In the first round of the playoffs, the Warriors challenged the Nuggets away, the Warriors continued their first two starts, and Curry continued to play as a substitute. After the start of the game, the Warriors took the lead, Thompson scored seven points alone, And Poole also had five points, and they led the team to a 15-8 lead. The Nuggets then got better, trailing by two points at the end of the first quarter at 32-34.
As the second quarter began, the two teams engaged in a tug-of-war, with Curry scoring six points in a row in the final minute, and the Warriors led by 10 points at 69-59 at halftime.
The Nuggets started the third quarter with an 11-2 counter-attack wave, and the Nuggets ended the third quarter with a two-pointer at 89-87.
The fourth quarter began with a three-pointer from Poole, thompson hitting a three-pointer and a 6-2 mini-surge to give the Warriors a head start. In the end, the Warriors won 118-113 and won the series points.
Curry, who came off the bench, shot 9-of-17 in 30 minutes, 3-of-9 from three-point range and scored 27 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, while other players Thompson had 26 points, Green had 6 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 block, 2 steals, and Poole had 27 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. The Nuggets have Jokic 37 points, 18 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals, Gordon 18 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block, Barton 13 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, morris 10 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals
After the match, a number of players set records. The Warriors' Green became the fifth player in history to deliver at least 200 steals and 10 triple-doubles in the playoffs, following Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Jason Kidd and LeBron James; Poole became the first guard player since the NBA and ABA merged (1976-77) to score at least 25 points and shoot more than 60 percent in three consecutive playoff games; Thompson made his playoff career three-pointers to 386 with six three-pointers. Surpassed the wheel (385) and occupied the third place in exclusive history. The Nuggets Jokic became the first player in Nuggets history to playoff 35+15+ in a single game