“He was amazing”: When the Golden State Warriors won the NBAfinals Once again Stephen Curry was the decisive player. The championship fight continues.
Even the pain in his left leg couldn’t stop Stephen Curry on his way to his gala performance at the important finals victory for the Golden State Warriors.
Curry scored 43 points on Saturday night (June 11th, 2022) in a 107:97 against the Boston Celtics. In the final series it is now 2:2 instead of 3:1 for the Celtics before the fifth game on Tuesday morning – and everything is open again in the championship wrangling of the best basketball league in the world.
Curry says: “Means everything”
“There has been a lot of talk over the past 48 hours about how we can get back into this series”said Curry. “It’s crazy but I think we can play a little better.” He also emphasized the importance of the success with a little distance at the press conference: “That means everything given the urgency of keeping us alive on this series and getting some momentum on our side.”
Injury doesn’t stop Curry
Ever since Celtics pro Al Horford fell on Curry’s left leg two days earlier, Warriors fans had watched with some concern at how badly the pain would affect their best player. Apparently: not at all. “It never seemed like a factor”noted Warriors coach Steve Kerr.
Curry was in the game straight away and with twelve points he helped to turn the early deficit into a lead before the end of the first quarter. The lead changed back and forth a total of eleven times – and the fact that it ended up staying with the Warriors was largely due to Curry’s converted throws. Overall, he made 43 points, and ten rebounds are a good statistic.
“Was amazing” – hymns of praise for curry
Other NBA stars tweeted their appreciation for the performance, including LeBron James and Joel Embiid. Curry himself cheered extroverted as rarely. “Steph doesn’t usually show a lot of emotions”said Kerr.
“The heart of this man is incredible. He went out there and took us on his shoulders”said Curry’s teammate Klay Thompson, calling the performance the best he’s seen Curry play in a playoff game.”He was incredible.”
Seven of Curry’s three-shots went in, as in the three previous games, he was successful at least five times from a distance – that’s never happened in an NBA final series.
No minutes for Theis
The Celtics convinced as a team, as they did in the home win two days earlier and defended the Warriors very disciplined time and time again. But weak attempts from three in the final quarter cost them the lead and the win. Jayson Tatum was the most successful Celtics pro on the field with 23 points.
In contrast to the first two matches of the final series, national basketball player Daniel Theis was again not used.
With 17 titles, the Celtics have significantly more than the Warriors, who are hoping for championship number seven. Between 2015 and 2019, however, the team from San Francisco was in the finals every time and won three championships.
These experiences, made by players like Thompson, Draymond Green and Curry, could also be a trump card for the Warriors in this finals duel. “I’m here for the sixth time”said Curry. In the Celtics squad, on the other hand, it is the first series of finals for everyone.