Warriors Stay Alive With Game 5 Victory

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The Golden State Warriors weren’t about to lose three in a row, that much we can be clear about. With a 120-111 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 5, OKC’s series lead in the West Finals has shrunk to 3-2.

Golden State shot 47.1 percent from the field, 37.5 percent on triples, and had 15 turnovers. OKC went 42.9 percent from the floor, 43.3 percent on threes, and had 17 turnovers. Within these team numbers, there were some outstanding individual performances.

Kevin Durant dropped 40 points on 13-13 free-throw shooting, while Russell Westbrook put up a 31/8/7 game. For the Warriors, Stephen Curry had 31 points, 7 boards, and 6 assists. He made 3-8 threes and 10-10 free throws.

Draymond Green had somewhat of a bounce back game even though he didn’t look like quite his normal self. Green had 11 points, 13 boards, and 4 blocks. Klay Thompson also put up 27 points.

The heroes, or at least two of the huge contributors, were Andrew Bogut and Marreese Speights. Bogut’s best playoff performance happened in Game 5 (15 points/14 rebounds). Speights dropped 14 points in limited action.

This game can’t come across as too shocking. For a team who hadn’t lost back-to-back games all season prior to Games 3/4 in OKC, how could we expect the Warriors to drop three straight? Especially at home.

What’s more, the Warriors seemed to have a resurgence in intensity. They appeared genuinely rattled and shaken during its recent trip to OKC. After establishing a quality rhythm back in Oakland, the defending champs will need to duplicate that effort level in a different city.

The question for Saturday will be whether or not GSW can translate its game to the road. That 5/28 matchup will go down in OKC at 9:00 PM ET.

 

 

Oklahoma City
Player	Pos	Min	FGM-FGA	FTM-FTA	3PM-3PA	+/-	OR	Reb	A	Blk	Stl	TO	PF	Pts
K. Durant	F	44:36	12-31	13-13	3-11	-4	0	7	4	1	1	3	3	40
S. Ibaka	F	40:27	5-10	0-0	3-5	-3	1	8	3	0	0	0	2	13
S. Adams	C	31:13	4-6	0-1	0-0	-7	3	10	1	1	0	1	3	8
R. Westbrook	G	40:52	11-28	6-9	3-8	-9	2	7	8	0	5	7	5	31
A. Roberson	G	33:38	2-5	0-0	2-3	-3	4	6	3	0	2	1	6	6
D. Waiters		26:41	0-4	0-0	0-1	-18	2	4	4	0	0	1	3	0
R. Foye		8:41	1-1	0-0	0-0	+2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	2
A. Morrow		7:29	4-4	0-0	2-2	-3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10
E. Kanter		6:12	0-1	1-1	0-0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	1
N. Mohammed		0:12	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N. Collison	DNP — COACH’S DECISION
C. Payne	DNP — COACH’S DECISION
K. Singler	DNP — COACH’S DECISION
J. Huestis	DNP — INACTIVE
M. McGary	DNP — INACTIVE
Totals		240	39-91 (.429)	20-24 (.833)	13-30 (.433)	–	13	45	23	2	8	17	26	111

 

Golden State
Player	Pos	Min	FGM-FGA	FTM-FTA	3PM-3PA	+/-	OR	Reb	A	Blk	Stl	TO	PF	Pts
D. Green	F	39:16	4-10	3-3	0-2	+2	5	13	4	4	1	2	4	11
H. Barnes	F	25:05	2-7	0-0	2-2	+12	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	6
A. Bogut	C	29:46	7-9	1-2	0-0	+2	4	14	2	2	2	2	3	15
S. Curry	G	37:27	9-20	10-10	3-8	+6	0	7	6	0	5	5	0	31
K. Thompson	G	36:58	8-21	9-10	2-9	+5	0	5	2	0	1	3	4	27
A. Iguodala		34:11	3-5	1-2	1-2	+7	0	1	8	1	1	1	2	8
S. Livingston		14:15	3-6	0-0	0-0	+3	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	6
M. Speights		8:31	4-7	5-5	1-1	+7	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	14
L. Barbosa		7:20	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
F. Ezeli		3:42	0-0	2-2	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
A. Varejao		3:29	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I. Clark	DNP — COACH’S DECISION
J. McAdoo	DNP — COACH’S DECISION
K. Looney	DNP — INACTIVE
B. Rush	DNP — INACTIVE
Totals		240	40-85 (.471)	31-34 (.912)	9-24 (.375)	–	11	45	25	7	13	15	18	120

 

Officials: Ken Mauer, James Capers, Marc Davis Time of Game: 2:31

Technicals Golden State – D. Green (11:10 – 3rd Qtr)