On April 17, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs just ended a focus battle, and the Warriors won the Nuggets 123-107 at home to get a good start. In this game, Jordan Poole played well, should he continue to push Curry to start? The reporter dug a pit, Poole's emotional intelligence is still quite high, laughing and not commenting. Subsequently, Cole responded to the topic.
In this game, Poole started for only 30 minutes, but shot 9-of-13, 5-of-7 from three-point range, 7-of-8 from the free throw line, and scored 30 points and 3 assists. For the first time to play the playoffs, Jordan Poole can come up with such a performance, which is really valuable. He also became the third player in Warriors history to shoot down 30+ in the first game, hitting five three-pointers at the same time, becoming the league's first since Kyrie Irving in 2015.
After the game, When Poole was interviewed by reporters, an interesting scene occurred. The reporter was a little bad, secretly digging a hole for him and asking him if he was in such good shape, would it bother Cole when he started? For this sensitive topic, Poole showed high emotional intelligence, smiling slightly and saying that he would not comment. The implication is obvious, my task is to play well, the rest is the coaching staff' business.
Can stephen Curry to play him as a substitute, and perform so well, Poole is really facetious. That's because Curry has just returned from injury and needs some time to find the feeling, starting from the bench and having a time limit, it is normal. Curry only played 21 minutes in this game, shooting 5 of 13, 3 of 6 from three-point range, 3 of 3 from the free throw line, contributing 16 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, although it is far from the peak data, but it is not bad.
Now that Kerr is faced with a choice, should Henle continue to start? He also responded after the game. Cole said: Let's talk about it later. Cole is still very sophisticated, avoiding the heavy and light, both avoiding the topic and retaining the suspense, or he himself has not figured out how to deal with it, so let's go and see.