Most of the match went head-to-head, but at the end of the match, Golden State Warriors were badly clogged. Boston won the first game by defending, attacking in the right places and playing really well, especially in the last quarter, they took the home advantage. Now Golden State has to win the second game at home and at least one away game. They made their job very difficult. They need to win the second game and recover, they don't have a choice.
The Warriors are one of the best teams in terms of closing the game, but in this one, they literally choked in the final minutes of the game, and they let the Celtics make a 17-0 run.
This is why the Celtics are a very difficult team to match-up with. Curry scored 21 points in the first quarter instead of getting pressured by it, they made an adjustment in it and just making his performance lower in the last 3 quarters. I think the Warriors really got the victory if they just didn't let the Celtics sink those threes in the final quarter because they got outscored 40 to 16 which do I think one of the worst quarters of the Warriors.
It's only Game 1 and the Warriors will make huge adjustments to their game style. I believe that they will take Game 2. Congratulations to the Celtics for stealing one game in the road and they gave the Warriors their first loss on their homecourt.
Celtics are very comfortable winning on the road, just like what they did against the Heat, when we thought that the Heat will win because they have the home court advantage, but Celtics controlled the game, and they remain composed and don't allow the heat to succeed on their 4th quarter run.
It's still one game, yes, it's not over yet but some are just disappointed, we can't blame them.