The Boston Celtics held on for the win during Saturday's hard-fought battle against the Golden State Warriors. Dubs superstar Stephen Curry had another tremendous performance for his team, only for his heroics to be spoiled by Boston's Kemba Walker.
Walker came up with this dagger trey to put his team up by five points with just 23 seconds remaining in the game (h/t Celtics on NBC on Twitter):
Kemba with the DAGGER in the 4th pic.twitter.com/zL38Zt7LQq
— Celtics on NBC Sports Boston (@NBCSCeltics) April 18, 2021
Walker went ice cold for the dagger as he put the Warriors to bed in this one. This was after another noteworthy performance from Curry, who himself matched the great Kobe Bryant's old-man record for most consecutive 30-point games. Steph wowed the crowds yet again, finishing with a game-high 47 points with another 11 triples (!). In the end, though, it was still the Celtics who prevailed.
Jayson Tatum also came up big for Boston, as the All-Star forward scored on a key possession for the Celtics just moments before Walker's dagger:
THE CROWD JUST WENT CRAZY FOR THIS PLAY! pic.twitter.com/lbmgvaHUZT
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) April 18, 2021
Tatum wasn't bad himself. He logged a team-high 44 points on 16-of-25 shooting, to go along with 10 rebounds, three assists, and two steals. The 6-foot-8 forward also went 5-of-9 from distance and 7-of-8 from the charity stripe as he led the Celtics to their sixth straight win.
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