SAN FRANCISCO, CA- Klay Thompson and Andrew Wiggins combined for 47 points to lead the Golden State Warriors past the Boston Celtics in a 104-94 win.
The Warriors jumped out to a 22-8 lead with 2:55 left in the first quarter. Boston shot 8-of-23 in the first quarter and entered the second quarter down 27-16.
For Golden State, however, Kevon Looney picked up three fouls in the first quarter.
Down 32-18 in the second quarter, the Celtics went on a 8-0 run to cut their deficit to six points with 6:43 left. However, Golden State attained their lead and entered halftime with a 51-39 lead.
Andrew Wiggins was the Warriors leading scorer with 16 points in the first half.
Within the first two minutes of the third quarter, Boston went on a 10-0 run to cut their deficit to two points. Klay Thompson makes a jump shot to give Golden State a four point lead.
However, Boston made three-straight threes to take a 58-55 lead over the Warriors with 6:27 left in the third quarter.
The Warriors were down until Jordan Poole made a buzzer-beater 3-pointer to give Golden State a 75-74 lead to enter the fourth quarter.
Golden State opened the fourth quarter with a 10-0 run to give them a 85-74 lead with 9:05 left within regulation. The Warriors outscored Boston 29-20 for the win.
Warriors Had Curry’s Back
Steph Curry was uncharacteristically cold at Chase Center. After dominating for four-straight games, he only scored 16 points while shooting 0-of-9 from deep.
However, the other Warriors stepped up for the all-star guard. Andrew Wiggins nearly duplicated his game 4 performance with 26 points and 13 rebounds.
“It’s just attacking the rim,” Wiggins said. “I got it going early and I got into that mindset of staying aggressive and I just kept attacking.”
Klay Thompson had a great game with 21 points while shooting 7-of-14 from the field and 5-of-11 from deep.
What really helped the Warriors out this game was the defensive end.
Boston had 18 turnovers and overwhelmed Boston all game and the Warriors scored 22 points off of those turnovers.
Jaylen Brown was held to 18 points while shooting 5-of-18 from the field. Jayson Tatum had 27 points and 10 rebounds but had four turnovers.
“We’re here, we want this, and we’re hungry,” Wiggins said when asked about the Warriors’ message to the Celtics.
