The Golden State Warriors closed another series in the NBA Playoffs, beat the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 and secured their spot in the NBA Finals
On Thursday night, the 26th, the Golden State Warriors received the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals. after hitting Denver Nuggetsby 4 to 1, and Memphis Grizzlies4-2, the California franchise had one more chance to finish the series before the seven games and did not waste it.
Despite being dominated in Game 4, the Warriors managed to turn around and settle the dispute. Playing indoors, those commanded by Steve Kerr they didn’t give their opponents a chance and kept ahead on the scoreboard from the beginning to the end of the game. However, the team still had some scares during the game.
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Building a good lead, Golden State even put a 23-point lead on the scoreboard, but ended up losing the lead built up in a blackout in the third quarter. With four minutes remaining in the third period, Klay Thompson converted the basket that left the score at 92 to 69, but the hosts remained blank until the end of the period, when Jordan Poole scored the 94th point with 12 seconds left.
Dallas took advantage of the opponents’ drop in performance in the game and went up, with 15 points in the third quarter, Luka Doncic was responsible for leading the team in reducing the disadvantage. What, at one point, was 23 points off, dropped to 10 and the Mavericks looked to be back in the game.
However, at the start of the last quarter, Golden State got it right and soon increased the lead to 17 points. More relaxed in the final stretch of the game, the San Francisco franchise managed to hold the result well, won the game by 120 to 110 and secured its sixth NBA Finals in eight years. Now, the Warriors are waiting for the winner of the duel between the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics.
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