The NBA Finals are finally here and Game 1 of the Finals was absolutely thrilling. The Golden State Warriors hosted the Boston Celtics, playing in yet another Finals series. Going into Game 1, the Warriors were the favorites, though it didn’t go so well for them.

The game was pretty intense and no one expected such a performance in the fourth quarter.

The Warriors were down two going into the second half, but they would dominate in the third to go up by 12, as the game then seemed to be in the Dubs’ hands. But the Celtics weren’t going to give up so easily, as they outscored the Warriors 40-16 in the fourth, taking the game by 12 points.

The best scorer on the floor, Steph Curry did all that he could.

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Steph went off in Game 1, scoring 34 points and 7 threes. By the end of the third quarter, Curry had 30 points. The Celtics didn’t stop after the third and gave the Dubs a hard time. The Warriors scored only 16 points in the fourth, while everyone expected them to finish strong. On the Celtics roster, Al Horford and Jaylen Brown showed up big time. Fans on Twitter were upset by Curry’s 4 point performance in the fourth.

Not only that but Curry had 21 points in the first quarter itself. The scoring drought from Steph did affect the team even though Andrew Wiggins and Klay Thompson tried to balance it out. Celtics’ Brown and Horford finished the game with 50 combined points. Whereas Steph and Wiggins combined for 54 points.

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It was clear in this game that it was all about the momentum that had shifted in the Celtics’ favor. Apart from a comeback from Boston, both teams set an NBA record for most three-pointers combined.

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The Warriors and the Celtics played a historic Finals game

Both the teams combined for 40 threes made, which is a new NBA record, as well as making 20 in the first half. The Dubs splashed 19 threes, whereas the Celtics went off for 21. Al Horford had the most treys for the Celtics, sinking six of them.

Steph on the other hand made 7 threes out of 14 attempts. Derrick White showed up from the outside as well for Boston, as he connected 5 threes.

The Celtics have shown their ultimate form in Game 1 as they lead 1-0 in the Finals. In the last five Finals, the last time the Dubs lost Game 1 was versus the Toronto Raptors, the series where they’d go home after six games. It will be interesting to see if the Warriors bounce back in the Finals as all eyes are now on Game 2.

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