Beijing time on April 22, today, the NBA playoffs continue, the West ushered in a focus battle, Denver Nuggets returned home to meet the Warriors. For the Nuggets, they have been behind 0-2 before, and there is no room for error in this game. In the first quarter, the two teams fought each other to solve the difficult points, and the Warriors led the opponent by two points at 34-32. At halftime, the Warriors took advantage of the chase to extend the point difference to 10 points, 69-59. Yi Bian fought again, the Nuggets began to fight back, under the leadership of Jokic, the third quarter ended, they successfully surpassed the Warriors by 2 points, the score was 89-87.
Jokic slashed 26 points, 16 rebounds and five assists on 11-of-17 in the third quarter, Curry made 7-of-12 for 19 points, three rebounds and four assists; Poole had 7-of-11 for 21 points, two rebounds and one assist; Klay was 8-of-13 with 20 points. In the final quarter, Poole came up to play 2+1, Cousins was fast-eyed, and the magic pass Jamekau-Green made a foul and made 2 free throws, but Clay felt hot, and it immediately rained three points, and the Warriors completed the counterattack. Since then, Jamekau Green has re-created fouls to score points, and Bjelica has scored two goals for fouls caused by defenders.
Soon, Porter quickly attacked the board with 2 points, Jokic and Gordon returned to the field, and after Gordon returned to the court, the bottom corner of the three points pierced the heart, and the Warriors were stopped. Timeout back, Curry put on the field, Clay came up to use the cover to cut down three points, Jokic did not want to show weakness and immediately returned a three-pointer, however, the Nuggets defense made a mistake, Iguodala flew into a 2+1 dunk, back, Jokic did not hesitate to let go, using the block to throw 2 points to stop the bleeding, and then hit 2 goals, Curry was bold, the right side of the arc splashed a splash, the point difference came to 4 points.
In the last five minutes, Jokic teamed up with Jeff Green to shoot four free throws, Curry also stood on the free throw line to score 2 points, and then Gordon scored 2 points for a foul under the basket. After just one round, Jokic called the wind and rain, broke through to score 2 points, and the Warriors were stopped. In the decisive moment, Wiggins's empty three-pointer finally blossomed, and then grabbed the key rebound, Poole forced the basket to score 2 points, Gordon appeared to have an offensive foul, Curry hit the board, the two sides came and went, and in the end, the Nuggets lost 113-118 to the Warriors, and the Warriors got the match point 3-0.
In this game, Jokic was a god of heaven, he was 14 of 22, cutting 37 points, 18 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals; Gordon was in a good state, 7 of 13, with 18 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists; Button had 13 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists; Morris had 10 points and 6 assists; Cousins had 3 of 4, 9 points and 3 rebounds; the Warriors, Curry had 27 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists of 9 of 17; Poole made a big surprise, 9 of 13, with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists; Klay was 10 of 18, contributing 26 points Payton had 11 points and 3 rebounds; Green had 6 points, five rebounds and 10 assists; Wiggins had 9 points and five rebounds.
In this campaign, Jokic showed his MVP true colors, but unfortunately the ball could not pass to his hands in the last moment, Gordon felt warm to help Jokic share a lot of pressure, in addition, the Nuggets' bench played a matching Warriors' intensity, so that Jokic got enough rest time, the Nuggets can only play in this way, everyone has to stand up to win the Warriors.