NBA Finals

The Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors have finalized their injury reports for Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night at the Chase Center in ...

- SHOULD THE BUCKS MAKE A TRADE? The Milwaukee Bucks lost Game 7 to the Boston Celtics, which officially ended their 2021-22 NBA season in the second-round. The Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics are playing Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night, and for the game the two squads have finalized their injury report. FINAL INJURY REPORTS FOR GAME 2 OF THE NBA FINALS

Thompson missed two full seasons thanks to a pair of serious lower-body injuries and he worked relentlessly to get back out on the floor. There were some that ...

It's especially important for Thompson to make shots in order to maximize his value to the Warriors at this point in time, as he has yet to return to form as the dominant defender he once was. Playing alongside the game's best shooter in Curry, opportunities are always going to be there for Thompson, and it's up to him to capitalize. In addition to Thompson simply settling in and finding a rhythm, it's also obviously on coach Kerr to continue to put him in position to succeed. Thompson missed two full seasons thanks to a pair of serious lower-body injuries and he worked relentlessly to get back out on the floor. He also seems to be allowing frustration to creep in, as he could be seen slapping his hands together and shaking his head as the misses started to pile up on Sunday night. To say that Thompson has been cold over the first two games of the Finals would be an understatement.

With the Celtics looking to be greedy and take a 2-0 lead back to Boston for Games 3 and 4, the Warriors found themselves facing a near must-win game early in ...

But he emotionally controlled the entire Game 2 of the NBA Finals. Curry leads all scorers with 29 points on 9-for-21 shooting from the field with five 3-pointers. 4: At the end of three, the Warriors lead 87-64 as Golden State outscored Boston 35-14 in the third quarter alone. Tatum lead all scorers with 21 points (7-16 FGS, 5-7 3PM), while Brown has 15 points but has cooled off considerably. Some tough shooting from both teams in the first few minutes of the third quarter, but we did get an emphatic block by Robert Williams III. 9: Do we have another dominant third quarter from the Warriors on deck? The Warriors come out of this timeout with a 10-0 run that included a long 2 by Curry, a transition 3 by Curry, a transition layup by Payton and a triple by Wiggins. Timeout Celtics. Jayson Tatum has repeatedly bounced back from poor games with big ones in the playoffs. On the other end of the floor, Steph Curry has exploited mismatches with Al Horford defending him on the perimeter. 19: Jaylen Brown stays hot, knocks down another 3-pointer to put Boston up 22-13 with 4:27 to play in the opening quarter. 23: Klay is ice cold to start this game, missing his fist three shots (all from 3), including an airball on the third attempt. 22: With 5:30 to play in the first, Jordan Poole and Gary Payton II check in.

Every game of the NBA Finals is live on Sky Sports: Watch Warriors @ Celtics – Game 3, live on Sky Sports Arena & Main Event, on Wednesday night from 1.45am ...

Now the series moves to Boston where they will be looking to regain home advantage by taking a game at TD Garden, beginning live on Sky Sports late on Wednesday night. He ended the game shooting 4-of-19 from the field and just 1-of-8 from beyond the arc. The 33 points-off-turnovers the Warriors scored, as opposed to just 15 for Boston, was probably one of the pivotal statistics in the game. Some of that was down to adjustments the Warriors made. In Game 2 on Sunday night, Stephen Curry put in another inspired performance – this time aided by his team-mates to a much greater extent – and they completed a 107-88 blowout win to level the series. By the end of the game, that percentage had dropped to just over 40.

Steve Kerr met with the media after the Golden State Warriors beat the Boston Celtics in Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night.

- SHOULD THE BUCKS MAKE A TRADE? The Milwaukee Bucks lost Game 7 to the Boston Celtics, which officially ended their 2021-22 NBA season in the second-round. The Celtics won the final period by a score of 40-16, and they won the game 120-108. In Game 1, they blew a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter and had a total collapse.

Stephen Curry scored 29 points, Jordan Poole connected from just inside of midcourt to cap a huge third-quarter run and the Golden State Warriors beat the ...

Poole finished with 17 points for the Warriors, who outscored Boston 35-14 in the third quarter to turn a two-point halftime lead into a 23-point edge. Just like in Game 1, a huge run decided everything. And when the Warriors then scored the first six points of the fourth, the Celtics waved the surrender flag and emptied their bench.

Feeling like the officiating favored the Warriors, Celtics' head coach Ime Udoka intentionally picked up a technical in the third quarter.

So, we've got to raise ours, ain't really no excuses about it, we've just got to be better." Jaylen Brown, who registered 17 points and six rebounds but only scored four points after producing 13 in the first frame before getting into foul trouble, conveyed: "We try not to get too involved with the officiating. Horford, who finished with two points, eight rebounds, and one assist, not attempting a single three after scoring a game-high 26 points and shooting 6/8 from beyond the arc in the series opener, added: "It is what it is.

One man watching Notre Dame's regional championship win, or at least acknowledging it, was former football safety Shaun Crawford.

