Topic: NBA Finals 2022 - Warriors vs Celtics. - page 11. (Read 2290 times)

I will go with you. Whoever wins the game 5 has that upper hand in this series, not an assurance but extended

shot for the finals, once you win game 5, win or lose in game 6 still gives you another game to re-try to win the title,
unlike if you lose your chance is lesser and knowing the caliber of your opponent it will be another tough competition
to survive and push your way into a do-or-die final.

I agree that when we are talking about Finals, it is really not that easy to make a decision. Now GSW will play at home, but Celtics rarely ever lose back to back, meaning that GSW will have home court advantage and Celtics will still try to win it.

I believe that 5th game will be the most decisive game in the series, when one of the teams wins, they will be able to actually lose a game and still have a chance to win the title, and that 50% chance gives teams a clearer path for sure, no guarantees yet, but easier at least. I hope that it goes to 7th game, the more we see this series the more entertaining it became to me and I feel like I can watch these two play for another 10 games.

Yes. Gary Payton II was not given more minutes in the last couple of games. 11 minutes for game 3 and 10 minutes for game 4. I think Steve Kerr realized they badly need the experienced player to win this series. Although those bench players are doing pretty great, they make errors that cannot be brought back anymore, then there's the addition of confidence.
Another thing to consider is the height differential, especially in the rebounding capability. They love playing small ball but they are not winning while doing it. that's why they need Looney and Draymond more.
Thankfully, Wiggins is stepping up his game that's why they won. 16 rebounds is not a joke. 

I don't think so, the starters of the Warriors played more minutes compared to the Boston Celtics starters, so they spend more energy in the game.

Look at the comparison.

Curry    40:41 mins
Wiggins     43:25 mins
Thompson  40:50 mins

For Celtics, only Tatum have played over 40+ minutes.

IMO, Warriors just did a good play in the most important minutes that's why they won the game.

I think it is the rotation of players why GSW have enough energy to play until the last seconds.  Even with a good number of good bench players, if the player rotation isn't monitored, they will end up in a mess.  I do agree that every quarter counts since in Basketball, every point counts.  We shouldn't say that the first half isn't important because that is where the game pacing starts.  whoever controls the tempo of the quarter wins the game.

Can't wait for the next game since they are tied at 2-2, the next game is super crucial because whoever wins has only one more win to go to become NBA champion this season. But you cannot underestimate the Boston Celtic's determination and eagerness to win the championship is the reason why they tied the series. It's better for them to win this upcoming game because it's not their homecourt anymore and they're not actually gonna have an easy game because the GSW will also not let them do the same play as they did in their last 2 wins.

Agree, the most important is the 3rd and 4th quarter but it has been the Warriors who have dominated the 3rd quarters in the last 4 games, I don't know, I think Celtics has not won a 3rd quarter in the game, they won most 4th quarters only like in game 1. So what I'm saying is, the Warriors have to improve their performance in the 4th quarter as that is the most important.

Boston can steal a game on the road, they have proven that many times already in the playoffs, so it's possible that they can beat the Warriors in game 5. That's why the spread is only -3.5 for the Warriors because bookies believe that Boston is a tough team even on the road.

The 1st 2 quarters doesn't matter to both teams as they are good in 3rd quarter and 4th quarter where we can see a real competition.

Yes, they should not underestimate the Boston Celtics as they really had a problem beating this team. The series is now tied, so we are already in the exciting part, don't know if the Warriors can win twice in a row as it has not happened so far in this series. They need to break the trend if they want to take the advantage in the series.

GSW if we are considering there experience and home court advantage but this is still basketball and we didn't know for sure the actual outcome unless the game ends. There is no dominant team between the 2 grand finalist team so it's hard to a quick analysis unless a team manage to win consecutively in a convincing result since all the 4 matches is a close match, they just get the huge gap on the last quarter until it can't be overcome due to insufficient time in the clock.

With that in my point, I will go for GSW but not 100% since Boston is really strong to handle.

It's been a few seasons since we've had a balanced NBA Finals this way. I confess that we couldn't predict (at least) who will actually be the champion of this season!
If the Warriors don't play seriously there is a small chance they will lose to the Celtics (like for example in games 1 and 3), but on the other hand, the Warriors have demonstrated that they are a team strong and can be the champions again, and that he proved in this last game at TD Garden!

