Today the Warriors hosted the first game of the playoffs against the Nuggets at home. In the end, they easily defeated the Nuggets at home to win the first win in the series. Curry played 22 minutes in this game and had 16 points and 4 assists. Jordan Poole played well in his first playoff game, scoring 30 points, including 5-of-7 from outside the three-point line. Thompson also played steadily, scoring 19 points and hitting five three-pointers.
After today's game, the fans all gave their praise to Poole, of course, Poole's performance today is worthy of everyone's appreciation. However, as an opponent Jokic, he praised Green's performance for the first time after the game, and he thought that Green was very good at his defense. Warriors players Curry and Thompson also praised Green's performance after the game, and head coach Kerr also praised Green's performance. How critical is Green's performance today? We can visualize it through his data.
Today, Green had 12 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks. In addition, his plus-minus was the highest in the whole game, reaching positive and negative 21. That is to say, he not only helped the team sort out the attack on the offensive end, but also played a good role in restricting Jokic on the defensive end. It can be said that this game is the cornerstone of the Warriors on both offensive and defensive ends. We can clearly feel that Green is in better shape after entering the playoffs, and strictly speaking, Green in the regular season seems to be paddling. Once in the playoffs, he switched modes immediately, and after today's game, Cole admitted that Green really began to get serious in the playoffs.
Green's role in the Warriors is irreplaceable by anyone. Now that the Warriors lack an interior line, he has become the defensive pillar of the Warriors' inner line, and on the offensive end, he has become the engine of the Warriors, and today Green has 9 assists in the whole game. Today, Green not only has a very good chemistry with Curry, Thompson, he has also formed a very good chemistry with Poole during the long journey of this season, which is one of the reasons why Poole can play so smoothly on the offensive end.
We hope that Green can avoid injuries as much as possible in the next game, knowing that his injuries some time ago are still very worrying. Green is now the most injured of the Warriors players. Once Green falls, the Warriors' entire system will collapse, and the interior line will be even more stretched. So he has to protect himself all the time in the long playoffs.