A Boston area team being accused of cheating? We have never seen that before.
The Golden State Warriors’ warm-ups were put on pause Wednesday before Game 3 because their basket at Boston’s TD Garden was a few inches too high. During pregame warmups, some of the Warriors noticed that something was a little off with their basket. They made their objections known, and the TD Garden staff brought out the measuring stick to confirm the height.
Fans wasted no time accusing the opposing team of raising the rim on purpose to throw off Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and the rest of the Warriors sharpshooters.
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The Warriors shot just 8-of-23 in the first while their scrambling defense conceded multiple fouls including three called on Curry in the first half.
Golden State regrouped in the third quarter enough to erase the Celtics’ lead. Near the end of the third quarter, Steph Curry drained a 27-foot three-pointer to put the Golden State Warriors ahead of the Boston Celtics for the first time since the opening minute.
It was also the last time that the Warriors led as they were overpowered 116-100 by the Celtics who took a 2-1 lead in the NBA Finals best-of-seven series.