NBA Finals: Jordan Poole hits miraculous buzzer beater shot in Game 5. Watch

Golden States Warriors’ Jordan Poole hit a miraculous shot to end the third quarter of Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday night. The third quarter was an absolute thriller as the Celtics erased a double-digit deficit. 

With Poole’s remarkable shot, the Warriors managed to take a 75-74 lead into the final period. Watch the video here.

Presently, the teams are tied up at 2-2 in the series, so whoever wins the game will be just one win away from the 2022 NBA Championship. Game 6 of the series will be back in Boston at the TD Garden on Thursday night. 

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In the series, each team is 1-1 at home so far.

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.