NBA playoffs G4, the Nuggets home to meet the Warriors, the previous three games the Warriors with Curry bench, Poole and Thompson and other core players broke out, completed the big score 3-0 lead, this game Nuggets has no way back, they in order to avoid having to make changes, after the competition, the Nuggets 126-121 narrowly beat the Warriors, rewriting the big score to 1-3, avoiding the sweep.
"Splash tea" is missing one of the three, and Curry and Clay have tried their best
Kerr felt curry's contribution to the team by playing as a substitute, so Curry continued to substitute in this game, which was the only time in his career that he played four consecutive bench games, from the perspective of the whole game, Curry is still the brightest star on the field, playing 37 minutes, shooting 10 of 23, 3 of 3 three points, 11 of 3, getting 14 free throws, getting 33 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 steals and 1 block, and scoring 15 points in the last quarter, but Curry is so performing, still unable to lead the team to win the game, which is regrettable In the face of the Nuggets' strong bag, Curry used a breakthrough to create a foul, and 14 free throws were Curry's new season high in recent seasons.
Despite Curry's loss of the start, he remains the Warriors' biggest threat point on the offensive end, the fourth time in his career playoffs that he has averaged 33 points and eight assists, an achievement second only to James, Jordan and West. With 10 hits from 14 free throws, it was also the only game in Curry's career in which he conceded four free throws in a single game. However, in the game, he tried his best, but the result was not satisfactory. Another core Thompson, played 31 minutes, shooting 12-of-20 and 7-of-11 three-pointers, with 32 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals.
Curry and Thompson scored 65 points together to fail to win, the reason is that Poole is too sluggish in this game, Poole only shot 10 times in this game, with 11 points, 2 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals, the data is good, but the offensive end gives the team too little help, the Warriors can beat the Nuggets in the first three games, the "splash tea" combination is indispensable, this is obvious, Poole's offensive end is weak, resulting in the Warriors can not finally win the game.
The Warriors lost for another reason
The Warriors lost to the Nuggets in this game for two reasons, one of which is: Green did not limit the Nuggets' inside line, as last season's MVP, Jokic's ability is beyond doubt, but in the first three games, the Nuggets lost to the Warriors by 16 points, 20 points and 5 points respectively, Jokic was very depressed, in the second game was once expelled, under Green's strict defense, Jokic's assists fell seriously compared to the regular season, the error rose, and in the first two times, Green only fouled Jokic. Jokic had 37 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists in this game, although there were 7 turnovers, but the main defense of his Green suffered 6 fouls to leave the court, coupled with Cousins's sudden outbreak, and the Warriors lacked a defensive core at key moments, failing to limit the Nuggets' interior offense.
Second, the Nuggets outside the feel is equally hot, if the Nuggets in this game inside the line is strong, then their outside line is also powerful, although the Warriors' three-pointers have been ranked in the top of the league, but this game, the Nuggets' three-point shooting is also eye-catching, the whole team shot 15 of 31, the shooting rate reached almost 50%, there are 6 players hit three-pointers, the young Man Heyland and the main point guard Morris shot 3 three-pointers and 5 three-pointers respectively, Jokic also has three three-pointers into the account, in such a powerful firepower, there is no Poole support, The Warriors ultimately failed to withstand their opponents' offense.
Cole said about the game after the game, he said: The players are very hard, just the execution is not enough, too excited to let me out of the game, our state is still a little slow, plus, the whole game, feel that we have been fouling, sent an opponent 36 free throws, there were a lot of unnecessary mistakes, especially in the last 30 seconds, that sideline ball mistake, it is really too hurtful, sharing the ball is not the opponent did well, we have too much dribbling, did not share the ball to the opponent, let the teammates complete the attack.
Kerr summed up the problem and objective, the Warriors in the case of a 3-0 lead in the big score, some pride in their hearts, as if they have become proud soldiers, too many singles hurt the team, the main reason why the Warriors are strong this season, the main reason is that they share the ball to do well, but in this game they forget their advantages, use their own weaknesses to fight against the opponent's strengths, and obviously waiting for them is only to lose, this game loss is good news for the Warriors, so that they have enough time to adjust the team, Fight for the next game to end this series.