Andrew Wiggins
Warriors win Game 5 and go up 3-2 in Finals
The Golden State Warriors have won Game 5 of the NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics at Chase Center last night. The Warriors are now in the lead this series 3-2 and are 1 game away from winning the 2021-2022 NBA Finals.
Game 5 was anticipated to be a Celtics win, according to betting sites like Fanduel and looking at the box score shows it could quite easily have been. Steph had a subpar night and Draymond posted his usual triple single. The Celtics, who played well in the 3rd quarter, made only 4 field goals in the 4th including 1 that was in garbage time. The Celtics were outscored 29-14 before the starters got pulled with a minute left in the game.
The free throw disparity was noticable with Boston hitting 21-31. Celtics players spent much of the game complaining to refs byt had double the amount of free throws. Golden State hit 13-15. This is such an easy way to rack up points, and something the Celtics didn’t take advantage of. The Warriors also shot 23% as a team from 3..
Boston’s bench were outclassed today. The Warriors’ bench players scored 31 points while Boston’s only scored 10. Poole hit another playoff buzzer beater to end the 3rd:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZmEXJADy_0
Andrew Wiggins
The MVP of this game was clearly Andrew Wiggins who racked up 26 points and 13 rebounds. He has shot up to number 2 on the Finals MVP list behind Steph and seemed to realise that he is quick enough to blow past defenders at will this game. His impressive rebounding has been vital to some of these stretches where the Warriors have gone on runs.
Stephen Curry
Steph had a bit of a bad night to Steph standards. He lost his playoff streak of consecutive games with at least one 3 point make at 132. Curry racked up 16 points and 8 assists but went 0-9 from 3 point range. It seems Boston finally stopped the drop coverage on him, and doubled him consistantly, which started their motion offence. Interesting to note that the last time Curry lost his streak for the regular season he then hit 13 3 pointers and breaking the record the next game…
Opposite Day?
- Curry had an underwhelming performance hitting zero 3s
- Wiggins didn’t put up his usual 17ish points but got 26
- Warriors played well to start, Celtics had a strong 3rd quarter and let it slip in the 4th
- The Warriors were getting flopping calls on Marcus Smart
- Celtics got technicals for yelling at refs
- Draymond played well, and didn’t foul out
Is it opposite day?
Game 5 Highlights
Player Stats
| Boston Celtics | MIN | PTS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | ORB | DRB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | ** /-** |
| Jayson TatumSF | 44:25 | 27 | 10-20 | 5-9 | 2-6 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -13 |
| Al HorfordPF | 32:50 | 9 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -19 |
| Robert Williams IIIC | 30:14 | 10 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| Jaylen BrownSG | 44:03 | 18 | 5-18 | 0-5 | 8-10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | -19 |
| Marcus SmartPG | 39:42 | 20 | 7-15 | 3-6 | 3-4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -9 |
| Derrick White | 21:24 | 1 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -13 |
| Grant Williams | 16:04 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -18 |
| Payton Pritchard | 4:41 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nik Stauskas | 1:19 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Juwan Morgan | 1:19 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Aaron Nesmith | 1:19 | 3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Sam Hauser | 1:19 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Luke Kornet | 1:19 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Malik Fitts | 0:00 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Theis | 0:00 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Golden State Warriors | MIN | PTS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | ORB | DRB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | ** /-** |
| Andrew WigginsSF | 42:32 | 26 | 12-23 | 0-6 | 2-3 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Otto Porter Jr.PF | 14:37 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Draymond GreenC | 34:59 | 8 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| Klay ThompsonSG | 39:37 | 21 | 7-14 | 5-11 | 2-2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| Stephen CurryPG | 37:07 | 16 | 7-22 | 0-9 | 2-3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| Kevon Looney | 16:45 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| Gary Payton II | 26:09 | 15 | 6-8 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| Jordan Poole | 14:17 | 14 | 4-8 | 3-6 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Andre Iguodala | 3:56 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 |
| Nemanja Bjelica | 4:43 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -9 |
| Jonathan Kuminga | 1:19 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 |
| Damion Lee | 1:19 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 |
| Moses Moody | 1:19 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 |
| Juan Toscano-Anderson | 1:19 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -6 |
Game 6 and 7
Game 6 is on 16th June in Boston.
Game 7 (if needed) is on 19th June back in San Francisco.
Do you think the Celtics can beat the Warriors twice in a row? Will Steph be snubbed of another Finals MVP by his teammate Andrew Wiggins?