On April 22, Beijing time, the Warriors played against the Nuggets away from home, and the Warriors are currently leading 2-0. Curry continued to come off the bench and Poole continued to start. Warriors starting lineup: Poole, Klay, Wiggins, Dream Chaser, Looney. Nuggets starters: Morris, Button, Gordon, Jeff Green, Jokic. About the teacher in G2 to eat twice the technical prisoner was expelled...
Nuggets coach Malone said the team must slow down: "In the first two games we tried to play fast, but the Nuggets are like a Ford classic car, the Warriors are like a Maserati, we have to slow down. Jokic also had to make adjustments in this game, and in the first two games of the series, when he faced Dream Green, he shot only 9 of 28 and only delivered three assists.
In the past two games, Jokic's plus-minus combined is -45, the lowest in the Nuggets, and no teammate can stand up! The Nuggets want to take back a city, and they have to solve the internal problems first: Barton and Cousins have infighting at G2, and the two have not responded to the reason for the dispute. Aaron Gordon shot 6-of-19 from the first two games and 1-of-7 from three-point range, averaging just 7.5 points per game.
Today the Nuggets made adjustments, and after the opening, they resolutely went to the basket to kill, and Looney received 2 fouls early. The Warriors stuck to their style of play, shooting 3-of-5 from three-point range and stopping the Nuggets 15-8. Halfway through the first quarter, the Warriors sent out the Death Five, and the Nuggets sent three guards to deal with it. The Nuggets' forward movement was too slow, and the first two games could not keep up with the Warriors' guard line.
In the first quarter, the Nuggets trailed by just two points 32-34. The two sides played a confrontation, with the Warriors 5-of-11 from three in the first quarter and the Nuggets shooting 3-of-4. Today, the teammates did not play randomly, and basically every attack would pass through the hands of The Teacher. In the second quarter, cousins took advantage of his physical strengths to force Bjelica and Porter under the basket, and slammed his hands!
The Nuggets' offense was good, shooting 53.5 percent from the field in the first half and 6-of-10 from three-point range. But it really can't stop the Warriors, when Cousins is on the floor, the Warriors rushed to the outside after blocking the demolition. When the Nuggets' three guards were on the floor, the Warriors began to force their shots under the basket. The Warriors shot 12-of-21 from three-point range in the first half and shot 57.1% from the field!
Payton Jr. shot 4-of-4 in the first two quarters, 3-of-3 from three-point range and scored 11 points! The Warriors were most accurate with Poole, who scored 6-of-8 at halftime and scored 16 points on 3-of-4 three-point range. In the first two games of the series, Poole scored 30 and 29 points respectively, and according to this, hundreds of millions of contracts did not run. With a super high shooting percentage from the outside, the Warriors led by 10 points at halftime 69-59.
Jokic scored 8-of-14 shooting in the first half, scoring 18 points and 8 boards, and Cousins slashed 9 points and 2 boards on 3-of-3 shooting! Yi bian fought again, the Nuggets continued the tactics of the first quarter, resolutely playing under the basket, chasing the dream Green to eat 2 consecutive fouls. The Warriors' death five-small shooting rate plummeted, the defense could not be defended, and the Nuggets played a 21-6 attack wave in the half quarter to complete the counterattack in one fell swoop.
The roof leaked during the overnight rain, and Poole injured his left hand when he landed on the basket. Fortunately, the problem was not big, and I took a few minutes off to reappear. With 4.5 minutes left in the third quarter, Green fouled Jokic, who complained that the penalty had taken another T. Teacher Yo should have controlled his emotions, the momentum was originally on the Nuggets side, and as a result, the Warriors took the lead again.
One thing to say, Gordon played well today, with three points and 0 shots in the first three quarters, perfectly executing the tactics of Coach Malone. The Nuggets scored 30 points in the third quarter, the Warriors scored only 18 points, and after the third quarter, the Nuggets led 89-87, and Klay scored 13 points on 5-of-9 shooting in the third quarter. Clay surpassed Ray Allen in three-point shooting in the playoffs to take the third place in NBA history.
In the fourth quarter, Klay continued to fire on the outside, and the Warriors once again took the lead, and the two sides were caught in a tug-of-war! Brin Forbes and Monte Morris are both 1.88 meters tall and weigh less, which is too bad on the defensive end. Murray can't play, which is the biggest shortcoming of the Nuggets lineup. 38-year-old Iguodala single-handed split 2+1, Miami Heat is going to call the police!
In the last 4 minutes, the two teams fought 109-109, so nervous! Wiggins once scored a three-pointer in the bottom corner, once fell to the ground to grab the front court board, Poole pulled the basket with high difficulty, and the Warriors regained the initiative! In the final minute, Curry singled out Jokic and hit a layup. Green's defensive end steals Jokic, one attack and one defense, the Warriors are stable!
At the end of the game, the Warriors beat the Nuggets 118-113, 3-0 on aggregate! Before this year's playoffs, the NBA had 143 times in its history to fall behind 0-3, and no team could turn the tables! Say goodbye to the Nuggets and Jokic! Poole 27 points, 3 boards, 3 assists, 1 break and 1 cap, Curry 27 points, 3 boards and 6 assists, Klay 26 points and 2 blocks, and the three brothers of Splash Tea cut 80 points!
Jokic had 37 points, 18 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals, Gordon had 18 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists, Barton had 13 points and Morris had 10 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists. The data of other players can be seen in the following two pictures! Congratulations to the Warriors!