I saw this thread a few hours ago, glanced over it then went to see Justice League with my oldest son.
LOVED the movie. If you like DC or comic books you SHOULD go see it. You won't be disappointed. We weren't.
But back to the game....the GSW - BOS game "I" saw gave me a glimpse of our Boston Celtics that I've RARELY seen - a team that KNEW they had to defend just about EVERY SHOT from EVERY GSW player.
Coach Brad Stevens prepared BOS for this game. He set the tone and those players KNEW what they had to do.
They ran at Steph.
Klay was sucking wind with several minutes still left.
BOS made VERY FEW mistakes.....
Durant's height saved him on several of his shots because he TOO - was well defended.
Back to my "RARE" statement--------when the great Glenn "Doc" Rivers coached KG, Paul and Co we'd see MAYBE 2-3 quarters of stifling defense against our toughest foes...then due to simple lack of focus or our advancing age we couldn't (or didn't) keep it up.
Not THIS team.
We attacked Defensively AND Offensively - nearly the ENTIRE game.
The Golden State Warriors faced their TOUGHEST and GRITTIEST foe last night - in perhaps the last few years.
We EARNED that win. GSW "WANTED" that win.
If we stay healthy we could very well see them again in June BUT we first have to deal with CLE, DET, TOR, PHI, WAS and perhaps even MIL.
Boy IF / WHEN we get Gordon back look out.