NBA Finals 2022 - Warriors vs Celtics.

[qwertyup23]

I expect that the Golden State will lose this round but I didn't expect that they would give such performance, there's a lot of lose ball and interceptions, bad passes. It looks like they didn't expect that the defense of the Boston will be really that close. Performance from Tatum is really great, execution of plays as well as the attacks from the Celtics are great.

Looking forward for GSW win in the next round.

I actually did not expect them to lose to game 3 at this state- I guess, Curry got his knees injured which somehow affected his gameplay and mentality all throughout. Nevertheless, Jordan Poole has to step-up his game and get away from his shooting slump. It is times like these that his all-star talent and confidence and needed especially that the Celtics are playing good defense.

I really do hope that Warriors bounce back in game 4. While this may be the case, I still think that they will be winning the playoffs this year.

[Ziskinberg]

I expect that the Golden State will lose this round but I didn't expect that they would give such performance, there's a lot of lose ball and interceptions, bad passes. It looks like they didn't expect that the defense of the Boston will be really that close. Performance from Tatum is really great, execution of plays as well as the attacks from the Celtics are great.

Looking forward for GSW win in the next round.

I actually did not expect them to lose to game 3 at this state- I guess, Curry got his knees injured which somehow affected his gameplay and mentality all throughout. Nevertheless, Jordan Poole has to step-up his game and get away from his shooting slump. It is times like these that his all-star talent and confidence and needed especially that the Celtics are playing good defense.

They are outrebounded in game 3, 31 for the Warriors and 47 for the Celtics, that's a huge difference.
Again, it's the 4th quarter run that Celtics capitalize again, so they won with ease.

Draymond wasn't as productive as well in game 2, another problem for the Warriors.

I really do hope that Warriors bounce back in game 4. While this may be the case, I still think that they will be winning the playoffs this year.

They will for sure, juts relax, let the game flow and Warriors will have a good shooting night.

[stadus]

Poole played a big part in that second half run.  More and more I'm thinking he might be the key to get the Warriors over the hump. Yeah steph, klay, etc will get theirs but when Poole turns it on it makes it too difficult for the other teams to cover their backcourt.  Fun game.  Hoping for a 7 game.

Right, Curry played minimal minutes, and it was Poole who take over the 4th quarter as well to not give the Boston a chance to make a comeback just like what they did in game 2.

Klay though has not been making points as he used to be, but at least they were able to cover game 2 with a huge win and that is enough for the Warriors to carry the momentum to the Boston Garden because they should have been up 2-1 by now.

Klay should be fine, he will have one great game in this series. His shooting is poor but Curry had an impressive night so it's just alright. Let Thompson continue to get his confidence back until he will become more consistent as his team needs him if this series will go longer.

Let's wait for game 6, he is known for game 6 Klay so maybe that's where he is going to produce some numbers. But he is a great player and anytime he will just explode even at the opponents home court. So maybe next game he will score 30+ or will have a good game to contribute as the second options behind Steph. As others said, Warriors have other options like Poole and Wiggins besides the two he should be ok in this series although those who bet on him to get the MVP in the finals, the chances are slim right now.

Yes, I get that but the whole Warriors roster are also rooting for Klay's return. Aside from that, Steph Curry is good but he cannot just produce that great numbers every game because there will be a time that he needed some rest too and it's best that Klay Thompson will have Curry's back for that matter, besides, they're are called Splash Bros. for a reason.

Poole and Wiggins is somehow good at their job but they need more exposure that's why Steve Kerr is letting them play even if the game is already crucial especially Poole who shows some interesting signs.

Hard part for any team to isolate out splash brothers is that there are other team members which could actually do the same thing on what Curry or Klay could possibly did thats why
its really hard for them to contain on.I dont expect much about Klay on being MVP yet this would be an another run for Curry i  should say
but in overall he's really making significant impact or role for the entire time. Score or numbers arent that great but we know that there are good night and bad nights.

That is definitely a big challenge for any team the Warriors would face but as of the Celtics, seems like they are doing a good job separating these two and that's somehow expected for the team being a defensive team. We saw in the first two games that Klay Thompson was not producing good numbers but he helped in terms of defense and assists and in Game 3, earlier, he is slowly getting back his beating as he contributed 25 points for the team.

