Boston Celtics (65-40) vs Golden State Warriors (68-35)
Thursday, June 16, 2022 at 9:00 pm
Both teams have clean injury reports. Golden St takes the 3-2 series lead with their 104-94 home win. Celtics have been held to under 100 points in three of their past four in this series. In this series the Warriors have averaged 110 points per 100 possessions with the Celtics at 107.3 per 100. What has been troubling the past two games for Boston has been their shooting where they have converted 40.6% from the field.Warriors have been better inside converting 45.3% overall and 28.9% from three. Celtics have had home games twice following a loss and the results were wins by 23 and 20 points. They have won and covered both time when facing elimination in the playoffs as they come off back to back seven game series in these playoffs.On the road this postseason the Warriors have averaged 109.9 points per 100 possessions while surrendering 115.7 points per 100 possessions for a -5.8 rating. Play Boston -4.