Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Why did Steph Curry suddenly have a bad scoring game? What did Boston do differently in Game 5? This film room study details Coach Ime Udoka's adjustments to Steph Curry, what that meant for the Warriors offense, along with the defensive performances of Draymond Green, Andrew Wiggins and Klay Thompson that helped Golden State slow down Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown to take a 3-2 lead in the NBA Finals.

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Ben Taylor is the author of Thinking Basketball, a Nylon Calculus contributor, creator of the Backpicks Top 40 series & host of the Thinking Basketball podcast.

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