Jokic challenges the Warriors
The Golden State Warriors' weaknesses are constantly magnified, and in the absence of dream green, anyone on this team can bully, even zubac of the Clippers, can take what the Warriors do in the warriors' restricted area. In this situation, the Warriors were challenged at home by the Denver Nuggets, a team that has today's league's number one center, Nikola Jokic. Led by Jokic, the Nuggets won two straight games, beating the Raptors and Magic in a row, while the Warriors lost to the Clippers in the last game.
The Denver Nuggets have the best center in the league, which is undoubtedly a huge trouble for the Golden State Warriors, but even so, the Warriors dare not cover Jokic because his passing ability is too good. But the Warriors have Steven Curry and Klay Thompson, which is the best backcourt combination in the league.
The Warriors fell short
At the beginning of the first quarter, Jokic showed dominance, with 11 points, 8 rebounds and 1 block on 5-of-7 shooting, but without a single assist. Kerr's strategy is obvious, that is, to let Jokic play alone, not let him lead his teammates. In this case, the Nuggets only scored 25 points in the first quarter, while the Warriors bombed 33 points, including Klay with 7 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and Cuminga 7 points, 1 assist and 1 steal. After returning from the second quarter, Jokic had five points, seven rebounds and one assist, and Forbes on the bench also had 8 points on 3-of-4 shooting.
The Nuggets scored another 29 points in the second quarter, but warriors star Steven Curry found his hand back and scored nine points and three assists on 4-of-5 shooting, unfortunately, failing to hit a three-pointer. Under Curry's leadership, the Warriors ended the half-time with a nine-point lead over the Nuggets 63-54. In the second half, Jokic still carried the team forward, taking 10 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in the single quarter, hitting 2 three-pointers, and the Splash Brothers teamed up to get 12 points, helping the Warriors withstand the pressure and still maintain an 8-point lead.
In the final quarter of the game, Jokic successfully connected the team, got 7 points and 4 assists, Rivers became a surprise soldier, hit 2 three-pointers, Forbes also had 7 points, 1 rebound and 1 steal, Gordon dunked the score, the point difference returned to 3 points, there was only 1 minute left, and the Warriors called out a timeout. After the timeout returned, Jokic hit Looney back, Morris hit a layup, and the Nuggets successfully rebounded, with only 14.9 seconds left. Curry's final attack was 2+1, leaving the Nuggets with 5.9 seconds.
Jokic played Looney back, but in the end he chose to believe his teammates, and Morris, who scored the outside line, shot at three points, and suppressed the whistle on three points. In the end, the Denver Nuggets defeated the Golden State Warriors 117-116, successfully winning 3 consecutive wins and giving the Warriors 2 consecutive losses.
Three-point kills for the Warriors
The Warriors did not let Jokic pass the ball, but in the final moments, Jokic still relied on the pass to beat the Warriors. After the game, Jokic shot 13 of 24, 3 of 5 three-pointers, and got 35 points, 17 rebounds and 8 assists, what is the league's first center, this is it. Morris, who hit the killer, had 13 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists on 4-of-6 shooting, Gordon had 10 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, Forbes on the bench shot 8-of-12, hit 4 three-pointers, and got 22 points and 1 steal, Rivers broke out in the last quarter, and also had 10 points, 2 rebounds and 2 steals.
The Golden State Warriors, who won a full game, lost in the last second, which is really sad, and it is also the Fourth Loss of the Warriors in the past five games. Steven Curry had 25 points, three rebounds and six assists, 1-of-7 from three-point range, and Clay had 16 points, four rebounds and four assists, and 3-of-10 from three-point range. Although the Warriors had seven players in double figures, Wiggins only had 9 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 block on 12 shooting.