After the difficult away loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, the Golden State Warriors rushed to Denver to meet the away challenge nuggets game, however, after the loss to the Lakers, Warriors coach Steve Kerr made it clear that many core players including Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Andrew Wiggins would not follow the team to Denver, which also showed that the three of them would definitely miss the game with the Nuggets, and before the game began, almost everyone had already thought, The Warriors will continue their season-longest five-game losing streak.
After five consecutive defeats, the Warriors official Xuan Curry! The youngster set a new record in team history, and Golden State's move was too heartwarming.
At the beginning of the game, the Nuggets kind of want to beat the Warriors with a stick, they are full of fire on the offensive end, Nikola Jokic has won many times under the basket, not only personally got 7 points and 5 rebounds in a single quarter, but also sent 3 assists, under the leadership of Jokic, the Nuggets shot 57.1% of the three-point shooting rate in the first quarter, while the whole team shot 70.0% of the shooting rate, and the whole team bombed 40 points in a single quarter.
However, the Warriors' young players did not intend to surrender, the first round of the season's No. 14 show Moses Moody ushered in a big explosion, he shot 4 of 6 from outside the three-point line in a single quarter, and he personally bombed 15 points in a single quarter, and also gave 1 assist, one person supported the Warriors' offense, the Warriors team scored 31 points in the first quarter, Moody alone nearly got half of them.
In the second quarter of the game, Jordan Poole, who returned to the starting lineup, began to take over the team's offense, he hit three three-pointers in a single quarter, and in the second quarter, he personally scored 11 points, and also sent 3 assists to revitalize the team's offense, including Moody, Jonathan Cumminga, Kundelli Witherspoon all scored three points, and the Warriors team scored 38 points in this quarter.
The Nuggets are still playing steadily, but this quarter they lost the feel of the first quarter outside the three-point line, only hit 2 three-pointers in a single quarter, shooting only 28.6% of the three-point shooting rate, the Warriors in the second quarter instead won the Nuggets by 7 points, at the end of the half, their role players only trailed the Nuggets by 2 points on the road.
After the intermission adjustment, the Nuggets' offense is fully targeted, in addition to three points, the Nuggets' offense in the third quarter is all concentrated in the three-second zone, a mid-range shot is not, this quarter, the Nuggets once again shot 57.1% of the shooting rate, Jokic still has 8 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists in the single quarter, leading the Nuggets to 33 points in a single quarter.
The Warriors also did not panic, Poole this quarter again with 3-of-6 efficiency outside the three-point line to get 9 points, and he personally sent 4 assists, except for Poole, the Warriors can no longer shoot three-pointers, the rest of all the players in this quarter 6 three-point shots did not hit a single shot, fortunately, the Warriors' offensive efficiency inside the line is extremely high, they all succeeded in the attack under the basket, and at the end of the third quarter, the Warriors only trailed the Nuggets by 3 points.
In the final quarter, both sides strengthened their defensive intensity, offensive efficiency has declined on both sides, and unlike the Warriors, the Nuggets have Nikola Jokic, who again had 10 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist on 3 of 4 in this quarter, and the full-court data was fixed at 32 points, 15 rebounds and 13 assists.
Although Poole personally scored 12 points again in the final quarter, hitting two three-pointers, but the rest of his teammates were in average condition, in the end, the Warriors regrettably lost the game 124-131 on the road, and they also suffered the longest 5 consecutive losses of the season, the Memphis Grizzlies previously gave up their second place in the West, and the Warriors "returned" again, falling to third in the West.
At the time of this game, there was a small episode on the sidelines, there was a little girl in Denver who held up a poster supporting Curry and cried at the scene, it was obvious that as a Curry fan, she had a hard time seeing Curry once all season, and this time Curry did not come to Denver, she was very sad.
However, the Warriors' official announcement was very heartwarming, they immediately contacted the little girl, and provided her with tickets to the Warriors and Nuggets game two days later, the Warriors will challenge the Nuggets again in Denver two days later, at which time, the little girl can see Curry. The Warriors' official move is undoubtedly to announce that in two days' away game with the Nuggets, Curry will definitely play.
In addition, the Warriors young Man Moses Moody set a new record in team history, Moody played 37 minutes in this game, personally cut 30 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal, Moody's age to get this data was fixed at 19 years and 281 days, which set a new record for the youngest 30+ in the Warriors, and the player who previously held this record was Gilbert Arenas, the "Great General" scored 32 points in a single game against the Los Angeles Clippers when he was 20 years old and 74 days old.