The Golden State Warriors clearly defeated the Boston Celtics in the Finals rematch 123-107. With Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson at their best, the Warriors had too much firepower for Boston.
Golden State Warriors (13-13) – Boston Celtics (21-5) 123:107 (BOXSCORE)
“The Splash Brothers are splashing tonight” was well captured in the US comment, as Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry were both in very good spirits against the Celtics. Thompson scored 24 of his 34 points in the first half, hitting 14/26 from the field and 4/11 from downtown. Curry even hit 6/11 triples and accompanied his 32 points with 7 assists. In the absence of Andrew Wiggins, Jonathan Kuminga played an important role, assisting coming off the bench with 14 points (6/9 FG).
The Warriors took control after the initial phase and took the lead until the final whistle, but the Champs were only able to break away really far in the last few minutes. Boston hardly earned any easy points against the strong defense of the Warriors around Draymond Green (11) and only played 17 assists. It would have taken a masterful performance from the Celtics’ stars to keep up.
Jaylen Brown was well on his way there with 31 points at 13/23 out of the field, but Jayson Tatum was having a used evening by his standards. Only 6 of his 21 field shots found their target, he finished the game with 18 points and 7 rebounds. Without Robert Williams and Al Horford, the Celtics had few options in the big positions, Blake Griffin (13) started again. Significant support from the bench came only from Malcolm Brogdon (16).
NBA: Thompson hot in first half – Williams flies
From the middle distance, in the drive, from downtown anyway and even on the offensive board – Thompson got off to a really good start in the first quarter with 12 points. With him on the bench, Curry quickly scored 8 points including a buzzer beaterwhich gave the Warriors a 33-25 lead after the first quarter.
In the second period, Poole took over the scoring and held Thompson in position until he came back into the game and continued to hit and hit. Boston was also in a good offensive mood and held back so that they were only 63:68 behind at the break.
But after the change of sides, the Celtics endured a weak phase that was a little too long, while the Warriors continued to score well and thus went on a 14:5 run. In the last three minutes of the quarter, the Celtics clawed back a few points to go into the final period 83-95.
There, Boston dropped to -17 and then worked their way up to 8 points before the Celtics’ best comeback attempt ended in the final quarter. Golden State continued to pull away and by the time Grant William’s frustrated action two minutes before the end it was clear to everyone present that the game was over. Williams furiously threw the ball into the crowd, resulting in an automatic ejection.
NBA: Die Stats-Leader bei Warriors vs. Celtics
| Category | Warriors | Celtics |
| Points | Klay Thompson (34) | Jaylen Brown (31) |
| Rebounds | Kevon Looney (15) | Jaylen Brown (9) |
| Assists | Stephen Curry (7) | Marcus Smart (5) |
| Steals | Klay Thompson (2) | Jayson Tatum, Marcus Smart (je 3) |
| Blocks | Kevon Looney (2) | Derrick White (3) |