Beijing time on April 19, NBA Warriors in the first round of G2 game to defeat the Nuggets, the first half of the Nuggets can barely stabilize the situation, the third quarter of the Warriors played "brave three crazy", a moment of point difference was pulled open, and the Nuggets after the score was never able to chase back, the final score is 126-106, the Warriors won 20 points to win the first round of the playoffs 2 consecutive wins, Nikola Jokic can indeed bring a very high lower limit to the Nuggets, but there is no small ball configuration that keeps up with the trend, The Nuggets are really tired in chasing points...
Facing the "slow" Nuggets, the Warriors beat 20 points to regain the rhythm of their peak, their offense was unstoppable like mercury, the 54.8% shooting rate and 42.5% three-point shooting rate can prove this, and when the Warriors won 2 consecutive wins at the beginning of the first round, Jordan Poole's performance was amazing, he already has the qualifications to become Curry's successor, and more importantly, the current Warriors, they have 2 points that may make the other 29 teams in the NBA envious?
Jordan Poole was selected by the Warriors with the 28th pick in the first round of 2019, the 19-20 season was his rookie season, the Warriors lost Kevin Durant, injured Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry, it was a bleak season for the Warriors, 20-21 was Poole's second season in the NBA, the Warriors lost to the Lakers in the playoffs, he failed to enter the playoffs again, and the 21-22 season was Poole's third season in the NBA, he finally made the playoffs, he was in the first round of G1 In the G2 game, he scored 59 points on 19 of 29 shots, shooting 65.5% from the field and 58.82% from three-point range!
Poole's output performance is amazing, but in addition to Poole's performance, we must realize 2 points, one is that Stephen Curry is willing to play as a substitute for young players, NBA history so far, except for Curry, there should be no super giant can accept such a position at the peak, Curry and some super giants who like data are different, he is really fighting for the team, for winning, Curry may not be the strongest player in NBA history, but he is indeed one of the greatest players in NBA history.
The second is the insistence of the management, the Warriors in the 06-07 season are the team of the black eight, and then they ushered in Curry, Klay Thompson, Drummond Green, these 3 cores have currently won 3 championships for the Warriors, but due to injuries, the impact of technical shortcomings, in recent years, the trade Curry, Tang Shen, Green's remarks have always appeared, but in fact, the core lineup of the Warriors this season, that is still these 3, the difference is that their own selected Poole suddenly broke out in the playoffs....
In 2015, the Warriors won the championship, which was considered to be accidental and lucky, but the core lineup can last so long, the strong period is so long, the Warriors have a bit of the meaning of the NBA evergreen tree, the Warriors are like the previous Spurs, Curry is like Duncan, Poole's strong play may only be 2 games, but Curry's selflessness, management's persistence, this has really lasted for a long time, this is most of the stars, most of the teams can not do, and can appear in a team at the same time these 2 points, So how does that not make the other 29 teams in the NBA feel envious?