GP2 mocks Wiggins for missing layup in Warriors’ win over Celtics originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Andrew Wiggins played an important role in the Exciting road win for the Warriors over the Boston Celtics Wednesday night, but Gary Payton II won’t let his teammate forget about a blunder in the first quarter.
Early in the The Warriors’ eventual 118-112 victory At TD Garden, Wiggins missed an open layup after Payton helped force a turnover.
Payton joined NBC Sports Bay Area’s “Warriors Postgame Live” after the win and was asked about Wiggins’ missing bunny.
“Please don’t let me get started on Wiggs and those layups,” Payton said to Bonta Hill, Chris Mullin and Festus Ezeli. “He’s 6-foot-8, 6-foot-9. I tell him to just kill it, kill it Wiggs, hashtag kill it Wiggs, hashtag kill it Wiggs.”
Wiggins finished with 16 points on 6-of-14 shooting from the field in addition to two rebounds and was a plus-8 in 31 minutes.
“Wiggs got into trouble,” Payton said. “He cleaned it up. He made big plays and big stops down the stretch. So Wiggs will be Wiggs, but it’s Game 8. So, hopefully, he’ll start making dunks in Game 9.”
The Warriors improved to 5-0 on the road and 7-1 overall this season, with standout games against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday and Oklahoma City on Sunday to end the road trip.
Wiggins will likely take a little more grief from his teammates for the missed layup, but he can put an end to all the talk by throwing down some dunks against the Cavs.