The series swings back to the East Coast and the Warriors is the visiting team.
In the first quarter, the home team jumped on a double digit lead right away. But the visiting team came back and cruised to a double digit lead of their own, up to the end of the first half.
With the momentum on the visiting team and the third quarter typically their quarter, the lead was barely double digits when the buzzer sounded at the end of 3/4s of this game.
We go to the fourth quarter and this is when the hungrier and more poised team eventually came up with the W.
Let us watch the full game highlights or relive it.
The third quarter went one way and the fourth quarter was the reverse of game 1.
Let us watch the full game highlights or relive it.
Boston achieved what they set up to do, steal one game on the road. The series shifts to the East Coast and it's Golden State's turn to steal one on the road.
The Golden State Warriors will host the Boston Celtics on June 2nd. And finally the games will be nationally televised.
The Warriors will hold home-court advantage in this series because they finished with a slightly better regular season record than the Celtics.
If the regular season games will be any indications, this will likely be an exciting if not a long series.
The Warriors and Celtics split their regular-season games. Both teams have shown that they can win on the road as well on their home court, so one team winning their away games will probably be the key to this series.
With the two LA (SoCal) teams out of the playoffs, we are covering the lone California Team left standing, the Golden State Warriors.
Warriors vs Mavericks Game 1 Recap
The Warrior team (No. 3) hosts Game 1. The home team took advantage of the home crowd and the poor shooting of the visiting team.
It was an exciting game, with the outcome looking more and more in favor of the home team as the game progressed, especially after the end of the third quarter.
Blowout Game
As most were expecting, the more rested and the more experienced team won. The main difference? Poise, ball movement, moving without the ball, experience and three point shooting.
Kobe's 20 Year Career overcame 22 injuries
and a sexual assault charge
Surprisingly, the biggest sports news from Los Angeles tonight is not that the Los Angeles Dodgers and Angels both won tonight. It is not even the story of Steph Curry's and the Warriors' quest for an NBA record.
But rather, it is the last game of Kobe Bryant #24, as he is set to play his final game of the season.
#FarewellKobe
Thousands of people wanted that one chance to catch the Black Mamba play. Hundreds more descended on Staples Center, hoping to score tickets, to take pictures, buy souvenirs and write messages for Kobe on a large banner set up for his fans.
Inside were the lucky ones with tickets and a ton of them celebrities, friends, associates and former team mates of Kobe. Ticket prices for this game were unheard of, specially for a regular season game between two non-playoff bound teams. (Houston's win prior to this game, kicked the Utah's hope of making the playoffs).
Meanwhile, the other LA NBA Team (the Clippers who are playoff bound) fell in Phoenix, as they sat down Paul, Griffin, Jordan, Redick and Crawford.
#NBAHistory
At Oakland, the NBA's defending Champs (the Golden State Warriors) successfully rewrote history by breaking the '95-96 Bull's Regular Season Win Record, by topping the Memphis Grizzlies. Steph made 10 three point shots and also made history by becoming the first player to make 400 three point shots in a regular season.
One of Kobe's 3 Point Shots, Photo: Wally Skali, LA Times
Kobe's Last Game
In spite of all these, for LA, the rest of California and Kobe's legions of fans in the U.S. and millions worldwide, tonight belongs to their idol who on his last game, made 6 three points shots, scored 60 points total and led the Los Angeles Lakers over the Utah Jazz. Kobe finally closed his chapter as fans anticipate the start of a new one, for next season.
Congratulations '15-16 Warriors and godspeed Kobe on your new journey!
