(Basketball news) The Golden State Warriors kept the series alive as they beat the Los Angeles Lakers 121-106 in game 6. For the Warriors, Stephen Curry had 27 points and eight assists, Andrew Wiggins added 25 points, seven rebounds and five assists and Green contributed 20 points and 10 rebounds. For the Lakers, James had 25 points and nine rebounds while Davis added 23 points and nine rebounds but had to leave the game in the 4th quarter after getting hit in the head by Kevon Looney.

The Lakers still lead the series 3-2 and now will go to Los Angeles where they haven’t lost a playoff game this season. The Lakers have a golden chance to seal the series next match but if the Warriors win they will get home-court advantage in game 7.

“We’re champions, so there’s pressure every time you step on the floor,” Green said. “You go out there, you don’t win, people are ready to crush you. People forget about the things that you’ve done in the past.”

“Obviously, everyone saw he took a shot to the head, but we just checked in on him, he seems to be doing really good already,” Ham said. “That’s just where he’s at. That’s the status of it right now.”

“Our defensive mindfulness was there,” Curry said.

“I have a lot of confidence we can come back in this series,” Curry said. “And until otherwise, we stay in that kind of mindset.”

The New York Knicks kept the series alive as they beat the Miami Heat 112-103 in game 5. For the Knicks, Brunson had 38 points, nine rebounds and seven assists while playing all 48 minutes as RJ Barrett added 26 points and Julius Randle had 24 points after his face was swollen after getting hit by Bam Adebayo.

For the Heat, Jimmy Butler had 19 points, nine assists and seven rebounds as he was held below 25 points for the first time in this playoffs while Bam Adebayo added 18 points and Duncan Robinson had 17 points. The Heats still lead the series 3-2 and have home court advantage in game 6 as they play in Miami, Heat can become just the second No. 8 seed to reach the conference finals.

“Nothing was said at all,” Brunson said. “Whatever it takes.”

“You’ve got to kind of scratch and claw and do whatever you can to win the game,” Barrett said.

“It doesn’t matter if I score 40 or 50 or 19 or nine, we always have enough to win,” Butler said. “And if I score 10 points in that game and we win, that wouldn’t be an issue, wouldn’t be a question and I will continue to play the right way.”

“You have to respect him as a competitor and then find a way to get the job done,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “And he was able to get the job done, make those big, important plays.”

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