A foul evening grew to become worse for Golden State when Curry dove to the ground in a tussle for a unfastened ball with Boston’s Al Horford who rolled onto Curry’s foot with 4 minutes left within the sport.
Regardless of writhing in ache on the ground, the Warriors talisman continued to play earlier than leaving the court docket two minutes later.
“We’d like him if we need to win this factor,” Curry’s fellow Splash Brother Klay Thompson mentioned. “I do know Steph goes to do every thing he can in his energy to play. I’m actually hoping he is OK as a result of he is our id, and with out him, will probably be very troublesome.”
Curry proved himself to be the one Warriors’ participant able to difficult the Celtics’ highly effective protection which displayed its superiority late on, holding Golden State to 11 factors within the fourth quarter.
He was the highest scorer on Wednesday with 31 factors and Golden State will likely be desperately hoping that he recovers in time for Sport 4.
“Clearly, in some ache, however I will be alright,” Curry informed reporters after the sport. “See how I really feel tomorrow and prepare for Friday.
“I do not really feel like I am going to miss a sport. I am going to make the most of these subsequent 48 hours to prepare.”
Boston raced to an early lead helped by two three-pointers by Jaylen Brown — who led the Celtics with 27 factors, 9 rebounds and 5 assists — within the first quarter. Boston’s benefit widened to as a lot as 15 factors and the Celtics took a 33-22 lead into the second quarter.
The Warriors shot simply 8-of-23 within the first whereas their scrambling protection conceded a number of fouls together with three referred to as on Curry within the first half.
However, as was so usually the case this season, Golden State regrouped within the third quarter and launched into 14-3 run, sufficient to erase the Celtics’ lead.
In Sport 2, a third-quarter scoring flurry was sufficient to safe victory for the Dubs, however this time the Celtics discovered a approach to battle again.
“I felt like our crew actually stayed poised in these moments,” Horford informed reporters after the sport. “As you recognize, earlier within the 12 months, that might have gone south rapidly.
“However we stayed proper with it and simply locked in and did not panic and simply continued to play.”
Boston pushed again with an 11-6 run, retook the lead heading into the fourth and by no means trailed once more.
Jayson Tatum, Marcus Sensible and Brown all contributed greater than 20 factors, 5 rebounds and 5 assists and have become the primary trio of teammates to perform this in an NBA Finals sport because the Los Angeles Lakers’ trio of Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Michael Cooper in 1984 — a collection which coincidentally ended with a seven-game Celtics win.
Will this NBA Finals be an echo of that 1984 consequence? Sport 4, which is scheduled for Friday, will present solutions.
