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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Tom Dart

The Celtics’ fourth-quarter deluge beat the Warriors at their own game

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Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown (7) celebrates with forward Al Horford (42) after defeating the Golden State Warriors in Thursday night’s Game 1 of the NBA finals. Photograph: Kyle Terada/USA Today Sports

Sometimes it’s hard to find the right words, whether competing in the National Spelling Bee or Thursday night’s other high-profile, high-pressure contest, the first game of the NBA finals.

Al Horford kept it simple. No fancy phraseology, no straining for meaning. “My guys found me tonight and I knocked ‘em down,” Horford said on ABC after his central role in the Boston Celtics’ stunning and strange 120-108 victory over the Golden State Warriors. “A lot of fun.”

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