Tag: 2022 NBA Championship

Celtics injury update: Boston’s Robert Williams III, Warriors’ Stephen Curry both felt good at practice

Two key players for Game 4 sound like they’ll be ready to take the court and make an impact in Friday’s Finals contest.

Boston Celtics big man Robert Williams III is reportedly feeling well ahead of his appointment to face off with the Golden State Warriors on Friday night for Game 4 of the Celtics 2022 NBA Finals series with the Dubs. Speaking with the media ahead of tipoff, Celtics head coach Ime Udoka related that Timelord’s knee felt “good this morning” at shootaround.

Udoka also related that Williams would as usual test the knee out ahead of the contest, explaining that the Texas A&M product’s playing time has been monitored to try and get the best out of him, but he was not explicitly getting pulled from play because of concern from the team over his knee.

“Keeping him off those longer stretches may be beneficial,” explained the Celtics coach. “It depends how he looks and how he is moving.”

“It was much better in Game 3 than he was in Game 2,” added Udoka. “We’re always kind of watching how he’s moving, (and we’ll) base it off of that.”

On the other side of the court for Game 4, Warriors head coach shared that Stephen Curry went through all of shootaround Friday morning, and was “good to go.”

“He told me he felt good,” the Dubs coach made a point of noting.

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Celtics set a number of records in their Game 3 win over the Golden State Warriors

Another game in the history books.

The Boston Celtics had another impressive win against the Golden State Warriors in their 2022 NBA Finals series with the West Coast franchise, with a number of notable statistical and historic goings-on having transpired on the way the Celtics’ 116-100 Game 3 victory on Wednesday night.

A mere 2 wins away from winning the team’s league-record 18th NBA championship (and breaking the current tie between their longtime rival Los Angeles Lakers), Boston already has their focus squarely trained on Game 4. But we did not want to let all the finer points of the Celtics’ last win go unnoticed amid all the attention the future is already getting.

So with that said, let’s take a look at some of the records broken, set, and created on Game 3.

Celtics Lab 120: Recapping Boston’s big Game 3 win over the Golden State Warriors

The Celtics are now two wins away from Banner 18.

After an impressive Game 3 win over the Golden State Warriors on their home court of TD Garden on Wednesday night, the Boston Celtics now find themselves just two wins away from hanging Banner 18.

How did it happen? Who stepped up and took care of business? What didn’t go quite right despite the win? What did the Warriors do differently, and how did Boston respond? And more important than all of that, how are we feeling about being in the driver’s seat with both teams now having a potential two games left in the season with a 2-1 series lead?

The hosts of the CLNS Media “Celtics Lab” podcast did a postgame recap to get some feedback from a massive win into your earholes faster, and with how palpable winning the title has become with the win, we can’t wait for Game 4 to get here to see how the rest of the series plays out.

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Until then, check out the podcast embedded above to get caught up with the action if you missed the game, or to revel in the afterglow of the win.

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Third quarter play, turnovers a recurrent problem for Boston Celtics, according to ESPN’s Tim Bontemps

Are there simple fixes to Boston’s major problems?

“If I’m the Celtics, I’m focused on two things that have frankly been a problem for them for the entire playoffs going into Game 3,” said ESPN’s Tim Bontemps on a recent episode of “NBA Today” focused on the Boston Celtics‘ NBA Finals series with the Golden State Warriors. “That’s turnovers and play in the third quarter.”

The Celtics have indeed been their own worst enemies with their ball control all game long and how they come out to play after halftime. And if left uncorrected, one of the most important opportunities of their lives might very well slip through their fingers as a result.

Can the Celtics solve these seemingly minor but actually critical aspects of their game in time to win it all?

Check out the clip embedded above to get Bontemps’ perspective on how Boston can improve their odds to win the 2022 NBA Championship.

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Updated 2022 NBA Championship odds following trade deadline

Looking at the updated 2022 NBA Championship futures odds following the trade deadline.

Big moves happened across the NBA on trade deadline Thursday, and the odds to win the Larry O’Brien trophy were shaken up as a result.

Perhaps no deal was bigger than the Brooklyn Nets shipping SG James Harden and PF Paul Millsap to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for PG Ben Simmons, SG Seth Curry, C Andre Drummond and two first-round draft picks.

Below, we look at the NBA Championship odds; check back daily for our NBA picks and predictions.

Odds provided by Tipico Sportsbook and last updated Saturday, Jan. 12.

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WATCH: Odds On 2022 NBA Championship, Bucks’ Chances To Repeat

ThePostGame looks at circumstances to consider about Milwaukee’s chance at winning the NBA title again in 2021-2022.

The Milwaukee Bucks were crowned the 2020-21 NBA champions thanks to an NBA Finals MVP-earning performance from star PF Giannis Antetokounmpo in their Game 6 victory over the Phoenix Suns. Milwaukee is still celebrating its hard-earned victory, but who is the favorite to win it all in 2022? 

Antetokounmpo scored 50 points in the biggest game of his young career, leading the team that drafted him to its first NBA title in 50 years.

Take a look at how Antetokounmpo’s age compares to other recent NBA Finals MVPs, the contract status of the Bucks’ stars and the odds of Milwaukee winning back-to-back championships. Check BetMGM for the most updated odds.

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