Celtics vs Warriors

Boston beat Golden State and has the N.B.A.'s best record. But the Celtics aren't perfect, and neither is their star.

He shot only 9 of 27 from the field, though he made up for it in other ways, collecting 34 points, 19 rebounds and 6 assists — a stat line that would have made other players proud. Tatum kept repeating that phrase — that it was just one game — as if he were trying to convince himself that it was true. Mazzulla said he had a brief conversation with Tatum about whether to leave him in the game early in the fourth quarter. On Thursday, his teammates backed him up, another sign of growth for a young group that continues to move forward. [its fourth title in eight seasons](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/sports/basketball/golden-state-wins-nba-championship.html) by defeating the Celtics in Game 6 of the N.B.A. He had thought he understood that the playoffs were a grind, he said then, but now he really knew. That night was a triumph for Golden State, which celebrated in a club section of the arena until 5 a.m. Before Thursday’s game, the Celtics tried to maintain a more balanced perspective. And, of course, there was Tatum, who shot the ball poorly (often while being defended by Wiggins) and appeared gassed by the end. In mid-December, they lost five of six games, a skid that included back-to-back losses to the lottery-bound Orlando Magic. Facing the Golden State Warriors in their much-anticipated return to Boston, Tatum tossed passes into the hands of defenders. And Tatum committed seven turnovers, including two in the final 74 seconds of regulation that would have gotten him booted from noontime hoops at the South Shore Y.M.C.A.

The NBA's last two minute report revealed the refs hurt the Golden State Warriors against the Boston Celtics.

Finally, the NBA admits that Al Horford should have been called for a 24-second violation on his shot attempt with six seconds remaining in the game. The breakdown from the league admitted that Jayson Tatum should have been called for a three-second violation with 1:46 left to go in overtime, which would have resulted in a free throw for the Warriors. Had the appropriate shot clock violation been called, that play would have been irrelevant. Just seconds later, Al Horford should have been whistled for a three-second violation on offense, which would have given the Warriors possession back. Because of this, last two minute reports are even more frustrating for teams who were negatively impacted, because they are forced to live with an outcome that could have gone a different direction had the officiating been accurate. [NBA's last two minute report](https://official.nba.com/l2m/L2MReport.html?gameId=0022200679) for their game against the Boston Celtics, five missed calls went against the Warriors in their loss to Boston.

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Against Golden State, he logged 37:15, his third-highest total of the season, and was the most important piece in a huge Celtics victory. Just the way he started kind of set the tone for us for the rest of the game.” This time, it was Brown who made the move to the hoop, collapsed the defense, and hit Horford in the same corner. Tatum drove to the paint, drew multiple Warriors defenders, and kicked the ball out to Horford in the corner. And then, with just over two minutes to go in overtime and the Celtics up by one, he did it again. And we all kind of followed behind that for the rest of the night. But perhaps the most important moments of Horford’s night came at the end of regulation and in overtime. For the majority of the contest, the Celtics were flat. In the first six minutes alone, he had eight points and five boards. And while he may ignore the hoopla, that doesn’t mean he wasn’t looking forward to taking on the Warriors. In Boston’s first showdown with the reigning champs this season, Horford was unavailable. At the tail end of his statement about dismissing the outside noise, he admitted that he wanted this one.

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[Download and follow the Dubs Talk Podcast](https://art19.com/shows/dubs-talk) Cavs to end road trip](https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/warriors/steph-curry-among-six-warriors-ruled-out-vs-cavaliers-end-road-trip) [Golden State lost](https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/warriors/steve-kerr-explains-warriors-defensive-breakdown-late-loss-celtics) what turned out to be a one-possession game when all was said and done, so there's no telling what the outcome could have been if those five calls instead went in the Warriors' favor. [Steph among six Warriors ruled out vs.

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