Beijing time on April 22, the NBA Western Playoffs first round of G3 competition between the Golden State Warriors and denver Nuggets continued, in this round of competition, the first two games were won by the Golden State Warriors, so this game moved to the Home of the Nuggets, if the Nuggets can not win at home, then the entire series will be very difficult for the Nuggets.
As a result, the Denver Nuggets lost 113-118 at home, and the whole series was basically gone. After the whole game, the Warriors' "splash brothers" played well, and the three of them played on the outside, making the Nuggets' defense almost like paper paste. Curry scored 27 points, three rebounds and six assists; Thompson had 26 points, one rebound and one assist, and Poole scored 27 points, three rebounds and three assists. On the Nuggets side, Jokic scored 37 points, 18 rebounds and 5 assists, but unfortunately fell short.
Before the start of this game, the Warriors had already led the Nuggets by a large margin, but at the beginning of the game, the Warriors' outside "splash brothers", Curry, Poole, and Thompson did not seem to have any intention of sparing the Nuggets. The Warriors' outside feel is very good, the warriors in the first quarter alone put in five three-pointers, shooting 61% from the field.
And the Nuggets, completely rely on Jokic; do shafts, singles, rebounds, for the Warriors' defense, Jokic is everywhere, just save Kiki has won 12 points and 6 rebounds of the data, but Jokic's style of play, can only be said to be tired, it is difficult to support the whole game down. And even though Jokic has done his best, the Nuggets still trailed by two points in the first quarter. From the second quarter of the game, the Nuggets let Jokic rest for half a quarter, and it can be seen from the Nuggets' physical distribution of his strength that the Nuggets rely heavily on Jokic.
And in the second quarter of the game, today's game is still the "sixth man" Curry, has been back between the super god and the super ghost, in this section of the game, Curry's unforced mistakes are relatively more, but he can still rely on his own three points and breakthroughs to create opportunities for the Warriors team and open the score gap, halftime, the Warriors 69-59 temporarily lead the Nuggets.
Obviously, the Nuggets do not want to give up easily, especially in the case of the third game is home, the Nuggets played a wave of small climax in the third quarter, today the Nuggets in addition to Jokic, the team's big forward, the uncrowned king of the dunk contest Aaron Gordon also stepped forward in the game today, although his data does not look so gorgeous, but the Nuggets' offense or defense, are inseparable from Gordon's figure. Especially in the third quarter of the game, Gordon's basket single-handed cover green's layup really boosted the morale of the team.
In the fourth quarter, it was a real duel, with both teams showing their highest morale and the score constantly drawing or alternating leading. At the critical moment, it was still the Splash Brothers, and the Nuggets' players were physically weak at the critical moment, and the Warriors' offensive routine was completely played, and the game ended.
After this game, the Nuggets fell behind the Warriors 0-3, it can be said that the rhythm of the series has been firmly grasped by the Warriors, but the series is not over for a day, the Nuggets can not give up lightly. The two-team game will continue to play at the Nuggets' home in the early morning of April 25th, and it will be time for the Warriors to sweep the Nuggets or say the Nuggets will pull back a city.
(Luo Treasurer)