Al Horford led an electrifying fourth quarter comeback as the Boston Celtics stunned the Golden State Warriors 120-108 to draw first blood in their best-of-seven NBA Finals series on Thursday. Al Horford of the Boston Celtics shoots a three point basket against the Golden State Warriors during Game One of the 2022 NBA Finals on June 2, 2022 at Chase Center in San Francisco, California. That was our message throughout the whole game,” Horford said afterwards. Instead it was the Warriors whose resistance crumbled in a fourth quarter that saw the home side outscored by an astonishing margin of 40-16. No one could have foreseen the Celtics’ fourth quarter onslaught during a third quarter when it appeared that the Warriors’ greater experience was finally beginning to tell.

Source: Manila Times June 03, 2022 15:24 UTC