As of now, Klay Thompson isn't on the list to get the said MVP Award but he still have a chance though. Jaylen Brown, Stephen Curry, and Jayson Tatum are currently contesting for the award, respectively.

[Hypnosis00]

As of now, Klay Thompson isn't on the list to get the said MVP Award but he still have a chance though. Jaylen Brown, Stephen Curry, and Jayson Tatum are currently contesting for the award, respectively.

That's too far from happening, Curry will likely win the Finals MVP if the Warriors will win the series.

For the Celtics, I think Jaylen Brown has a huge impact compared to Jason Tatum, so he is my choice if Celtics will win.
If the odds are still available, I think it's nice to place our bet now.

Latest championship odds.

Warriors 2.70
Celtics 1.48

[dwminer1]

A great match Celtics who dominated almost the entire game. Warriors actually returned to this match for a while only in the third quarter, but the reaction of the hosts was very good and they quickly returned to a 10+ point advantage, which they did not lose until the end of the match. In the Boston team, as usual, great Tatum and Brown, and today finally also Marcus Smart showed his high class. All three of them finished the match with 20+ pts, 5+ reb and 5+ as. The last time this happened in 1984.

[Maslate]

Latest championship odds.

Warriors 2.70
Celtics 1.48

Very attractive odds for the Warriors, I can get a 2.87 odds using the price boost, I like these odds now because I believe that the Warriors will not easily fold down, they have the championship DNA on them, so these odds are not only attractive but also an opportunity for those who want some good value.

[Joca97]

As of now, Klay Thompson isn't on the list to get the said MVP Award but he still have a chance though. Jaylen Brown, Stephen Curry, and Jayson Tatum are currently contesting for the award, respectively.

That's too far from happening, Curry will likely win the Finals MVP if the Warriors will win the series.

For the Celtics, I think Jaylen Brown has a huge impact compared to Jason Tatum, so he is my choice if Celtics will win.
If the odds are still available, I think it's nice to place our bet now.

Latest championship odds.

Warriors 2.70
Celtics 1.48

Realistic odds on Celtics i would still go with the Warriors but they are still lacking how they play and really need to get that break asap
They need to win that away game so that they have a chance at this NBA title. Hopefully Curry and Thompson step it up

[OgNasty]

Latest championship odds.

Warriors 2.70
Celtics 1.48

Very attractive odds for the Warriors, I can get a 2.87 odds using the price boost, I like these odds now because I believe that the Warriors will not easily fold down, they have the championship DNA on them, so these odds are not only attractive but also an opportunity for those who want some good value.

I would agree about those odds...  I don't think of the Warriors as underdogs at all.  I still think the pressure is on the Celtics to win the next game, but if they do win that game...  The Warriors have a serious uphill battle to win.  All things considered though, it would give them a chance to redeem themselves for the 3-1 Cleveland series and give the 3-1 a new meaning.  That would be pretty awesome for them, so I'll keep that in the back of my mind as a silver lining if they lose the next game.  I think the Celtics are running out of surprises though.  Their gameplan seems to keep changing, but I don't know how many surprises they have left.

[xzone]

.... I even thought that Golden State would win in a part of the match,

What do you mean "part of the match"? Like a particular quarter? They actually did if that's what you mean. Warriors outscored the Celtics and took the lead momentarily in the third quarter.

Gotta give credit to the mettle of the Celtics. I thought they were going to collapse after the GSW comeback in Q3. It's to think this team consists of first-time Finalists.

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What do you think of Horford's foul on Curry? It was called flagrant but I think it was normal. It's not like Horford intentionally placed his feet under Curry.

Yes, I thought the Golden State Warriors would win in the third quarter of the game because they had a pretty good series.

I think it is not easy to make a foul decision in such positions, but the decision made by the referees is correct. In high-tempo and important matches, the players take the field with all their strength and sometimes such positions can occur. The important thing is that the players are not injured and that they can finish the match in a healthy way

[judas]

Game 2 was a very decent one for Warriors undoubtedly. They just crushed Celtics by a big point difference and something went really wrong with Celtics defense in this game. It wasn't solid as it was in the first game. It looks like Warriors found a good solution for this and destroyed them literally. For Game 3, I'm not sure about the result. It is very hard to predict now as maybe Warriors would catch Celtics by surprise in away court like Celtics did to them in Game 1. Or maybe Celtics will have their revenge on them. In any case, I believe that it will end up by a little gap.