Who do you think will have more chances to win these finals!!?

Trust the Warriors they will get this win, they have a good winning percentage at home, so for sure they will not waste the opportunity that will give them a very high chance of winning the NBA Finals, I hope the refs this time will favor the Warriors as they are obviously favoring the Celtics in game 4.

Warriors are only -3.5, the spread is very interesting, looks so easy, hopefully not a trap.

Game 5 is a very crucial game, they need to win the game or else there's a possibility that the series will end in game 6. Warriors has not really been dominating the game, it was the Celtics who are in control but Curry's shooting was killing them in the 4th quarter so they loss in that game, but Celtics are good in making an adjustment, so Warriors has to see that coming in game 5.

Thanks to Curry's will to win, he did everything to carry his team and now they are in a comfortable situation as they earn the home court advantage again, however they need to win game 5 so they can still have the edge in case Celtics win game 6.

I agree, Poole and Thompson should improve their gameplay and step up if they could because they shouldn't let Curry carry all the weight alone in the team because there will be a time that he cannot give formidable scores just like he did in average as he needs some rest too. That's why a help from Poole and Thompson will be a great help, I know Thompson was so frustrated in the last few games because he's not giving good numbers in the team.

The series is now more intense, as it's now down to best of 3. I hope they can win next game because they have the advantages but they shouldn't lower their guards for even a bit because the Celtics will likely clutch again if they will made some mistakes again.

Although I agree with that Boston trio is much better based on consistency with there role, GSW trio has a lot of fire power when they are in the zone because they are good on shooting outside the perimeter. And also Green is the other member of GSW and not Poole since Green usually play an important role on GSW defense and points inside. GSW has the experienced advantage especially on pressured moments which they always capitalized against Boston in most of there wins even though Boston has the advantage on skills.

If we're going to compare the trio of the both teams then the Celtic's trio has indeed exceptional than the Warrior's trio because Tatum, Smart and Brown was totally handful to each other and they help each other if one them is having a bad night. Not to mention Williams III and Horford who was dominating the paint so that the Warriors will have trouble attacking it. On the other hand, the trio of the Warriors is not that much impressive because Curry was only the one doing the big works while Poole and Thompson is still struggling and inconsistent each game.

Yeah those no-calls could really frustrate you which is totally that obvious that it was a foul.Dont know on what referee is doing with those things having no reaction at all but that one did really make him trigger out

which do make out those 3's splashes on any angle or transition which is totally a beast or something  cant be stopped.They tried to box him out but Klay was there on making up some switches.

You could really see that people are anticipating for Celtics to win and secure that 3-1 but we do see the other way around.

That was totally awesome for Chief Curry for cooking the Celtics at their own home, I've seen Curry so frustrated earlier somewhere in 3rd quarter where he was being contacted from shooting deep threes yet there was no foul called. Instead of mumbling around because of that, he switched to beast mode and carry the team, literally. I wasn't expecting him to have 10 rebounds tho, what a monstrous play!

Chef Curry is really cooking in Game 4. It's good that he didn't go into foul trouble this time, unlike in Game 3 because it really affected how he played. His injury seems nothing to him .

He really improved when he is in Golden State. It's good how the Golden State Warriors management is managing their players. They aren't getting players just to have players to play with them, but they are getting players and develop them for their future. We've seen McGee improved when he is in the Warriors and Wiggins improved as well. Aside from his scoring, he can maximize his vertical leap, and he is getting rebounds. He is a big help to the Warriors in terms of rebounding.

After having a good Game 3, it looks like Klay still can't find his rhythm. I hope that he and Poole can help Curry offensively.

Green right now has more personal fouls than points, which is an absurd record if you will ask me. Looks like the chants of the fans in TD Garden is affecting him especially that "F*ck you Draymond!!!" chant.

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In these playoffs, the Celtics are 7-0 after losing one game. That means after losing one game, they always win regardless if it is home or road. If you will bet on Game 5, you might consider this when you will place your bets. The Warriors are undefeated in their home and the Celtics broke it when they defeated the Warriors on their home.