NBA Finals: Will Payton Pritchard’s three misses cost Boston in Game 5?

While Warriors were struggling to score on their possession, Tatum attempted a three-pointer, and these just are not going down for Boston. Payton’s three misses left the watchers in shock.

Porter and Tatum both miss threes and Green hits a jumper in the second quarter.

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In the first quarter, Tatum made back-to-back makes. The Celtics were desperate in need to make a comeback if they had to stay in the game. They also wanted more stops, which they did not get. However, Tatum’s back-to-back shots put Boston up and running in the game.

Presently, the NBA Finals are tied at 2-2. If that sounds familiar to fans of the Boston Celtics, it should.

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This is the 13th time in Boston’s 22 title-series appearances that there has been a 2-2 tie headed into Game 5. In the previous 12 such situations, Boston has won the title nine times — but failed to do so in 1985 and 2010, the last two times in which the Celtics were involved in a tied finals after four games.

Being in a 2-2 finals tie is a bit of a rarity for the Warriors. This is only the second 2-2 tie in the franchise’s 12 finals appearances; the other was in 2015, when Golden State won Game 4 at Cleveland and then claimed the title in six games.

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In Game 4, Jayson Tatum knew that he had taken his game to a new level in his fifth NBA season, pushing his way into the league’s top echelon of playmakers as the Boston Celtics’ go-to scorer.

The three-time All-Star also knows at times he hasn’t been good enough against the Golden State Warriors during the NBA Finals and must find a way to elevate his play if he hopes to help Boston capture the franchise’s 18th championship.

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The three pointer miss in Game 5 by Payton Pritchard and Jayson Tatum might cost the Celtics this season.