Beijing time on April 17, the NBA playoffs kicked off, the Warriors home to meet the Nuggets, due to the impact of injury, Curry missed the last 12 games of the regular season, today finally ushered in a comeback, and Kerr did not arrange Curry in the starting position, in fact, it is easy to understand Kerr's good intentions, the Warriors want to go further, can not expect Curry to break out alone, team basketball is the root of the Warriors. The nuggets side of the paper strength is a lot of difference, porter jr. and Murray's absence on the nuggets impact is still quite large, the Warriors' internal line is empty, the Nuggets' biggest point of dependence is Jokic, how far the Nuggets can go, to a large extent depends on Jokic's state.
In the first quarter of the game, Kerr was surprised, let Curry go directly to play the bench, for a while let Malone's lineup arrangement is a little uncomfortable, because of the first playoff, Poole did not have too strong offensive desire, did not expect Curry to play more humble, even did not shoot, the first quarter of the game, the Warriors lagged behind the Nuggets by one point. In the second quarter, Poole ushered in a small outbreak, 5 of 5 in a single quarter, scored 14 points, Curry also found his touch in this quarter, contributed 5 points, and finally ended the half game, the Warriors successfully overtook the score.
At the beginning of the third quarter, Poole continued his excellent hand and led the team to continue to extend the lead, although Jokic was able to use his advantage to score, how can there be too few players to help Jokic, at the end of the third quarter, except for Barton, the Nuggets had no one to score in double figures. Eventually, with the arrival of the final game, the Nuggets completely lost the ability to resist, and after Curry came up to find the form for a while, the Warriors finally defeated the Nuggets 123-107 easily.
In the whole game, the state presented by the two teams is not a level at all, the reason why the Warriors can win, in fact, a large part of the reason is due to their defense, the end of the game, the Nuggets scored double players turned out to be only 4 people, in addition to the players' embarrassing feel, in fact, the Warriors' defense is very good, although Jokic is not good at limiting, but the Warriors are very good to cut off his connection with the team, which is the impact of the defensive end.
Looking at the essence through the phenomenon, the Nuggets want to reverse in this series is too difficult, Jokic's lack of helpers is a very real problem, Murray can now return to fear of no avail, a long absence, it is impossible to adapt to this kind of high-intensity game. In fact, the Nuggets did not play to their strengths, everyone knows that the Warriors' weakness is the inside line, but in today's game, the Warriors rebounded 6 more than the Nuggets, and it will be more difficult if the Nuggets still can't play their strengths in the next game.
Let's talk about the Warriors, to be honest, the Warriors have suffered a lot of injuries this season, but through this game, their lineup is completely without problems, the Big Three still maintain enough competitiveness, the most gratifying thing is the growth of Poole, today's game is not Poole's play, the Warriors want to win is still very difficult. Of course, there is the return of Clay and Green, after a brief downturn, Clay finally found his state in the playoffs, in fact, Xiao Feng feels that this is due to the change of Clay's positioning, reducing the ball holding, and more reasonable shots are the key to Clay's state improvement. Of course, there is also Green's play, all along, Xiao Feng feels that the Warriors want to run smoothly, Green is the key, just like today's game, Curry's shots are basically Green's assists, only in this way, Curry can play the most powerful.
Of course, if the Warriors want to go further, the most important thing is to see Curry's state, as can be seen from today's game, Curry is more or less affected by injuries, but as long as Curry is on the court, this is a threat, even if Curry only scored 16 points in today's game, but his plus-minus is as high as +17, the third highest in the team.
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