The Golden State Warriors defeated the Boston Celtics 103-90 on Thursday night to claim their fourth NBA title in eight years. The California team won Game 6 of the finals away from home and closed the series at 4-2 (Check the results of all games below) .
Star of the team, Stephen Curry was elected the most valuable player of the finals, an individual achievement that the point guard had not yet achieved in his career. In the final series, the player averaged 31 points.
Playing at the historic TD Garden in Boston, the Warriors started the game behind on the scoreboard, but managed to turn it around at the end of the first quarter with a 21-0 streak against the Celtics. With the advantage in hand, Golden State controlled the game and went to halftime winning by 15 points.
The Celtics had the support of the crowd to close the gap in the third quarter, but it wasn’t enough to threaten the Warriors, who had a brilliant performance in the last period to secure the victory.
The California team had a great performance from Curry, with 34 points, 7 assists and 7 rebounds. Fundamental in defense, Draymond Green also contributed 12 points, 8 assists and 12 rebounds.
On the Celtics side, Jaylen Brown led with 34 points, but was the only team with more than 20 points. Jayson Tatum was once again underwhelming with just 13 points.
NBA in Brazil
With around 45 million fans in the country according to the latest Ibope Repucom survey, Brazil is the most strategic country for the league, which has Brazilian fans passionate about American sport – even at a time when Brazilian basketball has lost prominence on the world stage. . Owner of four bronze medals and one silver medal in the Olympics, Brazil did not qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.
In order to be present in Brazil and also transform it into the country of basketball, the NBA works hard in the area of ​​training teachers, coaches and instructors of the sport and has already impacted an estimated number of 2.5 million Brazilian youth and children, in addition to of having 10,000 kids playing basketball through the NBA Basketball School.
NBA House
To celebrate the league’s 75th anniversary, Brazilian fans were able to follow the six games of this final featuring the Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics as if they were at the Chase Center or TD Garden.
The ‘NBA HOUSE 2022, presented by Budweiser’, located in a mall in the capital of São Paulo, had a 45m2 screen and several other attractions – in addition to a store specializing in licensed products of the league for more than 3 thousand people per game that followed the finals at the venue and sold out for six nights.
NBA Finals
Game 1: Warriors 108 x 120 Celtics
Game 2: Warriors 107 x 88 Celtics
Game 3: Celtics 116 x 100 Warriors
Game 4: Celtics 97 x 107 Warriors
Game 5: Warriors 104 x 94 Celtics
Game 6: Celtics 90 x 103 Warriors
Source: CNN Brasil
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