By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
In their first matchup since Game 6 of the 2022 NBA Finals, the Warriors beat the Boston Celtics 123-107 on Saturday night in Golden State‘s best and most complete game of the season.
Entering the contest, the Celtics were considered the better of the two teams with their NBA-best record.
Stephen Curry, the Finals MVP, scored 32 points on 12-of-21 shooting, including four 3-pointers. Klay Thompson added 34 points on 14-of-26 shooting, including four 3s.
The duo combined to score or assist on 72 of Golden State’s points, shot 12 of 18 over Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart — two of the Celtics’ best defenders — and were 13 of 27 off the dribble. And their 41 combined points in the first half were their most since Oct. 29, 2018, against the Chicago Bulls.
But it wasn’t just their offense that helped fuel the Warriors. Defensively, Curry and Thompson held the Celtics to 7-of-19 shooting from the floor when one of them was the primary defender.