Warriors bullied by more substantial Celtics in Sport 3 decline

BOSTON – Draymond Eco-friendly did not maintain back again in his assessment of how he played in Video game 3 of the NBA Finals.

“Like s—,” he said subsequent the Warriors’ 116-100 loss to the Celtics. “I was comfortable.”

Environmentally friendly set the tone for his teammates in Golden State’s Game 2 gain at Chase Heart out of the gates with his intense engage in. But he did not convey the exact energy and desperation Wednesday evening in Boston as the crowd hurled a refrain of boos and profanity-laced chants at him.

The consequence was an underwhelming displaying for the undersized Warriors, who ended up bullied by the assertive Celtics — specially in the inside — for the greater part of the evening.

Golden Point out has dominated the boards for most of the playoffs, but Boston outrebounded the Warriors 47-31 in Match 3. That includes 15 offensive rebounds for the Celtics, who experienced snatched only 13 offensive boards via the to start with two video games.

Boston manufactured the most of its more belongings as it outscored the Warriors 22-11 on 2nd-probability chances.

“The offensive rebounds had been just a killer,” coach Steve Kerr mentioned. “That was truly the variance in the recreation. We created various stops, specifically in the next 50 % in which we experienced a probability to minimize into the direct or make a very little thrust, and they bought offensive boards. People ended up tricky.”

Klay Thompson was not sure what led to the rebounding discrepancy, although he pointed to the Warriors’ weak boxing-out initiatives as a possible culprit.

“They did have way too quite a few 2nd-possibility factors. It is challenging to defeat a team when that occurs,” Thompson reported. “I give ourselves credit rating, while, for combating back again and using the guide. It just sucks when you enable one slip absent like that.”

But the rebounding was not Golden State’s only concern in Activity 3. The Warriors have been dominated inside of as the Celtics’ stifling protection regularly hounded them at the rim. Robert Williams III had four of the team’s 7 blocks and the Celtics outscored Golden Point out 52-26 in the paint.