The Golden State Warriors took advantage of the absence of Memphis Grizzlies' Tony Allen and bagged the fifth game taking the lead in the series 3-2. The Warriors won 98-78.

Klay Thompson led the scoring for the Warriors with 21 points. Regular season Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry added 18 points, all in the three-point area shooting 6-13. The Warriors displayed one of the season's best performance when it comes to three-point shooting. The team averaged 46.7 percent in the three-point area shooting 14-30.

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The Grizzlies on the other hand struggled to keep their offense, averaging only 39.8 percent on the field and 26.7% in the three-point territory. The team's offense greatly suffered due to the absence of Tony Allen who is suffering a left hamstring injury.

Grizzlies center Marc Gasol said in an interview, "Once a guy doesn't play you don't look for another guy to do what Tony Allen does, because Tony Allen has a special talent. If you bring somebody else that has different talent that can bring something different to the party."

According to Bleacher Report, Allen will be back to play on Game 6.

Gasol lead the Grizzlies with a double-double, 18 points and 10 rebounds. Forward Zach Randolf added 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.

The Grizzlies has a good early first quarter leading by as much as 13 points. However, Curry carried the Warriors' offense dishing out three out four three-pointers giving his team the lead at the end of the first quarter, 26-25. Harrison Barnes helped the Warriors' offense throughout the second quarter by making several big plays finishing the game with 14 points and three rebounds, according to NBA.com.

During the course of the game, Curry set the record for the fastest player to make 100 three-points in an NBA playoff achieving the record in 28 games. The previous record holder was Ray Allen who achieved the record in 35 games.

Game six of the series will be played on Friday at the FedEx Forum, Memphis, Tennessee.

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