Fortunately for Crawford, there is more Irish baseball to be watched. The first two games of the finals have been decided by 12 and 19 points, respectively. Once the Irish won, Crawford took to Twitter and made clear which contest he preferred watching:

Here's a full schedule and viewing guide for Game 2 of the 2022 NBA Finals, plus X-Factors for both the Celtics and Warriors:

They could have used his offense in Game 1, especially in the fourth quarter, when the Celtics outscored the Warriors 40-16. He finished with 21 points off the bench on 6-for-11 shooting and 5-for-8 from three. The Celtics are now 8-2 on the road in the 2022 playoffs. Whether it was "a lot of adrenaline" or "a lot of nerves," as Steph Curry guessed after their Game 1 loss, the Warriors need Poole to settle in and score as he's done to get to this point. Jordan Poole struggled in Game 1, his first NBA Finals game of his three-year career. This also marks the first time the Warriors have trailed in a playoff series this postseason.

Jordan Poole connected from just inside midcourt to cap a huge third-quarter run and the Golden State Warriors beat the Boston Celtics 107-88 on Sunday.

Boston entered the night 4-0 in the Warriors’ three-year-old home, the only team to have won there first four games in the arena. Those Bulls and Rockets went on to win the championship, and 31 of the previous 36 teams to open with 2-0 leads ended up celebrating a title. Poole finished with 17 points for the Warriors, who outscored Boston 35-14 in the third quarter to turn a two-point halftime lead into a 23-point edge.

Golden State has been more reliant on its superstar in the NBA Finals more than it has ever been.

Even in their 2019 Finals loss to Toronto, the Warriors got a strong offensive push from Curry (30.5) and Thompson (26), with Durant missing much of the series. Seven years ago, the rallying cry was Strength in Numbers-with guys like Draymond Green, Harrison Barnes and Andre Iguodala providing enough collective pop to support Curry and Thompson. And of course, it was Iguodala who won MVP—averaging 16.3 points to go with his defense on LeBron James—of that first championship in 2015. They were the Splash Brothers, dazzling everyone with their lethal shooting, burying teams under a hailstorm of threes. At the moment, Curry looks like a solo splasher, an only child. … I guess you compare it to years past, with the depth that we had, with the heavy load of scoring me, KD, Klay had, obviously looks a little different, and the game flows a little different.” “I think it’s different,” Curry said, “just because of the way the team is constructed. He put up 34 points in Game 1, which might have been enough had the Warriors’ defense not collapsed in the fourth quarter. Curry was electric Sunday, scoring 29 points in just 32 minutes of work, earning a rest for the entire fourth quarter. Can Poole recapture the magic of April and early May? Can Thompson— who spent two years recovering from major surgeries before returning in January—regain his pop in this series? “Boston is a hell of a team. A beaming Stephen Curry promptly met him for a high five and a fierce hug. In prior runs, the Warriors were powered by Curry and Thompson’s shooting, then by Curry and Kevin Durant (with a nice dash of Thompson on top). But now?

As much as Steph Curry's offense is often the talk, his teammates and coach wanted to rave about his defense after the Warriors' Game 2 win.

It's just always about being confident with the ball in my hands and make plays." "Just means other guys have got to step up and score for us. "This year, there's definitely a need for me to be aggressive throughout the game, to create, draw attention, get shots up and just continue to apply pressure," Curry said. He just keeps working on his game, his strength, his conditioning year after year, and it's a pleasure to watch him play every night." "Our offense is always a lot of Steph," Green said. "Teams used to try to call him into every action and just try to pick on him. "People go at him to try to wear him down because they know how important he is to us offensively, and it's pretty dramatic the difference in Steph’s strength and physicality in his body now than from eight years ago when I first got here," Kerr said. He's able to hold his ground, so you're not able to bump him off his spot, and that's been huge for us. He just doesn't get enough credit for his level of conditioning, physicality and defense." He took what the defense gave him." "He got off the ball. "Not just the shot making, but the defensive effort.

Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors beat the Boston Celtics in Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night. The series is now tied up at 1-1 heading into ...

- SHOULD THE BUCKS MAKE A TRADE? The Milwaukee Bucks lost Game 7 to the Boston Celtics, which officially ended their 2021-22 NBA season in the second-round. They have also won three titles in that time span, so Curry and the Warriors have much more experience than the Celtics. Curry and the Warriors are in their sixth Finals in just the last eight seasons.

NBA Finals Game 1, in which the Boston Celtics defeated the Golden State Warriors 120-108, averaged nearly 12 million viewers (11,901,000) across ABC and ...

The broadcast generated a 19.6 rating in the Boston market, making it the highest-rated NBA game in the market since Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals in 2018. Game 1 peaked with nearly 13 million viewers (12,963,000) at 10:45 p.m. ET and was the most-watched NBA Finals Game 1 in three years. It was up 37 percent from last year’s Game 1, according to Nielsen.