'You got to come out and give it all you got': Draymond Green came out as Golden State's engine during Game 5 Wednesday night, and the Warriors beat the Lakers to stave off elimination.
, they're really doing all they can, selling out those guys and trying to take them out of the game," Green said. "We get paid a lot of money to do this, so you can't just sit back and watch them. ... You got to do something about it."
for the Warriors' first game of the playoffs after missing two months because of a family matter. "We ask so much of him defensively, and in any playoff series, he's going to end up on the opponent's best player. In this series, that's obviously LeBron. And thank God we have Wiggs because he can play all night."
In Games 1 through 4, the Warriors shot 19-of-52 on drives. In Game 5, they went 9-of-17 on drives. It was the first time they shot at least 50% on drives in a game in this series, according to ESPN StatsBefore Wednesday's game, Wiggins was averaging 14.8 points per game this series. Green was averaging 6.8. But they knew they needed to do more to keep their season alive -- and that doesn't change now that they have forced a Game 6.
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