In recent seasons of the NBA Western Conference, the rise of the Nuggets is not expected by many fans, in the case of the team did not have a heavy reinforcement, Shengsheng relied on a second-round show to grow step by step into an MVP level player, leading the team to achieve a gorgeous turn, so that the Nuggets into the NBA strong team season, there is no doubt that the 19-20 season, in the playoffs against the Jazz and Clippers in the series, the Nuggets staged two consecutive rounds of the big score 1-3 in the desperate situation staged a shocking reversal , also left the fans with the impression of the king of adversity! This season, the Nuggets in the first round of the Western Conference series, encountered the Golden State Warriors who want to stage the return of the king, in the first two series battles between the two sides, the Warriors have achieved a 2-0 lead, the Nuggets' poor performance, let many fans ridicule that they are less than 1-3 will not play, then Jokic can lead the team to stage a good turnaround, it has become a hot topic of discussion among fans, personally believe that today's Nuggets have a big external problem and two major internal worries, the more courageous Warriors, Murray's injury and collapse mentality , make it difficult for them to escape the fate of being eliminated by the Warriors!
In competitive sports, the trend of the game depends largely on the momentum of both sides on the field, from the first two playoff games of the Warriors and nuggets, it can be clearly felt that the Warriors are getting braver and braver, not only curry who returned from injury played a very eye-catching personal performance, even the young player Poole let the fans see the ability to stand alone, and the personal performance of other role players, although not as eye-catching as Poole, has also achieved the effect of making the best use of their talents. The warriors will not give the Nuggets an easy chance to turn the momentum around.
And although the Warriors have not been in the playoffs in the past two seasons, they are a team with a championship background, the three-wheeled garage, Green and Klay Thompson are all stars with multiple championship rings, and head coach Kerr also has a wealth of playoff experience, these factors will make the Nuggets unable to solve the big external problem of the increasingly courageous Warriors.
As for the two major internal worries, the biggest impact on the Nuggets is the absence of the core of the backcourt Murray, and this is also the cause of the collapse of the mentality of the second largest internal worry team, Murray can not be absent, so that the Nuggets are completely immersed in the situation of Jokic's unique difficulty, in the case of other players can not play stably, the Warriors can unscrupulously go to the defensive end to pack Jokic, to mess up his mentality, so as to grasp the initiative of the game, the second game Jokic ate two technical fouls and was sent off, It was enough to see that he had been knocked down by the Warriors' offensive battle.
And the Nuggets' mental collapse is not only reflected in jokic, who has shown a helpless look many times, and the quarrel between Cousins and Barton directly on the sidelines between the second game can also fully illustrate the Nuggets' sense of powerlessness on the court up and down, as well as the anxiety generated, which are difficult to solve before Murray really returns in 100% state.
The crux of the internal and external troubles faced by the Nuggets is still Murray, only when Murray returns with full blood, Jokic can get effective support, and the Internal Worries of the Nuggets can be alleviated, thus suppressing the Warriors on the court, but Murray, who is missing a season, has almost zero probability of appearing on the court in a short period of time, which is why they are not optimistic that they can become the king of adversity again!