As the two traditional strong teams in the NBA league, the latest round of competition between the Nuggets and warriors has naturally attracted the attention of the majority of fans. Even if the Nuggets have been plagued by injuries this season, the Warriors' Klay Thompson is still uncertain, but with Curry and Jokic leading, the meeting between the two teams is still full of highlights. The Warriors still used curry, Payton, Wiggins, Juan Andre and Looney's starting lineup, while the Nuggets responded with a five-man team of Campazzo, Rivers, Will Barton, Jeff Green and Jokic.
In the first quarter of the game, both sides started with a bit of a bit of a mistake, but it was clear that the Warriors were in worse shape, Will Barton, as the first player to stand up for the Nuggets, helped the Nuggets open the record with a strong basket, followed by Rivers' three-pointer and Barton's outside hit, plus Jokic's dry jumper made the Nuggets a 10-0 as soon as they came up. Although Wiggins, Anderson and Looney also built on the offensive end, the gap was narrowed to 12-6. But jokic and Payton's consecutive hits once again widened the point difference between the two sides. Anderson played 3+1 successfully, and even pulled the score between the two sides to 27-16. By the end of the first quarter, the Nuggets had taken a 31-16 lead. The Nuggets shot 71 percent of the way in the first quarter, and Barton alone contributed 14 points in a single quarter. In contrast, the Warriors' core Curry has made 4 mistakes and scored 0 in scoring. The whole team made as many as 8 mistakes in this quarter, whether it was Curry or other Players of the Warriors, they needed to make timely adjustments in the later games.
In the second quarter of the game, although the Warriors' Wiggins had a good play, Bjelica also gained on the offensive end after playing, Wiggins scored more than 10 points, but Jeff Green also had 3 points on the outside line and also had an inside split, Hyland had both an inside throw and an outside line 3 points, jokic's high-handed high play on the inside line made the Nuggets stretch the point difference to 51-30 when they played 7 and a half minutes in the quarter, leading by 21 points. Curry's sluggish hand, the end of the quarter outside the three do not stick, coupled with the Nuggets' offensive efficiency, so that the two sides at the end of the first half, the score is fixed at 60-36, the Warriors half-time trail reached 24 points. Throughout the first half, the Nuggets' two main offensive points Jokic shot 6-of-8, contributing 14 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, Will Barton also had 17 points and 3 assists, and the Warriors only scored 2 points and 4 turnovers in the half, and shot 5-of-0 outside the three-point line. Only Wiggins was alone in the first half, with 12 points and three rebounds.
After halftime, the Warriors' offensive form recovered after the start of the second half, curry both made Jeff Green's three-point defensive foul on the outside and Wiggins' inside and outside shots, and after the Warriors played a 15-5 offensive climax, the gap between the two sides was narrowed to 51-65. Curry hit another 3-pointer at the end of the quarter, and also hit the 3,000th three-pointer of his career, and although Curry's outside touch was not good in this game, the fans stood up and applauded him. By the end of the third quarter, the score between the two sides was 74-61, and the Nuggets still maintained a 10-point lead by more than 10 points by virtue of the leadership advantage established in the first half. But for the Warriors, the 13-point difference certainly gives them hope of catching up with the score in the fourth quarter or even achieving a reversal.
In the fourth quarter of the game, as Curry's offensive form recovered, he also scored in double figures after playing 2 minutes in the quarter, and hit the second three-pointer of the game, increasing his three-point shooting rate to 2 of 9. It can be said that at this time, the entire Warriors team has seen the hope of chasing points, Curry and Cuminga, as well as Wiggins are helping the Warriors to fight for the opportunity to reverse defeat, and the Nuggets are a bit difficult to attack at this stage, relying on Jokic's basket to barely maintain the lead. However, at the critical moment, under the premise that the score of the two sides was forced to approach 86-88, Campazo still changed the score of the two sides to 89-86 when standing on the free throw line, and in the last moment, the Warriors still had 2.2 seconds of offensive time, and had the opportunity to drag the game into overtime, but Iguodala shot three without sticking, the key three points were not hit, and the two sides of the game ended, the Warriors regretted missing the opportunity to turn over, and had to accept the result of the loss.
Let's look at the statistics of both sides: on the Nuggets side, Jokic contributed a team-high 22 points, 18 rebounds and 5 assists, and Barton also had 21 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. Rivers, Hyland and Najib each scored eight points. On the Warriors side, Curry contributed 23 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, including 5 of 14 three-pointers and 6 of 16 from the field. Wiggins had 21 points and eight rebounds, while Payton II and Anderson had 11 and 10 points, respectively. Overall, although the Warriors did not shoot the first three points, they finally returned to normal. However, in terms of two-point shooting percentage, they are 20 of 39, while the Nuggets are 49 and 26 of 49, which is obviously better than the Warriors. In addition, the gap in the free throw also affected the direction of the game. The Nuggets shot 13-of-20 from the field, 65 percent from the field, while the Warriors made 16-of-31 shooting, just barely exceeding 50 percent. It can be seen that the Warriors are actually still in their own offensive state and the two key issues of free throws have not been handled well, and the last 3 points are lost. Curry has not been able to continue his record of scoring more than 6 three-pointers per game.