On April 19, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and the Warriors played at home to meet the Nuggets. In the first game two days ago, the Warriors beat their opponents by 16 points. And today's game, Curry continued to be a substitute, Iguodala was suspended due to neck discomfort, Kerr posed a fixed start, Poole and Klay partnered Wiggins, Green and Looney. The game has two turning points, the middle and back of the second quarter, the middle and back of the third quarter, the first turning point, the Warriors completed the process from 12 points behind to 5 points, and the second turning point directly played the game. At the end of the third quarter, the camera gave Jokic a blank face, and Nuggets coach Malone also sat on the bench and covered his mouth, looking desperate. The score was finally fixed at 126-106, the Warriors won at home to the Nuggets, and the Warriors are currently leading 2-0 on aggregate, and the Nuggets have no power to fight back.
Let's start with the data. On the Nuggets side, Jokic had 26 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists, Button 12 points and 10 rebounds, Morris 12 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, and Hyland 12 points. On the Warriors side, Curry had 34 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Poole 29 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, Klay 21 points, Wiggins 13 points and 8 rebounds, Bjlitsa 10 points, and Green 6 points, 6 assists and 3 steals.
To start with Jokic, Jokic played very badly today. Played 28 minutes, 9-of-20, scored 26 points, and three turnovers and five fouls before being ousted in the middle of the fourth quarter. Jokic was slapped on the butt by Peyton Jr. during the game and turned to get angry, but was fortunately stopped by Poole and Curry. The Warriors only gave Looney 11 minutes today, and for the rest of the day, Bjelica and Green were in the No. 5 position, and the two men really mixed up Jokic very badly. Green played the number five, constantly exerting physical confrontation, this way of resisting Jokic in the next set, Jokic can score, but he will be very uncomfortable, and Green has been chattering. And Bjelica is smarter, he basically does not go to the inside line, just follow Poole to run empty cut, Jokic pulled out, the Nuggets inside the empty, Jokic guarded the inside line, the Nuggets outside the line must have a big vacancy. In this case, the Nuggets can only hope to open the feel on the outside, but the Nuggets only hit 13 three-pointers in the whole game today, so playing like this, can enter the rhythm of the Warriors.
The middle of the second quarter of the game was the first turning point of the day. Poole assisted Bjelica to eat the pie, Poole grabbed a counterattack, and Poole assisted Klein to cut a layup. When the Nuggets began to pinch Poole, Curry ate Jokic in a row to complete the layup. When the Nuggets began to circle with Curry, Green fed Cake Poole and Curry to hit three-pointers in succession, and then Poole back passed Clay to the basket, including Curry's change of direction to dry three-point single eat Barton, making the Nuggets players desperate, Barton angrily smashed the ball to vent his anger, but how to prevent the three brothers of Pu'er Tea? Poole holds the ball, Curry is on the right, Clay is on the left, the two often meet under the basket, and then continue to pull the defense in the opposite direction, Poole does not covet the ball, Green's strategy in the high position, plus Poole's own projection, according to the Warriors' playing style system, the Nuggets have 8 talents to be useful, Pu'er Tea is two people to hit, and there is a interference Green pass, a basket to do. But isn't that a joke? After the Warriors rebounded, Cousins and Barton also got into infighting.
The middle of the third stanza is another turning point. When Wiggins scored with jumpers and empty cuts in a row, when Green hit a three-pointer, the Nuggets were forced to expand the defensive area, at which point the Splash Brothers stepped forward to take over the game: Curry broke through the throw, then assisted Klay to step on the line for two long points, Green and Curry fed the cake continuously, and Klay's three-point rain began to rain again! Including Curry facing Jamie Green and slamming into that very beautiful 3+1, in the case of losing his balance, being blocked by his opponent, Curry can still enter, which is really a bit unreasonable! Curry just felt hot, Poole this side began again, three consecutive points, consecutive breakthrough assists to cut the empty cut of Bjelica on the basket, the point difference instantly to 20 points, what else is playing? The Warriors are not afraid of pinching, and they are not afraid of the fierce confrontation of the opponent, because now three people can project, four people can dominate the ball, all are the endpoint, and the Nuggets really have no way to limit.
In the middle of the fourth quarter, Jokic was really a bit pitiful for complaining about the referee's expulsion. Today Jokic did everything he could, but his teammates, and the Warriors, are not on the same level at all. And the Warriors today is not to show their full strength, after all, Curry is only a substitute, only played 23 minutes, and Klay and Poole feel very good, Kerr did not design tactics around a certain person, more emphasis is on the overall team cooperation. Including after the Warriors took a big lead, there were also some mistakes and played more casually. Kerr's biggest problem now is whether to take Curry into the starting lineup and let Poole play as a substitute in the next game. Or is it to continue to let Curry as a substitute, when the three brothers of Pu'er Tea are combined, suddenly exert their strength to continue to seek a run-in. The Warriors gradually revealed their champions and continued to cheer!