Beijing time on April 17 news, the Golden State Warriors announced the first game of the first round of the playoffs, the starting five are Steven Curry, Klay Thompson, Drummond Green, Rooney and Wiggins.
This game is the second time that Green, Curry and Thompson appear together in the playoffs after a gap of 1038 days.
Jordan Poole continues to be put on the bench due to Curry's return, but you can pay attention to Poole's appearance time in today's game. Nuggets coach Malone once mentioned that the strongest lineup on the Warriors side is not their starting lineup, but the death five of Curry, Green, Wiggins, Poole and Thompson.
In addition, Kerr revealed before the game that since in the past during the game against the Nuggets, they always liked to slow down the pace of the game by impacting Rooney in the final quarter, and speculated that the Warriors would consider making a major adjustment to the lineup that appeared in the fourth quarter.
Regarding today's game, ESPN gave the prediction that the Warriors have a probability of winning close to 70%, and the Nuggets have only a 30% probability of winning.