Stephen Curry had 43 points and 10 rebounds, and the Golden State Warriors closed the fourth quarter on a 21-6 run to beat the Boston Celtics 107-97 to even the NBA Finals 2-2.
The Celtics led 91-86 with 7:32 left in the fourth quarter. Klay Thompson’s 3-pointer put the Warriors ahead for good with 4:26 left. Curry scored 10 points during the run.
Curry’s 3-pointer with 1:42 left made it 100-94, and his 2 free throws with 47.7 seconds left put it away at 104-97.
During clutch time, the Warriors outscored the Celtics 13-0. Curry scored 6 of the Warriors’ 13 on 2 for 3 shooting and 1 for 1 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Marcus Smart had 2 of his 4 steals, one of them leading to Jaylen Brown’s driving layup that put the Celtics ahead 88-86, and the Celtics scored 2 points off them.
For the Celtics, Jayson Tatum had 23 points (12 in the first quarter), 11 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 blocks but shot 8 for 23, and Brown added 21 points. Robert Williams III had 7 points and 12 rebounds.
The Warriors shot 44.0% from the field to the Celtics’ 40.0%. The Celtics gave up 16 offensive rebounds, about 5 more than usual for the shots the Warriors missed. The Warriors outscored the Celtics 30-19 in 13 minutes with Curry, Thompson, Green, Wiggins and Looney on the floor together.