Beijing time on April 17, today, the Focus Battle between the Warriors and the Nuggets came to an end, and in the end, the Warriors who played at home lived up to expectations, taking the Nuggets 123-107 lightly and winning the playoffs. In this game, the Warriors core Curry returned to the game, however, Kerr made a bold decision: let Curry play as a substitute. After Curry was relegated to the bench, Poole sat firmly in the starting position, he played an efficient game, this game, Poole god down, he played only 30 minutes, 9 of 13, 7 of 5 three-pointers, 30 points and 3 assists.
In this game, Poole's plus-minus is +7, and the fly in the ointment is that as a defender, Poole only delivered 3 assists and made 3 mistakes at the same time, but the flaws are not hidden, and today's Poole is undoubtedly the absolute contributor to the team's victory. The outstanding performance also allowed him to set two major records, the first record, Poole cut 30+ in his playoff debut, compared to Chamberlain & Richmond, becoming the third person in team history, which Curry and Klay did not do; the second record, Poole became the league's first player to cut 30+ in the playoff debut since Irving in 2015, and at least five three-pointers.
Today's Poole feels extremely hot, and people who don't know may think that this is Curry's data. Curry came off the bench for this campaign, the first three quarters were not good, and the final quarter garbage time improved the shooting rate, 5 of 13 in the whole game, contributing 16 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists. Jokic is difficult to defeat four hands with two fists in this game, it is difficult to support alone, 25 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists, in the third quarter, Jokic, who played a sharp eye, was very helpless, his expression was very helpless, because when the team needed it, only he stood up alone, and the others were useless, far from being able to match the Warriors.
Although Barton cut 24 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, it was too late, and if he had exploded earlier, the Nuggets would not have lost so embarrassingly. Although Gordon received a high annual salary, but this 10-of-3, only 8 points and 5 assists, it turned out that the Magic traded it that year is very reasonable, Gordon is embarrassed to be Jokic's right-hand man. This game can be seen that the gap between the strengths of the two teams is obvious, the chemistry is not at the same level at all, and it is really difficult for the Nuggets to want to go down the gram.
Of course, Denver is not without a chance, for the Nuggets, for the Nuggets, for The Forbes to move to the starting line may be a better choice, let Morris as a substitute, increase the firepower of the second team, Forbes has excellent long-range shooting ability, he can attract some defensive attention for Jokic, in addition, it is to pray that Murray can return to the line of fire. Otherwise, this year, it will be difficult for them to escape the fate of a round of travel. Meet the Warriors in the first round, count them unlucky.