In this season's Western Conference, the Phoenix Suns have become the division champion in the eyes of many fans with their outstanding performances, but in the second game of the series with the Pelicans in the first round, the unexpected injury of Mamba's Manbuque has cast a shadow on their prospects for the title, and the Warriors, where the Splash brothers Curry and Klay Thompson are sitting, have also become the hot spots of the Western Conference champions, but if they want to return to the finals stage, they have to go through one bitter battle after another, and defeating the Nuggets in the first round is their most important task at the moment! In the first two playoff games between the two sides, the Warriors all defended the home honor, with a 2-0 score to the Denver Highlands away game, this game Jokic is still the Nuggets' best player, but the Nuggets' biggest problem is only he can rely on, while the Warriors are more blossoming, and finally with the excellent performance of the all-Sina flower fours Curry, Klay Thompson, Poole and Peyton Jr., the Warriors defeated the Nuggets 118-113 and took the lead in the series match point!
In the cruel competitive sports, no one will have pity on the court because of the opponent's injury, but they all take a more targeted defense and try everything to beat the opponent, and the Nuggets can't play in the case of the core of the outside line Murray due to injury, the only thing to rely on is Jokic, in the last game by the Warriors to break the mentality of the teacher, after returning to the home, came up with a more outstanding performance, in the case of the Warriors are crazy all the game, Jokic still hit 14 of his 22 shots in his 38.2 minutes of playing, contributing a full-fledged 37 points, 18 rebounds, five assists and three steals.
After About teacher attracted most of the opponent's defensive attention, but also created a lot of opportunities for teammates to shoot, the Nuggets had a total of four players scored in double figures throughout the game, of which the first two games of the uncorrown dunk king Aaron Gordon finally found his form, this game 13 shots 7-of-13 double-double data of 18 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists, which is also the reason why the Nuggets can fight with the opponent to the last minute.
Curry, who was injured in the final stage of the regular season, returned from the first round of the series, but was "deprived" of the starting qualification by head coach Cole, and curry, the MVP winner of the game, still gave Tea Jordan Pooler a substitute, watching the latter and his good brother Klay Thompson form the team's starting backcourt double gun, which also made many fans ridicule Cole for his own efforts to break up the Splash Brothers.
However, the Splash Brothers fell, the Wave Fours stood up, this game Klay Thompson and Poole three-pointers felt hot to support the outside fire of the starting lineup, of which Klay hit 6 three-pointers and cut 26 points, Poole also felt hot, 9 of 13 shots also scored 27 points, and substitute Curry and Payton Jr. also successfully joined the Wave Four Brothers with excellent projection performance, Curry came on as a substitute to contribute 27 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, Payton Jr. scored 11 points on 3-of-3 from three-point range, and the combined play of the four of them was the key to the team's victory.
After winning this game, the Warriors are only one victory away from the second round of the playoffs, and I hope they can solve the battle as soon as possible, after all, more bitter battles will increase the probability of injuries on the team, and only when all the staff are healthy can they hope to regain the lost championship throne!