NBA Finals
He seemed to lose the game in San Francisco until the end of the third period; however, Ime Udoka’s team broke whatever record was in front to steal the first win in the definition.
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By Alfonso Zuniga
junio 03, 2022 04:47PM EDT
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junio 03, 2022 04:47PM EDT
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When at the end of the third quarter in Game 1 of the National Basketball Association (NBA) Finalsone observed the scoreboard, with advantage for Golden State Warriors by 92-80 before Boston CelticsEverything seemed to indicate that the match was resolved.
However, the team Ime Udoka put fifth gear to full, and became a defensive machine with an abysmal effectiveness in attack, to take the fight for a 12-point leadby 120-108, with a team willing to do what it takes to win.
But it went beyond the individual performances of players like Jaylen Brownwith 24 points, or the double-double of Jayson Tatum (12 points and 13 assists), or the historic presentation of the Dominican Al Horfordis that the Celtics managed to break a series of records in the victory against Warriors in NBA Finals 2022, which we review in Bolavip.
The data left by the Celtics’ historic last quarter in the NBA Finals
- Never in the history of the Finals a team had entered the fourth quarter losing by 10 or more points, only to end up winning it by 10 or more points.
- The 40-16 run that the Celtics achieved against the Warriors in the fourth quarter is greatest point difference in a fourth quarter (24 points).
- During Game 1, Boston made no less than 21 3-pointers (six of them by Horford, the most by a Finals rookie), being the second best mark in the history of NBA definitions.
- In the fourth quarter, the Celtics converted triple nineequaling the record of Most perimeter shooting in NBA Finals history in a periodowned by the Warriors themselves in 2017.
- Al Horford is the second oldest player in history in managing to score 25 points in his absolute debut in the instance, behind Chris Paulwho got it in the last edition.
- All Boston Celtics Players who entered the court in the victory against the Warriors, in San Francisco, played the first game of their careers in the NBA Finals. The only one who had experience was his coach Udoka, as a player with San Antonio Spursin 2008 before Los Angeles Lakers.
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