The Canadian shines in the Finals like his father, 36 years earlier.
The path of Andrew Wiggins in the NBA has been thorny, with many difficulties. He indeed entered as number 1 in the 2014 Draft, but that added more pressure to his career, especially when he did not manage to stand out too much in his first years in Minnesota.
Eight years after joining the NBA, his name sounds very strong in the League after his great match in San Francisco against Boston, which meant his team's third victory in the Finals and being much closer to the ring: " This is something I had dreamed of, of course, being in this league and being at the top level. There is nothing greater than this", said the player, still amazed with his 26 points and 13 rebounds covering the gap he had left, in contribution, Stephen Curry.
But Andrew isn't the first Wiggins to shine in the Finals. Just 36 years earlier, his father, Mitchell, had made his mark after winning Game 5 of the Finals with a strong performance. The father, in the ranks of the Houston Rockets, had a much less important role than the son in the current Warriors.
Mitchell was a rotation player, one of those who always came out in the second unit. In fact, in the 1986 Finals, he came off the bench to score 16 points and grab seven rebounds in the fifth. But above all, push your team to victory. The rival? Coincidentally the same as that of his son, the Boston Celtics.
But the greens, led by Larry Bird, won the sixth and the Finals (4-2), so Wiggins's father could not celebrate the title. Now, 36 years later, another Wiggins, Andrew, is much closer to bringing the first championship ring to the saga. He would do it in the name of the father and the son...
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