SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 05: Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors reacts during the first quarter against the Boston Celtics in Game Two of the 2022 NBA Finals at Chase Center on June 05, 2022 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Did the Celtics want to win this game? Of course. But they played like a team that didn’t need to win, which is precisely why they got plastered by the Golden State Warriors in Game 2 of the NBA Finals Sunday night, thanks largely to a third-quarter ambush that looked like the Battle of Little Bighorn.
And so the NBA Finals are now tied at a game apiece, which should not surprise you. Every indication was that this was going to be a long series. The challenge for the Celtics now is to hold serve on their home floor at TD Garden, where the teams will play Games 3 and 4 of this series on Wednesday and Friday.
But if you’re looking for three takeaways from Game 2, here they are: