Even Though Golden State Has Already Won the 2022 NBA Championship, the Celtics Can Win Tonight

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TONIGHT ☘️ NBA Finals Game 6

□ @warriors
⏰ 9PM
□ ABC
□ @985TheSportsHub & ESPN Radio
Small Business of the Game: @bonme #AllAbout18 pic.twitter.com/bbYlOyIogI

— Boston Celtics (@celtics) June 16, 2022

Despite already being crowned NBA Champions for the 4th time wince 2015, the Golden State Warriors will play the Boston Celtics tonight in Game 6 of the 2022 NBA Finals: Presented by YoutubeTV.

I want to get ahead of it and congratulate the Golden State Warriors on their 4th championship since 2015. #GoldBlooded pic.twitter.com/vTJO2RGQhn

— Doz #HireDozo (@DozonLife) June 15, 2022

Regardless of the outcome of tonight's exhibition, it'll be the final Celtics' home game of the season, and what a season it's been. Losing stinks, but how about a little perspective? From 18-21 to the NBA Finals. It blows that they've already lost the ship, but what a run. I've sure had a lot of stressful fun throughout!

Technically you could consider this an elimination game; even though the Warriors closed it out 3-2, and in three elimination games these playoffs, that's where Tatum's played his best ball.

Facing elimination this postseason (3 games), Jayson Tatum is averaging

31.7 PTS
8.3 REB
6.0 AST

while shooting 49.3% from the field and 51.6% from 3.

— Tucker Boynton (@Tucker_TnL) June 15, 2022

​Unfortunately, he and the Celtics have not played great ball over the last two games. There were definitely stretches of solid play, but they melted like the polar ice caps in clutch time. After holding a 2-1 series lead, they imploded Friday night with one of the worst offensive stretches in NBA history.

​Then Monday night in Game 5, they fought back after a rough start and took the lead in the 3rd quarter, only letting a miracle shot turn into a spiral of despair. 

​But here we are, it's Game 6, at the Garden. I reaaaaally want to go and give the boys in green (well, probably white tonight) my support. People forget that the Celtics are 3-0 in playoff games with Ole Dozo in the house and 2-0 this season when I take up one and a half seats.

It's pretty simple and has been beaten into our heads with a led pipe, but the name of the game for the Boston Celtics is turnovers. If they commit 16 or less, they're almost unbeatable, but when it goes above that threshold, they're the Washington Generals.

The Warriors scored 22 points off 18 Celtics' turnovers in Game 5.

The Warriors' 103 points off turnovers are the most by any team through the 1st 5 Finals games since the 1992 Bulls. h/t @EliasSports

Boston is 1-7 with 16+ TO in a game this postseason (13-2 in other games) pic.twitter.com/d9YAwisEgS

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) June 14, 2022

BREAKING NEWS:

I have breaking news: @SeanWright__ and I (2-0 together at the Garden this year) will be BLEEDING GREEN in person tonight for Game 6 of the 2022 NBA Finals: Presented by YouTubeTV. LET’S GO CELTICS!!!!

— Doz #HireDozo (@DozonLife) June 16, 2022

LFG!!!!! I'M NOT A JINX GUY, BUT THE WARRIORS MAY HAVE JINXED THEMSELVES BY BANNING FAKE KLAY FOR LIFE (#badvibes). I NEED TO TAKE A SHOWER AND GET MY BROWS DID SO MY 4-BILL ASS LOOKS PRESENTABLE IN PERSON TO BLEED GREEN. WE AREN'T DEAD YET, JUST GOTTA WIN 2 GAMES IN A ROW, OR FROM A MICRO-POV, WIN TONIGHT, WORRY ABOUT SUNDAY ON SUNDAY. LET'S GO CELTICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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IT'S NOT OVER! BLEED GREEN!!!!!!

STRICTLY LGBTQ+ artists for all DOL songs of the day this month because I'm an ally, but if there were to be a 2nd DOL SOD for 6/16/22, it's this. LET'S GO CELTICS! YOU CAN WIN TWO GAMES IN A ROW; I BELIEVE IN YOU!!!! https://t.co/rMyfTArNLM

— Doz #HireDozo (@DozonLife) June 16, 2022