Something wrong with the Celtics' defense in Game 2? No, I actually think their defense is their usual.

The problem is even how good the Celtics' defense is, the Warriors shooting percentage are really hot. There are lots of shots made by the Warriors that were actually defended and guarded well but still, they draining those shots. That's how good the Warriors' offensive attack is even though the Celtics attempt to guard it hardly.

Since then, the Warriors are really known for that and the only thing to stop those are just to continue doing the best defense as much as possible while at the same time, making it to the point that the Celtics' hot shooting should be executed as well.

Maybe you are right about that, yeah. I must have thought like that because of their being helpless against Warriors' incredible shot percentage. However Warriors are inconsistent about this performance too so this might create an opportunity for Celtics in Game 3. Celtics should focus on their shooting too against a team like Warriors. They must decrease the number of shots missed to minimum to increase their chance of winning against Warriors and even winning the series too.

[fullhdpixel]

I would agree about those odds...  I don't think of the Warriors as underdogs at all.  I still think the pressure is on the Celtics to win the next game, but if they do win that game...  The Warriors have a serious uphill battle to win.  All things considered though, it would give them a chance to redeem themselves for the 3-1 Cleveland series and give the 3-1 a new meaning.  That would be pretty awesome for them, so I'll keep that in the back of my mind as a silver lining if they lose the next game.  I think the Celtics are running out of surprises though.  Their gameplan seems to keep changing, but I don't know how many surprises they have left.

I  agree. I get that Celtics is ahead right now, but Warriors are warriors, even when they look bad, they are still dangerous. Next game up, Warriors could come out, play a disgustingly efficient game, win by 20+ and none of us would be shocked about it at all. Not saying that they will, but that is never out of question when we are talking about Warriors.

I would say that it is quite easy to wager on this, do not put the whole house down on it of course, not like it is guaranteed for Warriors to win, if it was like that then warriors wouldn't have 2.70+ odds, but at the same time, it is not going to be that difficult for them to reverse this and tie it as well.

[rhomelmabini]

A great match Celtics who dominated almost the entire game. Warriors actually returned to this match for a while only in the third quarter, but the reaction of the hosts was very good and they quickly returned to a 10+ point advantage, which they did not lose until the end of the match. In the Boston team, as usual, great Tatum and Brown, and today finally also Marcus Smart showed his high class. All three of them finished the match with 20+ pts, 5+ reb and 5+ as. The last time this happened in 1984.

They got the chance to flip the momentum but the trio Smart, Brown, and Tatum are just impossible to contain on the last quarter. I guess they need to put similar effort this Saturday for them to extend the lead and they should do since it's still their homecourt and that's their main advantage to dominate.

[Yaunfitda]

A great match Celtics who dominated almost the entire game. Warriors actually returned to this match for a while only in the third quarter, but the reaction of the hosts was very good and they quickly returned to a 10+ point advantage, which they did not lose until the end of the match. In the Boston team, as usual, great Tatum and Brown, and today finally also Marcus Smart showed his high class. All three of them finished the match with 20+ pts, 5+ reb and 5+ as. The last time this happened in 1984.

They got the chance to flip the momentum but the trio Smart, Brown, and Tatum are just impossible to contain on the last quarter. I guess they need to put similar effort this Saturday for them to extend the lead and they should do since it's still their homecourt and that's their main advantage to dominate.

Yes, both teams trio are the key, but this time, it was the Celtics who played exceptionally well. Warriors though are good that they made a great comeback to cut the lead. But the Celtics again with Tatum, Brown and Smart with their athleticism, dominated the Warriors in their homecourt. And the efforts that this guy game is really tremendous in both offense and defense and it's obvious that they have the momentum.

[gagux123]

We watched the impressive Boston Celtics defense. This was really great. I mentioned how important defense is. I'm watching the most competitive and physics-based finale I've watched lately. Tatum does a good job in the finale. Curry is playing exceptionally well apart from the second half of game one. The physics challenge is a high level final and i envy the audience there.

