boston stephen curry produced a dazzling 43point display as the golden state warriors battled past the boston celtics 10797 to level the nba finals series at 22 on fridaywith the warriors needing a victory at bostons td garden to avoid going down 31 in the bestofseven series curry delivered one of the best performances of his glittering career to reignite golden states hopes of a seventh championshipcurry had entered game four with concerns swirling over his fitness after suffering a knock to his foot in the warriors game three defeat on wednesdaybut the 34yearold twotime nba most valuable player emphatically laid to rest any doubts about his fitness as he singlehandedly hauled golden state back into the finals with game five back in san francisco on mondaycurry finished with 43 points 10 rebounds and four assists on a night when golden state again struggled to find their offensive rhythm for long periods against a powerful boston lineupklay thompson added 18 points for the warriors while andrew wiggins produced 17 points and 16 rebounds in a crucial contribution jordan poole added 14 from the bencha lot of pride in our group a lot of talk over the last 48 hours about how we can get back into this series said curryits crazy because i still feel we can play a little bit better but to win on the road and get home court advantage back is big for this group weve been here six times weve got a lot of experience of staying confident and composedim just thankful for everyone on our team because we brought a lot of toughness and physicality tonightwe knew how big this game was for us to come out and do what we did and go home that fiveandahalf hour flight home got a little better after tonightwarriors coach steve kerr meanwhile took the bold decision to remove draymond green from the fray during the fourth quarter before returning him to the court for the closing passage of playgreen again struggled on offense with only two points but finished with nine rebounds eight assists and four stealsbut the undeniable man of the hour was once again curry a model of clearheaded composure as bedlam raged around bostons raucous arenajust stunning was how kerr described currys performance the physicality out there is you know pretty dramatic i mean bostons got obviously best defense in the leaguehuge and powerful at every position and for steph to take that that kind of pressure all game long and still be able to defend at the other end when they are coming at him shows you i think this is the strongest physically hes ever been in his career and its allowing him to do what hes doingboston had led by four points at 9490 with just under five minutes remaining before a wiggins layup and a thompson threepointer put golden state up 9594 curry then extended the lead with a layup to make it 9794 before driving in the