Beijing time on April 17 news, as expected, the first playoff game golden state Warriors home 123-107 victory over the Denver Nuggets, the series score to 1-0. At the same time, the Warriors also showed the outside world something different from the regular season, or that they did not come up with a secret weapon that had been reserved for a long time until the playoffs.
Weapon One: The new version of the Death Five Small
According to the data, Drummond Green, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Wiggins and Jordan Poole were on the floor at the same time, and in 4 minutes, the team had a plus-minus of +13, which is the team's most winning five-man combination.
Weapon Two: Tsunami Brothers
In the five small, the core of the attack is naturally Curry, Thompson, And Poole, and the three of them are playing at the same time today for 12 minutes, during which the Warriors are 42-16 Nuggets.
Let's adjust the time hand to the last 4 minutes and 23 seconds of the first quarter of the game, the Warriors were 1 point behind the Nuggets, at this time Curry, Tang Shen, Poole were arranged on the court at the same time, the next time, the familiar taste returned, Poole three points, Klay three points, Curry three points, they ended the first half of the game at the end of the midfield, played a wave of 18-6 attack, ending the first half of the game with an 11-point lead over the Nuggets.
In the regular season, in the 129 minutes that Klay, Curry and Poole played at the same time, the plus-minus value was as high as +96, and the offensive efficiency value was as high as 121.7.
Weapon Three: Grimm reciprocates the other way
In an interview yesterday, Nuggets head coach Malone told reporters that the reason why they were able to achieve a three-win and one-loss record against the Warriors in the regular season, Green's absence may be one of the reasons.
Today's game just proved that Malone was not wrong, and when Green returns, it will be difficult for both Jokic and his team to play the rhythm they are familiar with. The data shows that during Green's defense, the Nuggets shot just 5-of-5 from 19. Jokic made just 3 of 12 shots against Green's defense.
In addition to providing strong support to the team on the defensive side, Green has also done a very good job of combing the team's offense, and the Balls passed by his hand have totaled 9 of 14 from the Warriors.
Looking back, isn't Green's playing style what Jokic is good at? It's just that today the ball seems to be the apprentice meeting the master.
Weapon Four: Nova Poole
The reason why Poole was taken out alone is because his performance is too sophisticated, we know that he played well in the regular season, but I didn't expect that in the playoffs, he was still so stable and fierce! He scored a team-high 30 points and his true shooting percentage exceeded 90%.
Three-pointers in particular, plus 5-of-7 shooting today, he's hit 90 of 210 three-pointers since March, shooting 42.8 percent. During the same period, no one in the league who shot the most three-pointers could surpass 74 except him. There's no doubt that he's been the league's top scorer for the past month and a half, and it's continuing.