On April 17, Beijing time, the NBA playoff Warriors and Nuggets G1, Kerr boldly used people to show coaching skills. It is worth mentioning that he also showed the strongest lineup in this battle, Curry, Green, Wiggins, Thompson and Poole all scored in double figures. Poole is even more in hot form, shooting 9 of 13 in his playoff debut, shooting 30 points, setting a career record, and becoming the second person in team history, chasing Richmond, scoring second only to Chamberlain in his playoff debut, rushing to the first place in hot search.
Before the start of the playoffs, Warriors coach Kerr made a bold decision to let Poole continue to start, and Curry played the bench. The decision was still quite wise, and Poole's six-game winning first half helped the Warriors open up double-digit point differences.
But in fact, this is not Kerr's killer skill, in fact, when the Warriors played a wave of 18-6 point difference in the first half, their lineup on the court was Curry, Poole, Thompson, Wiggins and Green, and this set of five small lineups should be the strongest lineup in theory for the Warriors. As Curry gets back in form, the lineup is likely to become a nightmare for other opponents in the West.
Warriors name Anthony Slater analyzed how this lineup was aimed at the Nuggets, and they put Green against Jokic, who constantly covered at a high post, and Jokic either couldn't save or changed the defense for a slow half-beat.
Back in the second half, Poole continued to erupt, and after his back-to-back three-point shooting, the Warriors widened the gap further. By the end of the third quarter, the Warriors were already 20 points ahead. According to statistics, the Warriors' offensive efficiency in the first three quarters and half was 123.1 points per 100 rounds, which was really terrifying. Expert Jim Barnett praised that if Poole continues to perform like this, no team can beat the Warriors.
Entering garbage time early in the fourth quarter of the game, Poole clocked in early and celebrated with splashes and greens, who had been replaced.