The Golden State Warriors (2-2) hosted the Boston Celtics (2-2) in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday. Golden State desired to put the Celtics on the ropes with a success. Boston desired to offer itself a possibility to win the title at TD Garden with a triumph in Game 5. Andrew Wiggins led the method as the Warriors held off the Celtics, 104-94, to take a 3-2 series lead.
Wiggins led the Warriors with 26 points on 12-for-23 shooting and 13 rebounds. Klay Thompson contributed 21 points on 7-for-14 shooting.
Jayson Tatum led all scorers with 27 points on 10-for-20 shooting and ripped down 10 rebounds. Marcus Smart scored 20 points on 7-for-15 shooting.
Here are 3 observations from the Warriors’ success.
After totally falling apart to the point of being benched for a part of the 4th quarter in Game 4, Draymond Green came out with fire in Game 5.
He had scored simply 17 points overall through the veryfirst 4 videogames of the series and simply 4 points, overall, throughout Games 3 and 4. He was such a non-factor that he legally fellback to being an offensive liability actively preventing his group on that end when he was on the flooring.
In Game 5, Green was significantly quicker in choice, fabricating dribble hand-offs to attack uninhabited lanes and raising jumpers even if he wasn’t especially comfy doing so. The outside shots didn’t fall, however Green’s hostility in playing to his impulses had him looking a lot more like his old self.
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