The defending champion extended his life, the Warriors lost four consecutive games, the two teams reached the division final, waiting for the two groups to tie the seventh place

On May 15, the NBA playoffs continued, with defending champion Celtics winning G5 and raising their lives to trail the Knicks 2-3. The Warriors lost the G5 Western Conference semi-finals and then lost to the Timberwolves 1-4 and were eliminated. At this point, in this year's NBA playoffs, the Pacers in the East and the Timberwolves in the West were the first to enter the division finals. In the other two division semi-finals, the Nuggets 2-3 Thunder and the Celtics 2-3 Knicks, both may play until the tiebreak.

On this game day, the Warriors and the Celtics played. The Warriors lacked core Curry, while the Celtics were reimbursed for Tatum's Achilles tendon rupture. Moreover, the Warriors and the Celtics were both behind 1-3 after the first four games and faced the match point where they were facing opponents.

The Warriors who played away had no power to fight back in the fifth game of the series, and were at most 25 points behind in the first three quarters, and the scores in each quarter were lagging behind. In the last quarter, the Warriors narrowed the gap with the 13-4 scored by substitute players, but the Timberwolves' Edwards and Randall scored consecutively, and the Warriors' hope of a reversal was shattered. In the end, the Timberwolves won the G5 121-110, and eliminated the Warriors 4-1 in total and advanced to the Western Conference Finals.

In this group series, the Warriors were the first to win the away victory of G1, but they paid the price of Curry's injury and retreating. Without Curry's three-point restraint on the outside, the Warriors were completely another team. The coach Kerr also seemed at a loss and kept trying new lineups. Although he activated Kumingga, he did not bring any victory in the end. He lost four consecutive games in a row and lost four consecutive games, setting a shameful record of losing four consecutive games in the playoffs since 1972 in the team's history, and it was also the first time that Kerr had lost four consecutive games in the series since coaching the Warriors.

Butler, a playoff tough guy who was highly anticipated by fans, failed to meet the expectations of the outside world. G5 scored only 17 points in 11 of his life and death matches, with an efficiency value of -17 the lowest in the team. The Timberwolves led by Edwards and Randle have eliminated the Lakers and Warriors in succession to enter the Western Conference Finals, and will wait for the Nuggets and Thunder to advance. In the Eastern Conference semifinals of the playoffs, the defending champion Celtics successfully won a game in G5, defeating the Knicks 127-102 at home, saving the first match point and chasing it to 2-3 to prosper. In the last game, the Celtics not only lost, but also the team's core Tatum also suffered a major injury from a ruptured Achilles tendon, which was basically reimbursed next season.

In this game, the Celtics, who had no way out, waited for White's big explosion. White scored 4 three-pointers in the first quarter and scored 14 points + contributed a game-high 34 points. Last season's FMVP Brown also had a comprehensive performance of 26 points, 8 rebounds and 12 assists. With the 32-17 in the third quarter, the Celtics laid an advantage. The Knicks were unable to narrow the score difference in the last quarter. The Celtics used a 25-point victory to save the match point and scored a goal.

The next G6 is very critical. If the Celtics can drag into the tiebreak, then a 1-3 to 4-3 turnover is close. The winner of the Celtics and Knicks series will face the Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals. On the last game day, the Pacers had eliminated the Cavaliers 4-1 and advanced first. In the semi-finals of the division, there are two sets of matches that have not ended, and the Nuggets and Celtics have the ability to keep the series suspense to tiebreak.