The ‘Splash Brothers’ appeared and took the first triumph for the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals. Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry added 48 points between them to give the Toronto Raptors their first setback in the series for the NBA championship.
With this victory, the Californians “stole” the home advantage to the Canadians, who on Wednesday will have the opportunity to recover if they beat the Steve Kerr team, which will have some casualties that could be significant during the duel.
Kevin Durant will miss the game again due to injury and Kevon Looney is out for the rest of the NBA Finals, in addition to Klay Thompson is in doubt and could be out of action or lost in the third game. Toronto must take advantage of these losses in the rival if it wants to win its first championship in 23 years of existence.
Kawhi Leonard again beat the 30-unit mark, but unlike Game 1, he did not have a partner who contributed a similar number to him and it was Fred VanVleet, a player who left the bench, who finished behind him with 17 points in the crash that they lost last Sunday.
If Pascal Siakam, Marc Gasol or Kyle Lowry raise their hands and manage to contain the impact of Curry and Thompson, the Raptors have a good chance of giving the surprise and defeating the two-time NBA champions in their stadium to take a 2-1 advantage in the Serie.
The Warriors start as favorites by 4.5 points, but the aforementioned factors could make the game, at least, even, and that would favor Toronto to rise with the win. Additions of 213 are subject to 213 units, but if Thompson plays it’s worth investing in that possibility.