twice, with Williams II, Robert, blocking Baylitz. The only one to function in those minutes offensively at Golden State was Clay Thompson, who scored all of his team’s last 12 points. Andrew Wiggins came into the picture with points first in the quarter and then took advantage of Boston’s loss to four quick points.