With a win over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5, the Golden State Warriors have officially made their return to the NBA Finals. After a two-year hiatus from the postseason, the Warriors have returned to the Western Conference throne.
Before being crowned Western Conference champions, the Warriors had to go through the Mavericks in Game 5 at Chase Center on Thursday night. After the Warriors surged to a 25-point lead behind a fiery effort from Klay Thompson, the Mavericks stormed back to tighten the game in the fourth quarter.
However, the Warriors weathered a late run by Luka Doncic and the Mavs to punch their ticket to the Finals with a win in Game 5, 120-110.
Thompson led the Warriors with a game-high 32 points on 12-of-25 shooting from the floor with a red-hot eight triples on 16 attempts from beyond the arc. Behind Thompson, Draymond Green was all over the floor, tallying 17 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the floor with nine assists and six boards in 31 minutes.
Steph Curry, Andrew Wiggins, Kevon Looney and Jordan Poole all registered double-figure scoring efforts. Wiggins and Looney added double-doubles in the boxscore.
After the Warriors sealed a trip back to the Finals, the NBA community on Twitter flooded the timeline with different reactions. Here’s a look at what fans and analysts were saying on Thursday night.
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