![]() ![]() Combined, the Celtics are 7-1 when dishing 33+ assists. Boston’s 33 assists were their highest of any game in this year’s playoffs they had seven games with 33 assists or more during the regular season.White posted a game-high plus-25 plus/minus in 32 minutes played off the bench in Game 1.Derrick White added five and Marcus Smart added four those three players combined for 15 of Boston’s 21 triples. While Tatum and Jaylen Brown combined to shoot just 3-for-13 (23.1%) from deep, the rest of the Celtics shot 18-for-28 (64.3%), including the aforementioned team-high six from Horford. Boston made 21 3-pointers in Game 2 – their second-highest total in any playoff game and the most ever in a Finals game.While Jayson Tatum (left chart) shot 3-for-17 (17.6%) in Game 1, his teammates (right chart) combined to shoot 40-68 (58.8%). That marked the first of his Finals record six 3-pointers in the opening quarter, breaking a record that Curry previously shared with Ray Allen and Kenny Smith. Stephen Curry scored the first basket of the 2022 NBA Finals with a 3-pointer off an offensive rebound by Kevon Looney (more on second-chance points later).Thursday night was the first time he’s ever made six 3-pointers in any of those 1,092 games. Horford has played 950 regular-season games and 142 playoff games in his career. ![]() Horford finished with a team-high 26 points on 9-for-12 shooting from the field and 6-for-8 from 3-point range. Horford played in 141 playoff games before reaching the NBA Finals ( the most in NBA history) and he made the most of his first game on the Finals stage.He has scored 130 fourth-quarter points - Curry is second with 117, Tatum third at 114 - on 45-for-72 shooting (62.5%) from the field and 20-for-30 (66.7%) from range. Brown entered the game as the 2022 playoff leader in fourth-quarter points and added to that lead on Thursday. Al Horford (11 points, 4-4 FGs, 2-2 3PM) and Jaylen Brown (10 points, 4-6 FGs, 2-3 3PM) combined for 21 of Boston’s 40 fourth-quarter points.Both teams led Game 1 by as many as 15 points. ![]()
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