After a team record of 53 wins and 29 losses in the regular season and locked in the third place in the West, the Golden State Warriors sat at home, and the first round of the playoffs ushered in the challenge of the Nuggets, who ranked sixth in the West.
In the Warriors, although Curry returned from the firing line, Kerr chose the starting lineup led by Jordan Pooler out of caution, trying to win the first playoff win in a steady and steady manner.
On the other hand, on the side of the Nuggets, Jokic town guarded the inside line, and whether the Nuggets can withstand the pressure in this campaign away game has undoubtedly become a major attraction of this game!
However, after four quarters of playing, with a wave of 18-2 scoring climax, the Warriors, who played at home, comprehensively suppressed the Nuggets in the first half and achieved an 11-point lead.
Coupled with the return of the second half, in the third quarter, Tang Shen + Jordan Poole + Green hit three consecutive points, and the Warriors took advantage of the victory to pursue, expanding the point difference to 20 points in one fell swoop, always mastering the initiative of the game.
Although in the final quarter of the showdown, Barton ushered in an outbreak, trying to help the Nuggets save the loss, but the helpless Wiggins + Curry successive efforts, the Warriors a wave of flow completely took away the game.
In the end, the Warriors also won the Nuggets at home 123-107, winning a 16-point victory strongly, and also made a 1-0 start in the series score!
Playing at home in this game, the Warriors can be described as all soldiers, playing a 5-player scoring double-double, multi-point blossoming team performance, and winning a 16-point victory.
In the case of wiggins + Curry and other main players, continuing to perform steadily, the team brain Green, and the play of the two main players Thompson + Jordan Pooler, are particularly critical!
Green was well-defended in this game, scoring 1 three-pointer on 5-of-7 shooting in the first 27 minutes of the game, and delivering an all-around performance of 12 points, 6 rebounds , 9 assists + 3 blocks.
At the same time, the whole game down, Green personally has not made a mistake, the plus-minus value of the field is as high as +21, it can be said that at both ends of the attack and defense, the success has affected the trend of the game, and there is some dream back to the peak of the taste!
In addition, after three years of returning to the playoffs, the play of the core of the team, Klay Thompson, also played a crucial role.
Thompson shot 5 three-pointers and scored 19 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, making a very important contribution to the Warriors' opening + big win!
Of course, the Warriors were able to beat the Nuggets in this game, and the performance of the team's youngster Jordan Poole was also indispensable.
Jordan Poole fired widely in the game, starting 28 minutes and shooting five three-pointers on 9-of-13 shooting, scoring a game-high 30 points, plus an efficient performance of 1 rebound and 3 assists.
Among them, in the second quarter, his heroic performance of scoring 14 points on 5-to-5 shots not only helped the Warriors smoothly open the score gap, but also made a great contribution to the team's first playoff victory!
More importantly, the game scored 30 points, and Jordan Poole became the second player in the league's history to score 30+ in his playoff debut and shoot five three-pointers, setting a brilliant personal record.
And rationally speaking, for Warriors coach Kerr, in the case of Jordan Poole's hot state and Curry's comeback, how to arrange the next starting lineup is undoubtedly a happy trouble for Kerr!
On the other hand, on the side of the Nuggets, the team was comprehensively crushed at both ends of the attack and defense in this game, and finally swallowed the 16-point rout, which obviously needs to be examined.
After all, under jokic + Barton played well, while cutting down a 20+ outstanding performance, Aaron Gordon's sluggish performance of only 3 of 10 shots in this campaign is indeed hard to blame!
Obviously, for the Nuggets, in the case of a 0-1 deficit in the big score, the Nuggets are also in a passive situation in the first round of the playoffs against the Warriors.
As for whether this Nuggets team can adjust and equalize in the next G2 game, we seem to have to wait and see!