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Here are 10 stats to know following Game 4 of the NBA Finals between the Celtics and Warriors. Read more on Boston.com.

The Warriors shot 7-of-24 in the first half and 8-of-19 (42 percent) in the second half. Boston has been up, down, even, and dealt with just about every situation in the playoffs, and the Celtics still haven’t lost back-to-back games. Wiggins finished with 17 points and a game-high 16 rebounds — setting his career high on the boards at a perfect moment. The Celtics totaled just three points the rest of the way, as the Warriors outscored them 17-3 to close the game. Curry’s brilliance was the main reason for the turnaround after Boston built a 54-49 halftime lead, but the Celtics didn’t do themselves any favors either. Boston shot 8-of-14 (57 percent) from distance in the first half and 7-of-24 (29 percent) in the second half.

After a 43-point masterpiece by Steph Curry that evened the NBA Finals at two games apiece, we're getting exactly the barnburner of a finals we hoped for.

Watch as Curry drives down the lane and kicks to a wide-open Gary Payton II in the corner, whom the Celtics correctly disregard. And then Curry just keeps running to the corner and gets a handoff back from Payton, who screens Curry’s man so Steph can knock down a triple. And, to close it out, the other thing we can say at this point, is Steph Curry should be the NBA Finals MVP win or lose. Even his paltry total of four assists didn’t tell the story, not when his passes to the likes of Green, Porter and Kevon Looney mostly ended up in resets. Green finished with just two points and also suffered the rare humiliation of a Mom burn because of his play. On a team where nobody else can create off the dribble, he managed to be an offense unto himself, going far more heliocentric in these first four games than we’re used to seeing. And of course, the bad passes. Yes, it felt like Boston had control, and that only the Celtics’ tendency to beat themselves with live-ball turnovers and heavy doses of Steph Curry’s shooting ridiculousness could keep the Warriors afloat. It’s not like it’s a big advantage the other way: Through four games, the Warriors have one more offensive rebound and one fewer turnover. Even in a comfortable first-round “gentleman’s sweep” over Denver, the Warriors had a five-possession deficit. Boston’s lead was always tenuous, but the feeling in the TD Garden was that the Celtics had the upper hand. To the extent it was close, it seemed to be close more because of the Celtics’ mistakes.

The Boston Celtics lamented the lack of ball movement down the stretch of Game 4 of the NBA Finals after losing 107-97 to the Golden State Warriors.

“If the ball gets stuck and you see it, go screen somebody. “Everybody just kind of standing around looking at whoever had the ball, no player movement, no ball movement.” “I think we just kind of got a little stagnant,” Celtics’ guard Derrick White – who had 16 points on 4-12 shooting – said after the game.

Celtics' Jayson Tatum has averaged only 22 points and shot 34% in two losses to the Warriors. 'I just got to be better,' he said after a Game 4 loss.

“It’s kind of on me to do that more often than not just to help my team in the best way that I can,” he said. I think just quick decisions, don’t turn down any open looks, any daylight that I have, just continue to try to make the right pass.” In their two losses those numbers drop to 22 points per game and 34% from the field. “I just got to be better,” Tatum said after Golden State’s 107-97 win in Game 4 Friday night to tie the best-of-seven series. We’ve just got to move,” he said. It hurt most after the Celtics took a 94-90 lead, only to miss six consecutive shots during a 10-0 Warriors run.

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Perhaps no player had a greater impact on this game for Golden State than Andrew Wiggins, who finished with 17 points and a career-high 16 rebounds. Having the ball late in the shot-clock and being assertive is what will win Boston this series. Stephen Curry put on an absolute show in this game and no matter if he was wide-open, heavily contested or being fouled, everything Curry seemed to put up went in, especially in the second-half. Through four games in the 2022 NBA Finals now, Curry is averaging 34.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists and is shooting 49.8% from the floor, 49.1% from three-point range. Andrew Wiggins is a perfect example of this. - Draymond Green's Amazing Quote About Steph Curry After Game 4: On Friday, Draymond Green met with the media after the Golden State Warriors beat the Boston Celtics by a score of 107-97 to take Game 4 of the NBA Finals. The series is now tied up at 2-2.CLICK HERE. - Steph Curry's Viral Quote After Brilliant Game 4: Steph Curry met with the media after he had 43 points in the Golden State Warriors win over the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of the NBA Finals.CLICK HERE. The Celtics’ inconsistency on the offensive-end of the floor has hurt them at times in this series and it especially hurt them in Game 4, a game in which Boston could have taken. The third quarter of Game 4 was much like the third quarters of the previous three games in this series and the Warriors outscored the Celtics 30-24 with Curry scoring 14 points in the quarter and helping Golden State take a one-point lead into the fourth. Golden State ended up outrebounding Boston 55-42 in Game 4, helping them hold on and even up this series at 2-2 after a 107-97 victory on the road. Over the final twelve minutes of Game 4 on Friday night, Curry continued to give the Celtics’ defense fits and the Warriors as a whole were putting in work on the offensive and defensive glass. With their backs up against the wall and facing a scenario where they could have gone down 3-1 in the NBA Finals, the Golden State Warriors responded in Game 4 against the Boston Celtics on Friday night.