The Warriors, who played their sixth Final in eight seasons, were looking to win Game One on Thursday, but with a big comeback in the fourth quarter, the Celtics took an early lead with a 120-108 victory in their best of seven rounds.
After the match, Warriors’ Klay Thompson said, “Those are the top four, not the first one.”
“We’ve all been in situations like this. There’s no need to panic. I’m still enjoying our chances, we’ll go home and process what happened. I know Game 2 will be better.”
With Sunday’s game kicking off at 8 p.m. ET at Chase Center, Boston now has a chance to take the lead in the series. After that, the teams will play in Boston again.
The surprise win in Game One, the Celtics’ first NBA Final since 2010, included 17-0 in the fourth quarter — the second-highest result in the final quarter of the last 50 seasons. to ESPN.
Harvard led the Celtics with 26 points, while Jaylan Brown added 24 points.
“This isn’t our best game, but we’ve been struggling constantly and have found different ways to get that win,” said Harford, who had 141 playoffs before making his first game on Thursday.
For the Warriors, the good news is that they remain undefeated in a string of attempts to win their fourth championship with coach Steve Kerr.
“This is a seven-game series for a reason,” Kerr told reporters on Thursday. “You give Boston the credit, they came in there and they won and they played really well in the fourth quarter.
“We’ll come and see the picture… We’ll see where we can improve. It’s a game, you go to the next game… We’ve been in that position before, we won the series and lost the first game.
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