Yes, me too! Maybe some Celtics players don't have a talent like Curry or Thompson for example, but in compensation they are "giving blood" for this game!
I believe it's been more than 10 years since the Celtics reached an NBA Finals, another interesting point is that, this is the first NBA Finals that Tatum, Brown, Smart and other young Celtics players are participating!

I believe this is an important variable that can be observed for the results of these last games we had between Celtics vs Warriors!

[Harkorede]

I expect that the Golden State will lose this round but I didn't expect that they would give such performance, there's a lot of lose ball and interceptions, bad passes. It looks like they didn't expect that the defense of the Boston will be really that close. Performance from Tatum is really great, execution of plays as well as the attacks from the Celtics are great.

Looking forward for GSW win in the next round.

There were just so many bad play and decisions from the Warriors, especially when they get close after trailing by as many as double digits, they throw very long passes and forcing plays which leads turnovers after turnovers, and that always gave the Celtics the chance to build up the lead again, the Celtics were really patient with almost every of their possession even after they lost the lead momentarily.

Game 4 is must win for the Warriors, or they can as well forget about the chances of winning the championship this year.

[Quidat]

I expect that the Golden State will lose this round but I didn't expect that they would give such performance, there's a lot of lose ball and interceptions, bad passes. It looks like they didn't expect that the defense of the Boston will be really that close. Performance from Tatum is really great, execution of plays as well as the attacks from the Celtics are great.

Looking forward for GSW win in the next round.

There were just so many bad play and decisions from the Warriors, especially when they get close after trailing by as many as double digits, they throw very long passes and forcing plays which leads turnovers after turnovers, and that always gave the Celtics the chance to build up the lead again, the Celtics were really patient with almost every of their possession even after they lost the lead momentarily.

Game 4 is must win for the Warriors, or they can as well forget about the chances of winning the championship this year.

The ball is round then it isnt over yet even it would be 3-1 but doesnt mean that there would be no chance of sweep from warriors but we know that every game should be a desperate one or very that serious if they do really
plan to get the championship.I do agree with those bad decisions and long passes which do really in result on turnovers which is really a lost opportunity on making points.
They should lessen it on next game.. Warriors could easily close the gap if they do really execute their plays well and dont get too much confidence i would say.

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Would it be the defense that wins championships?

That Boston's intense hustle plays, I thought the momentum of the Warriors was continuous when they already leads the game.

It started by Brown and finished by Tatum (seems lucky).

[Yogee]

.... Curry is playing exceptionally well apart from the second half of game one.

Looks to me like he's playing on his average. Don't get me wrong. I think he's doing good but to say "exceptionally well" means crazy numbers and high efficiency.

I actually feel bad for Curry when the Celtics get a mismatch. They get easy points off him hehe.

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they throw very long passes and forcing plays which leads turnovers after turnovers,

It just goes to show it's not easy to get trough the Celtics defense.

[Velvet78]

I had an expectation from Celtics to win the Game 3 by a small gap but it wasn't small at all. They won the game comfortably by a sixteen-point gap actually. The interesting thing is they owe this comfortable win to their performance in the final quarter again. Now we see that they are in the lead by 2-1, I wonder if they will do this again in the Game 4 too. I'm not very positive about it though because I expect Warriors to come back solid for the game up next. The series could come to 2-2.

[chaser15]

I'm not very positive about it though because I expect Warriors to come back solid for the game up next. The series could come to 2-2.

As for every team that comes from a loss, it's expected that the Golden State Warriors will surely do everything to win and bounce back the next game. In fact, even Warriors are behind a large lead right from the start of the 1st Quarter, they made an effort to narrow the lead entering the 4th Quarter. The Celtics surely got alerted when the Warriors are now closing the gap that's why they focus seriously again to bring the momentum back to them.

If the same Celtics energy will be shown next game, probably the Warriors will return to their home with a 1-3 score. But that was risky for the Warriors as even if they won Game 5 let's say they are 1-3 on Game 4, they will return again to TD Garden on Game 6 and the Celtics might finish them now.