On April 19, Beijing time, today, the NBA playoffs ushered in a focus battle, the Golden State Warriors host the Denver Nuggets. In the first quarter, the two teams fought hard to score, and the Nuggets led their opponents by one point at 26-25. Entering the second quarter, the Warriors blossomed more points, Curry opened the scoring mode, halftime, the Warriors 57-51 led the opponent by 6 points, Curry 16 points and 3 rebounds in the half; Pooler 14 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists; Jokic 16 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists. The Warriors took advantage of the victory to chase and stretched the point difference to 16 points in the first nine minutes.
After that, Curry withdrew to stop the jump shot into 3 +1, Hyland arc top left three-point stop bleeding, but Wiggins immediately caused a defensive foul, Jokic complained that he also ate a technical foul, soon, Poole completed the steal, quickly attacked the empty three-point arrow through the heart, Forbes also has a mid-range, but Poole is bold, the bottom corner of the three-point splash, Cousins is not willing to show weakness, make up for 2 points into the account, but the Warriors can play everything, Belicha cut the basket and then score, Curry also scored 2 goals, the two sides you come and go, the three quarters of the war, The Warriors led their opponents by 20 points at 101-81.
Poole 27+4+8 in the third quarter, Curry 26+3+3 and Jokic 26+10+4. In the final quarter, Clay came up to hit three points, Rivers joined hands with Hyland to return two three-pointers, but Poole was unstoppable, strong to kill the basket to give and take, Rivers grabbed a quick attack and then advanced, and the game was suspended. Back from the timeout, Hyland rested due to injury, Jokic was expelled from the game again, Curry scored 3 points with a burst of free throws, Forbes arc top three points to stop bleeding, chasing dreams to block the demolition of the basket also, the point difference to 22 points.
In the last 6 minutes, Gordon strongly killed the basket under the dunk, Curry was like a god, turned over the mid-range play board blossom, Forbes hit 2 goals, Curry arced three points rain, the Nuggets were stopped. Back from the timeout, Curry had clocked in from work, Rivers scored 2 points on the board, the two sides came and went, and finally the Warriors won 126-106 to lead 2-0 on aggregate. In this game, the warriors' three brothers were too fierce, Curry came off the bench for only 23 minutes, 12 of 17, 5 of 10 three-pointers, cut 34 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, plus-minus +32 the highest in the game.
The outstanding performance also allowed him to set two major records, the first record, Curry's playoff total exceeded 3,000, becoming the first person in team history; the second record, Curry scored 20 points as a substitute again in four years, setting a Warriors record; Poole scored 10 of 16, 5 of 3-pointers, cut 29 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists; Klay made 9 of 19, contributing 21 points; Wiggins had 13 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists; Bjelica 10 points and 2 rebounds. For the Nuggets, Jokic scored 26 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists; Button had 12 points and 10 rebounds; Morris had 12 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists; Hyland had 12 points; and Cousins had 8 points.
In this game, the Warriors once again showed the championship background, defense and offense are much stronger than the opponent, the Nuggets in addition to Jokic, did not pose too much threat to the Warriors. With Hyland injured, it was even harder for the Nuggets to turn the tables, and unless Murray and Porter could return from the line of fire, Jokic was destined to be a round trip.