On March 8, Beijing time, the Warriors lost 124-131 in the away game against the Nuggets, which also allowed the Warriors to suffer five consecutive losses and the record so far this season has dropped to 43 wins and 22 losses. Considering that this is a game in which players such as Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green are absent, it is not particularly surprising that the Warriors will eventually lose against the Nuggets who own Nikola Jokic.
But in this game, Warriors Toughman Jordan Poole had a team-high 32 points, seven assists and three rebounds on 11-of-19 shooting in 34 minutes, and Jordan Poole was also able to perform outside the three-point line on 8-of-12 shooting.
In fact, so far this season, Jordan Poole is still the player with the Warriors' greater state fluctuations, because at the beginning of the season, Jordan Poole can be said to be an all-star level offensive performance, and it is precisely because of Poole's outbreak that the Warriors can lead the league in the first half of the season.
It was only after Klay Thompson's comeback that Poole's overall performance after losing the starting position and the ball was divided has declined significantly, of course, this is largely due to the decline of Thompson's role in Kerr's tactical system after his return.
Fortunately, Jordan Poole has been able to perform well in recent times, scoring 32 points against the Nuggets is also the sixth game of the season that Poole has scored at least 30 points so far this season, and in the past three games, Poole has averaged 26 points, 4.7 assists, 61% shooting and 65% three-point shooting (17 of 26 shooting) for the Warriors.
So for the Warriors and head coach Steve Kerr, the presence of Jordan Poole actually gives the team a guarantee in the playoffs. If Klay Thompson is plagued by an injury or is really in poor shape, the Warriors can still try to get Poole to replace Thompson, at least if the team wants to perform better in the playoffs, and that's what the team can consider.