{"id":115822,"date":"2022-06-14T16:05:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T16:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/nba\/?p=115822"},"modified":"2022-06-14T16:08:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T16:08:02","slug":"2022-nba-finals-advantage-warriors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/nba\/2022-nba-finals-advantage-warriors\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 NBA Finals Advantage Warriors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Golden State Warriors took a massive step towards clinching the 2022 NBA Finals with last night&#8217;s game five win.\u00a0 Their unlikely hero was former 1st overall draft pick Andrew Wiggins who stole the show with 26 points and 13 rebounds. Just as well as the warrior&#8217;s leading man Stephen Curry was having an off night with only 16 points. Mind you, he managed 8 assists, which went a long way towards securing the victory.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1354822957\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 72.39057% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/1354822957?et=4UD4OOQhTChs8n0kFAo4ug&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=JEAhQIdGpoBu1zsYqGaxv1EaLSTGhx8Vq8hslOJDMrg=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"430\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Overall both sides looked tired after what has been a hard-fought series to date. Neither side had their 3-point shooting boots on with Golden State going 9-40! Boston was not much better at 11-32 but they at least improved in the second half hitting 8 in a row.\u00a0 This after missing their first 12 attempts in first half!<\/p>\n<p>Those eight consecutive in the 3rd quarter saw them claw back a 12-point halftime deficit and take the lead. Still, if you turn the ball over 18 times it&#8217;s hard to win and Jason Tatum like Curry looked a bit out of sorts. Maybe a couple of days off will get them back to their best.<\/p>\n<p>So after trailing twice in the series The Warriors are only a game away from clinching their 4th championship since 2015. Mind you the Celtics have faced elimination three times in the 2022 postseason so it may be a bit early to write them off.<\/p>\n<h3>Game Trivia<\/h3>\n<p>This was the first time Stephen Curry has not shot a 3-pointer in a playoff game.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also the first time Boston has lost consecutive games in this postseason.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Scores So Far<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Boston 120 Golden State 108<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Golden State 107 Boston 88<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Boston 116 Golden State 100<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Golden State 107 Boston 97<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Golden State 104 Boston 94.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Warriors Lead 3-2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So now on to game six which the neutrals will be hoping goes to the Celtics as we all love a seven-game final. Well, maybe not us as we tipped the <a title=\"2022 NBA Final Golden State Warriors v Boston Celtics\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/nba\/2022-nba-final-golden-state-warriors-v-boston-celtics\/\">Warriors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For those planning to watch put Thursday 16th June at 9.00 pm ET in your diary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Golden State Warriors took a massive step towards clinching the 2022 NBA Finals with last night&#8217;s game five win.\u00a0 Their unlikely hero was former 1st overall draft pick Andrew Wiggins who stole the show with 26 points and 13 rebounds. Just as well as the warrior&#8217;s leading man Stephen Curry was having an off&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,36],"tags":[1831],"class_list":["post-115822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boston-celtics","category-golden-state-warriors","tag-nba-final"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115822"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115825,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115822\/revisions\/115825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}