As the NBA's regular season comes to an end, the first round of the season's four-group showdown is already hot, but the most closely watched is that the Golden State Warriors will play against the Nuggets in the first round of the series, and this series has also become the focus of discussion among fans. The league official for this round of the series is some analysis, the Golden State Warriors will be eliminated in 6 battles to eliminate the Nuggets, and the Nuggets led by Mr. Yo will encounter the first round of travel.
Although the Warriors had a 1-3 record against the Nuggets in the regular season, it should be noted that the lineup of the Warriors in these four games was incomplete, including one game in which the Warriors took a break from multiple core players, and one was sent to the nuggets. According to the overall strength and performance observation, if the Warriors lineup is complete, then the probability of defeating the Nuggets will increase significantly, and the Nuggets' current lineup is not complete, so it will be more sinister.
Porter Jr. has suffered an injury in only 9 games this season, and Murray has not played a game in the Nuggets this season, it can be said that this season, the Nuggets can advance to the playoffs, relying on Jokic's hard resistance, leading the team all the way forward. Jokic, 27, played his career best this season, averaging 27.1 points, 13.8 rebounds, 7.9 assists per game and shooting 58.3 percent from the field, better than when he won the MVP last season.
Even if Mr. Jokic can play such an excellent performance, but in the regular season this season, the Nuggets can only take the sixth place in the West, I believe that those who pay attention to the Nuggets game know that in many games Jokic will fall into a single-player situation, there is no way to get more help, so even if Jokic can take the luxury data, he has lost a lot of games.
At present, for the Nuggets, the biggest hope is that the two main players of Porter Jr. and Murray can complete the comeback in the playoffs, but according to well-known reporters, the possibility of Porter Jr. and Murray coming back in the playoffs is not very likely, and these two people have not yet recovered to their best state, and they do not have the conditions to re-compete. This is also unexpected, without Porter Jr. and Murray, the Nuggets can still only rely on Jokic's single core to lead the team, but in the face of the Warriors with good lineup strength, it is difficult to rely on Jokic alone to win this series.
On the other hand, if the Golden State Warriors cannot return, if Porter and Murray cannot return, then the pressure on the field is greatly reduced. However, considering that the Warriors' interior line is relatively weak, it is not realistic to suppress Jokic, then in this case, it is only necessary to suppress other players, so that the Nuggets cannot easily score under the tandem of Jokic, thus isolating Jokic, so that the probability of the Warriors winning this series is still relatively large.