Beijing time on April 17, the NBA playoffs officially began, the Warriors at home ushered in the Challenge of the Nuggets, in the end, the Warriors defeated the Nuggets 123-107, in this game, Poole started to score 30 points, many fans will be credited to Poole, and fans ignore these points.
1. The successful defense of Green, Looney and others against Jokic
In this game, Mr. Yo's performance of 25 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists, but it was 25 points obtained through 25 shots, which was really not high, and this stemmed from the defense of Green and Looney against Mr. Yo in this game.
In this game, Dream Green, Looney, Porter and Bjlitsa took turns defending Jokic, making Jokic play very the inside, so that Jokic, who averaged 35 points per game at the end of the regular season, could not use his skills on the warriors' inside line, and only got 25 points through 25 shots, and only got two free throw opportunities, knowing that Jokic averaged 6.3 free throws per game.
After the game, Thompson also praised Green, and as an opponent Jokic also said after the game that the Warriors did a very good job on the defensive end.
2. The Warriors offense was outstanding in this game
In this game, the Warriors' offense was excellent, handling Poole's 30 points, the Warriors had four more to score in double figures, and in rebounds and assists, the Warriors did better than the Nuggets, especially the Warriors' three-pointers.
In this game, the Warriors 35 three-point shots 16, the shooting rate is as high as 45%, this is still porter and Bjelica did not hit the three-point shooting rate, the rest of the players are more than 50% three-point shooting rate, the Warriors threw such a three-point shooting rate, Malone coach should really reflect on the defense against the Warriors, nuggets Barton also said after the game, the team must strengthen the defense, and must get a victory on the road.
3. The Nuggets' own offense and three-point shooting are very big problems
In this game, the Nuggets are too dependent on Jokic offensively, and although Barton also scored 24 points, for Jokic, someone must stand up and share more offensive pressure for Jokic.
In this game, the Nuggets also shot 35 three-pointers, but only hit 11, shooting only a pitiful 31%, of which Jokic shot 4 of 4 from three-point range, Gordon 3-pointers 0 of 3, Rivers Jr. also shot 3-of-0, if it were not for Barton and Jeff Green hitting three-pointers, the Nuggets' three-point shooting rate might have been worse.
You must know that in the face of a team like the Warriors, if you only rely on jokic on the inside to score, without the firepower output of the outside line, it is almost impossible to defeat a team like the Warriors.