Boston Celtics dan Golden State Warriors akan beristirahat dengan baik, tetapi masih belum dalam kekuatan penuh, ketika mereka saling berhadapan Sabtu malam di San Francisco dalam pertandingan ulang Final NBA bulan Juni.
Warriors mengklaim kejuaraan dalam enam pertandingan, bangkit dari defisit 2-1 dengan tiga kemenangan beruntun, termasuk dua di Boston.
Swingman Warriors Andrew Wiggins, yang memainkan peran penting dalam playoff tahun lalu, tidak akan cocok dan pusat Celtics Robert Williams tidak secara resmi dikesampingkan tetapi diragukan untuk yang pertama dari dua pertemuan musim reguler musim ini. Klub akan berduel lagi pada 19 Januari di Boston.
Al Horford dari Boston (protokol kesehatan dan keselamatan) dan Andre Iguodala dari Golden State (pinggang kiri tegang) juga akan absen dari reuni.
Tanpa Williams, yang baru pulih dari operasi lutut setelah cedera yang sering membuatnya absen musim lalu, Celtics tampil lebih kecil musim ini dengan hasil yang mengesankan. Jayson Tatum (30,5 poin per game) dan Jaylen Brown (26,7) telah menjadi salah satu tandem penyerang paling kuat di liga.
Masing-masing memiliki 25 poin ketika Celtics mengalahkan Phoenix Suns 125-98 pada Rabu malam dalam pertandingan tandang ketiga berturut-turut. Boston memiliki dua hari libur terakhir.
Golden State juga belum bermain sejak Rabu, ketika mereka melihat keunggulan di akhir pertandingan saat kalah 124-123 dari Utah Jazz. Warriors bermain tanpa Stephen Curry dan Draymond Green, keduanya sedang beristirahat karena cedera ringan, dan juga Wiggins, yang akan absen untuk ketiga kalinya pada hari Sabtu karena cedera adduktor kanan.
Wiggins mengumpulkan perhatian MVP Final ketika dia memimpin kebangkitan Golden State dengan double-double di Game 4 dan 5, dengan rata-rata 21,5 poin dan 14,5 rebound dalam kemenangan tersebut.
Curry terpilih sebagai pemenang Penghargaan Bill Russell sebagai MVP seri setelah memimpin Final dalam mencetak 31,2 poin per game.
Curry mencetak gol dengan kecepatan yang sama musim ini (30,0), tetapi Warriors belum merebut kembali keajaiban yang memungkinkan mereka memenangkan 16 dari 22 pertandingan postseason setahun yang lalu.
Warriors telah kalah dua kali berturut-turut untuk kalah menjadi 13-13, tetapi tampaknya tidak terpengaruh olehnya atau pertarungan dengan Celtics. Nyatanya, Curry disibukkan selama persiapan kontes showcase untuk menerima penghargaan Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year dan memuji kembalinya bintang bola basket putri Brittney Griner.
“Sungguh menakjubkan rumah Brittney,” kata Curry tentang pertukaran tahanan Amerika Serikat-Rusia. “Berteriak kepada Presiden Biden dan pemerintahannya … semua atlet, aktivis, orang-orang yang menggunakan platform mereka untuk berbicara atas namanya.”
Celtics, sementara itu, telah menjalankan bisnis dengan rekor terbaik liga pada 21-5 dan membuka perjalanan enam pertandingan dengan kemenangan di Brooklyn, Toronto dan Phoenix. Mereka akan melewati Los Angeles untuk menghadapi Clippers pada hari Senin dan Lakers pada hari Selasa sebelum pulang.
Brown, mantan Universitas California menonjol, menegaskan bahwa kekecewaan Juni lalu melawan Warriors tidak dilupakan.
“Kalah di titik tertinggi di Final NBA, tidak ada yang lebih merendahkan dari itu,” kata Brown. “Tidak ada yang bisa melahirkan kerendahan hati seperti kekalahan di momen terbesar dalam karir Anda. Pindah ke musim ini, kami semua rendah hati dan saya pikir itu adalah bagian dari perbaikan kami. Kami bermain dari patah hati.”
–Media Tingkat Lapangan
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