Stephen Curry, Andrew Wiggens lead Warriors to Recreation 5 win over Lakers
SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Curry had 27 factors and eight assists, Andrew Wiggins added 25 factors, seven rebounds and 5 help, and the defending champion Golden State Warriors staved off elimination by beating the Los Angeles Lakers 121-106 in Recreation 5 of the Western Convention semifinals Wednesday evening.
LeBron James had 25 factors and 9 rebounds for Los Angeles. Anthony Davis added 23 factors and 9 rebounds however went to the locker room late after showing to take a success within the head from Kevon Looney.
Austin Reaves made a 3-pointer with 5:25 to play that lower the Warriors’ result in single digits at 104-95 just for Curry to reply with 5 straight factors, then he hit one other huge shot after D’Angelo Russell linked from deep.
Draymond Inexperienced contributed 20 factors and 10 rebounds as Golden State performed robust protection that led to raised possibilities on the offensive finish — simply as coach Steve Kerr has challenged his workforce to to.
Now, it’s again to LA for Recreation 6 on Friday evening with the Lakers 5-0 at dwelling this postseason, having gained eight consecutive video games on their very own flooring since dropping to the Bulls on March 26.
Golden State is attempting rally from a 3-1 sequence deficit for less than the second time in franchise historical past and can attempt to win yet one more to convey Recreation 7 again to Chase Middle on Sunday.
The Warriors rallied from 3-1 down within the 2016 Western Convention finals in opposition to Oklahoma Metropolis.
Curry beat the halftime buzzer with a 3-pointer over Lonnie Walker IV because the Warriors took a 70-59 lead. The 70 first-half factors have been essentially the most Golden State within the playoffs since scoring 72 in a Recreation 6 first-round win over the Clippers in 2019.
The final workforce to attain 70 or extra in a primary half of a playoff recreation versus the Lakers was Phoenix with 71 in Recreation 4 of the 2000 second spherical.
Inexperienced and Wiggins took activates James and Golden State tried to take Davis out of rhythm after he had 23 factors, 15 rebounds, three steals and two assists in Recreation 4.
Curry shot 12 for twenty-four however simply 3 of 11 from lengthy vary coming off his third profession playoff triple-double in a 104-101 Recreation 4 loss.
The Warriors, who had used 5 lineup combos of their preliminary 11 postseason video games, caught with Gary Payton II for the second straight recreation — and it paid off.
He scored 13 factors and transformed a well timed three-point play with 7:34 remaining to go along with six rebounds.
Jordan Poole got here off the bench and hit his first 3 since Recreation 1 late within the second quarter after going 0 for 8 the earlier three video games.
Klay Thompson struggled once more.
He went 3 for 11 in Monday’s loss to mark simply the eighth time in his 150 postseason video games that he scored in single digits — and three of the earlier seven got here earlier than Kerr turned coach in 2014.
On Thursday, he missed his preliminary 4 photographs and 6 of his first seven to complete with 10 — however has a historical past of spectacular Recreation 6 performances and goes again to LA with an opportunity to shine.