Beijing time on April 19, the NBA playoffs continued, the Warriors at home to meet the Nuggets, Curry continued to play on the bench, the first half of the Nuggets in most of the time to maintain the lead, up to 12 points ahead, the Warriors in the end of the second quarter to complete the counterattack, halftime Warriors 57-51 lead.
The Warriors are ranked 3rd in the West, the Nuggets are 6th in the West, and the 4 meetings in the regular season, the Nuggets have won 3 games, but the first game of the playoffs, the Warriors broke out, in the case of Curry is not in the best state, still 16 points to win the Nuggets, Jokic alone is difficult to support.
The Warriors continued the start of the first game, and Curry continued to serve as a substitute. As soon as the first quarter came up, Barton hit a three-pointer, Jokic resolutely attacked the inside line, creating consecutive kills, hitting all four free throws, and the Nuggets started 7-0. Wiggins broke through the scoring drought, Poole also hit a three-pointer, the Warriors stabilized the situation, Jokic was aggressive, opening Green's defensive basket to score, personally 8 points in a row, the Nuggets led 11-7 to stop the Warriors.
Curry came on after a timeout, the Nuggets had a good offense today, with the two teams scoring alternately rising, Wiggins hitting two consecutive three-pointers and Jeff Green also hitting a three-pointer to give the Nuggets a 24-15 lead. Curry hit a three-pointer after a timeout, Porter also hit a three-pointer, and the Warriors trailed to a 21-26 stop for the Nuggets. After the timeout, Poole scored another jumper, Porter scored on a layup, and the Warriors played a wave of 10-0, and the Warriors trailed by one point 25-26 in the first quarter. Jokic had 12 points and six rebounds in the first quarter to dominate the interior, while the Warriors' Wiggins had eight points and Poole had seven points.
As soon as the second quarter came up, the two teams continued to cling to the score, Klay scored 4 consecutive points, and the Warriors chased to 29 draws. Back from the timeout, Cousins scored five straight points, Morris hit a three-pointer, and the Nuggets took a 37-31 lead to stop the Warriors. After this timeout, Morris scored again, the Warriors offense was in trouble, and after Morris scored on the layup, the Nuggets led by 12 points at 43-31. Bjelica scored from the basket, Poole scored quickly, Kleikon scored, the Warriors played a wave of 6-0, Morris took the ball to vent to eat the technical offender, Curry hit a free throw, and the Warriors chased only 5 points.
The Warriors continued to chase the points, Curry glided to score on a layup, followed by a strong hit jokic, and the Warriors played a wave of 13-0, 44-43 to stop the Nuggets. After the timeout, the Nuggets stopped the decline, but the Warriors quickly regained their strength, curry hit a series of difficult three-pointers, and the Warriors led 57-49. At halftime, the Warriors led 57-51.
Off the bench, Curry scored 16 points on 6-of-8, Poole had 14 points and six assists, Wiggins had eight points and four rebounds and Klay had 10 points. On the Nuggets side, Jokic had 16 points and seven rebounds, Barton had 10 points and Morris had nine points.