IN A NUTSHELL It was a hell of a game by any standard. Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant played something of a duel, with Irving making a few truly excellent defensive plays on KD (yes, Kyrie successfully defending Durant, I am not being silly).
This is it. The big one. Considered a feasible NBA Finals preview at the beginning of this season, now a battle between the indisputable giant of the Golden State Warriors and…a considerably less predictable (though definitely good) team in the Boston Celtics. Both teams are on win streaks—nine in a row for the Dubs, six straight for the Cs—and rounding into the forms we’ve expected of them from Opening Night onward.
Recap: Celtics fight hard against Warriors but blow it with mistakes in the clutch
