After two games, the 2022 National Basketball Association Finals are deadlocked at one game apiece. On Sunday night at the Chase Center in San Francisco, California, the Golden State Warriors defeated the Boston Celtics 107-88 to tie the best out of seven series at a game apiece.
In game two, Stephen Curry led the Warriors with 29 points. He made nine of 21 field goal attempts, five of 12 three-point attempts, and six of seven free throws. The NBA’s all-time leader in three-point shots made has now made 12 three-pointers after the first two games of the NBA Finals, and leads the NBA with 72 three-pointers in the 2022 NBA Playoffs. Curry has eight more three-pointers than Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics, who is second on the list with 64.
Curry, who has a NBA record 3117 three-points shots made in the regular season, also has the NBA record for most three-point shots made in the playoffs with 542. Interestingly, Curry’s Warriors teammate Klay Thompson is second on the list with 435.
In game two, four other Warriors players reached double digits in scoring. Jordan Poole had 17 points, Kevon Looney had 12 points, while Thompson and Andrew Wiggins had 11 points each. Poole had his 17 points coming off the bench.
The big quarter for the Warriors game two was the third. There they outscored the Celtics 35-14. This was the best quarter the Warriors have ever had in the NBA Finals. The other three quarters were extremely even. Golden State outscored Boston 31-30 in the first quarter and 21-20 in the second quarter, while Boston outscored Golden State 24-20 in the fourth quarter. Game three moves to Boston on Wednesday.
