It's a Poole Party at Chase Center to end the third quarter after this miraculous shot.
Golden State infamously blew that lead, being outscored 40-16 in the final frame of that game. With nine points through three quarters, Poole leads the Golden State bench in scoring. The pair of triples also gave the Warriors a 23-point lead heading into the fourth quarter — nearly three times as large as their lead heading into the fourth in Game 1.
ABC had Jordan Poole mic'd up, but got no additional audio during Game 2 of the NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics.
Steve Kerr kept Poole in his rotation after an ugly opener to the Finals, and was rewarded handsomely. But ABC's segment with Golden State Warriors guard Jordan Poole after the beleaguered Splash Nephew sank a half-court shot at the end of the third quarter during Game 2 of the NBA Finals took the blandness to a new level: The special mic'd up segments during NBA games are almost always boring.
Jordan Poole caught fire in the final seconds of the third quarter of Game 2, hitting two 3-pointers to put the contest out of reach.
This time, the third-quarter Golden State Warriors stuck around and finished out the fourth.
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Jordan Poole's 39-foot thee-pointe at the end of Golden State's dominant third quarter gave the Warriors a 23-point cushion going into the fourth quarter.
The Warriors grabbed a double-digit lead over the Celtics during the third frame with a 10-2 run. “My teammates looked for me, and I knew I had him on his heels and having endless range, I guess — I saw the rim.” The Warriors turned the game upside during the third quarter when they outscored Boston 35-14.
Jordan Poole caught fire in the final seconds of the third quarter of Game 2, hitting two 3-pointers to put the contest out of reach.
But the second of the two deep shots was a half-court heave to beat the buzzer, sending fans in the building and on Twitter into a frenzy. With the Warriors again blitzing the Boston Celtics in the third quarter at Chase Center, Poole put the finishing touches on a 35-14 period. Jordan Poole has struggled so far in the NBA Finals to find a rhythm, but the third-year pro finally got going in the closing moments of the third quarter of Game 2 on Sunday night.
Former Michigan basketball player Jordan Poole hits a buzzer-beating half-court shot during game two of the NBA Finals on Sunday.
He has averaged 17.8 points-per-game in the playoffs and he’s shooting nearly 40% from 3 this postseason. Poole hit a long-ranged shot on Sunday night against the Boston Celtics during game two of the NBA Finals. Poole had 17 points in game two while shooting 5-for-9 from 3. Poole has really been a spark plug for the Golden State bench this postseason.