In the previous game, the Golden State Warriors, who suffered 5 consecutive losses, finally defeated the Los Angeles Clippers who came to challenge after returning to the home court, and came out of the haze of losing streaks. I have to admit that the Warriors have brought a lot of negative effects in the process of losing consecutive games. The team lost the second-place position in the West, and the strength of the championship-winning favorite team was once questioned. Still, it's all a thing of the past, and the Warriors are still the familiar team, and they haven't lost their competitiveness in the game.
In this game, head coach Kerr pulled the team to Denver again, away to challenge the Nuggets. It's worth saying that before beating the Los Angeles Clippers, the Warriors had challenged the Nuggets on the road. However, in the last game, the Warriors' home star Curry, as well as Wiggins, Klay and others have been absent, and the team unfortunately suffered a crazy blow from the Denver Nuggets. Now that it's less than a week, the Warriors are back on the ground, with Curry, Wiggins, and Clay returning to the game.
At the beginning of the game, Jokic scored a two-pointer first, the first to break the embarrassment of the game's opening. But as the game continued for the rest of the first quarter, the warriors, who were fighting with customers, were able to take the lead. Curry shot 2-of-4 in a single quarter and sent out 10 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal to help the team play a 30-29 score and achieve a feat of domination. The Denver Nuggets, who entered the second quarter of the showdown and were in a backward state, launched a strong counterattack.
Taking advantage of the Warriors' lack of scoring, the Nuggets played a wave of 18-5 climax, not only chasing back the score behind in the first quarter, but also taking a 12-point lead at one point. In the following game time of the first quarter, the Warriors also gradually returned to the state, and the players on the team continued to cooperate to achieve points. But by the end of the first half of the game, the Nuggets still rejected the Warriors' reversal, leading the Warriors by 9 points with a score of 60-51! It is worth affirming that the overall state of the players on the Warriors side is still very good, and it is a pity that the second quarter woke up in time but did not have the opportunity to reverse.
In the first half of the competition, Curry also handed over 10 points and 4 rebounds, Klay also had a key 10 points, and Jordan Poole, who handed over 10 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists on the bench. In fact, the Warriors' 20 half-time goals and 15 assists, the players' interaction between the players is almost extreme, the team is still in a state of backwardness, in large part because of the Denver Nuggets' home star Jokic, outstanding scoring contribution. That's right, Jokic played 16 minutes in the half, and then he delivered 16 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, once again playing the technical level of MVP.
At the same time, although the starting players in the team are not in very good shape, the substitute players in the team can continue to exert their strength and play a high state of full strength. The game is only halfway through, the point difference between the two sides has not yet reached double digits, and the Warriors still have the possibility of achieving a reversal.