Booy was he right. This is the finals and he came out ready to win. Just look at how he snatches the ball right out of Poole\u2019s hands.
\nAnd right here, he follows the action on the opposite end, with 2 Celtics jumping on Curry, they trust their backline rotations, and Marcus does just that as he anticipates and steps in, ready to make a play on the ball and get the steal.
\nBoston shocked the Warriors at home and there were a few key reasons for that. Let me show you. What up everybody, my name is Stefan and this is Heat Check. Let\u2019s get into it.
\nFirst of all, it\u2019s counterintuitive to say that Boston played great defensively knowing that Golden State shot 42.2% from downtown, and had the lead most of the game.
\nBut a lot of those shots were contested and the defenders were always attached to the hips of the main weapons: Curry, Thompson and Poole.
\nLook at this sequence the tight defense completely disrupts the offensive set and it ends up being a turnover.
\nAnd watch Pritchard fighting hard over a screen, staying in front, then a re-screen and he still manages to contest this shot.
\nAnd the most interesting thing to me were examples like these from both Smart and White where they wouldn\u2019t even look at what’s happening on the court, keeping their eyes focused on Steph.
\nCheck out how the play just goes on in the background and there\u2019s a whole different story right here where it\u2019s watching for every movement, even an eye blink from Curry.
\nAfter those initial couple of miscommunications defensively that Steph punished in the first quarter, they were solid the rest of the way.
\nAnd another reason for this win that might also sound counterintuitive to say is Jayson Tatum.
\nHe only had 12 points on 3 for 17 a horrific shooting percentage but his playmaking was possibly the best that I\u2019ve seen from him.
\nWatch the patience here from him as he gets the screen and the switch, the great in and out dribble to penetrate into the defense and the Warriors shrink in the paint right here, so Jayson, sees this skip pass all the way to the corner, and as we let it roll, you see that he provides a wide open look with his penetration and ball movement, and we got the 3. Tatum knew exactly what he wanted to do as soon as he penetrated and attracted the help defense, he kicked it out to the open guy and it seems like everyone else on the team besides him had a great shooting night.
\nSpeaking of that, the third reason of course was the fact that Boston picked the perfect game to have the absolute best shooting performance hitting 21 threes on 51% especially the 9-12 barrage in the 4th quarter by both White and Horford.
\nWhen you hit a shot like this one you know you\u2019ll win the game. And while I don\u2019t expect the Celtics to repeat a 51% shooting from downtown, it\u2019s going to be key for them to at least be decent and not have lapses like in the Miami series.
\nAnother key moving forward is Jaylen Brown who had a terrific game and both made shots but attacked inside as well, which makes him hard to guard on nights like this..
\nLet\u2019s see if these pull up jumpers continue to fall for him because if they do, he is deadly.
\nBoston stole game 1 and Golden State had control for almost the entire game, so I guess both teams have something to be confident about.
\nBut this series started completely opposite of how I and many others picking the Warriors saw it developing so now let\u2019s wait and see what\u2019s next in game 2.
\nThat\u2019s it for now, subscribe and talk to you in the next one. Peace out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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