SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Curry scored 29 points, Jordan Poole connected from just inside midcourt to cap a huge third-quarter run and the Golden State Warriors beat the Boston Celtics 107-88 on Sunday night in Game 2 to even the NBA Finals.
Poole finished with 17 points for the Warriors, who outscored the Celtics 35-14 in the third quarter to turn a two-point halftime lead into a 23-point edge. And when the Warriors scored the first six points of the fourth, the Celtics waved the surrender flag and emptied their bench.
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The Warriors also got 12 points from Kevon Looney on 6-for-6 shooting and 11 apiece from Andrew Wiggins and Klay Thompson.
Jayson Tatum scored 21 of his 28 points in the first half for the Celtics. Jaylen Brown added 17 but fought through a 5-for-17 shooting night, and Derrick White scored 12.
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Just like in Game 1, a huge run decided everything. The Celtics went on a 48-18 run in the second half to decide the opener; the Warriors didn’t wait that long in Game 2, going on a 43-14 burst from late in the first half until early in the fourth quarter to turn a tie game into an absolute runaway.
Game 3 is Wednesday in Boston.
