At TD Garden, Boston needs the win to force Game 7
It’s all or nothing for the Boston Celtics. At TD Garden, Tatum and company need the win to tie the duel and force Game 7. Golden State leads the series 3-2 and is one win away from the 2021/22 NBA title. The match is scheduled at 22:00 (Brasília time) in Boston, Massachusetts.
Coach Ime Udoka’s Celtics performed well below expectations in the fifth game of the finals. Acting away from home, the team lost by ten points and, despite a reaction in the third quarter, ended up being dominated by Golden State for most of the match. The Massachusetts franchise scored 41.3% on field shots, 34.4% on three-pointers and 67.7% on free throws. The team only hit the first three of the night with 4:34 left in the second quarter and committed 18 turnovers on the night, wasting several possessions.
Individually, the best players with the Celtics jersey were star Jayson Tatum, with a double-double of 27 points and 10 rebounds, in addition to four assists, Jaylen Brown, responsible for 18 points, nine rebounds and four assists, and Marcus Smart, who recorded 20 points, three rebounds and two assists. The Boston Celtics arrive with no players on the injury report before Game 6, it seems.
On the other side of the court are Coach Steve Kerr’s Warriors, who had an overcoming match in the fifth game. Playing at home, the Californian team hit 46.6% of the field shots, but had only 22.5% of success in the three-pointers. The San Francisco franchise still hit 86.7% of the free throws in the game. One point Golden State improved well in the last game was turnovers, losing just seven free possessions in the entire duel.
The best players with the Warriors jersey in Game 5 were Andrew Wiggins, with a double-double of 26 points and 13 rebounds, in addition to two assists, Klay Thompson, who left the court with 21 points, three rebounds, two assists and two steals. ball, and star Stephen Curry, with 16 points, four rebounds, eight assists and two steals. However, Curry didn’t do so well in one respect, as he missed all nine of his three-pointer attempts, thus ending a 132-game playoff streak with at least one straight three. In total, counting the regular season, the streak was 233 games, the highest mark in the entire NBA. The Golden State Warriors arrive without major problems in the medical department for the sixth game.
If champion, the Golden State Warriors will isolate themselves in third place as the franchise that has won the most in the NBA, surpassing the Chicago Bulls. The California franchise would reach seven achievements in the best basketball in the world.
