On April 25, Beijing time, the Nuggets narrowly defeated the Warriors 126-121 at home, and the total score was chased to 1-3, refusing to be swept. Mr. Jo played 38 minutes, shooting 14-of-21, 3-of-5 from three-point range, 6-of-6 from the free throw line, and scored 37 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists. This is the eighth 35+5+5 in the playoffs, and the rest of the Nuggets' history has only been seven.
In the last eight seconds of the final quarter, the Nuggets led by two points 123-121, and the teacher cleverly passed Barton in the bottom corner, who killed the game with three points. Prior to that goal, Barton was 1-of-6 and 1-of-4 from three-point range, but Jokic gave his teammates full trust. Barton's plus-minus is only -12, the lowest in the team, if it were not for this three-pointer, it would have been a meeting!
Speaking about the pass after the game, Mr. Yo said: "I played with Monte Morris, I wanted to single Looney in the last round, but I saw the rest of the Warriors come to assist, and there was a space in the bottom corner. "Murray and Porter Jr. don't fight, Jokic is both a father and a mother, leading the team against the Warriors alone, what else can you ask him to do?"
The Nuggets finally stepped up to help the teacher share the pressure, with Monte Morris shooting 7-of-11 from the field, 5-of-7 from three-point range and 5-of-5 from the free throw line with 24 points and five assists. Aaron Gordon played aggressively, shooting 5-of-11 from the field, 1-of-3 from three-point range and 10-of-13 from the free throw line for 21 points, six rebounds and four assists. In the first three games of the series, Gordon combined to just seven free throws.
With 33.5 seconds left in the final quarter, the Warriors trailed by two points but had the ball and a chance to overtake or tie. But Porter made a suicide mistake on the sideline, and Rivers Jr. snatched his mouth in the air, which led to The Bottom Corner three-pointer from Barton. If it wasn't for the last 2 minutes of dreaming Green's 6 fouls to leave the field, this time the sideline ball should be sent by him.
With plenty of offensive time, why did the Warriors send the ball to the basket? Cole responded after the game: "I want to grab an attack quickly, if I steal to tie the score. In this way, after the Nuggets' final attack, the Warriors still have the opportunity to kill. "Looking at it this way, you can't blame Porter for making a mistake on the sideline, because that's how Kerr laid it out...
Cole continued to make Poole start and Curry to come off the bench. As a result, The tea brother turned off the fire, played 39 minutes, 3 of 10 shots, 1 of 5 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, 11 points, 2 boards, 9 assists and 3 steals. Curry played 37 minutes off the bench, shooting 10-of-23, 3-of-11 from three-point range, 10-of-14 from the free throw line, 33 points, 3 boards, 8 assists, 4 blocks, and 1 cap.
Curry scored 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting in the final quarter, and the form was fiery! But that sideline ball tactic, Kerr actually did not arrange for Curry to receive the ball. Curry conceded four free throws in this game, setting a career record for single-game free throws. Curry singles Cousins in the last quarter, 3+1! Curry has a new way of celebrating, how does it look weird?
Klein also tried his best, playing 31 minutes, shooting 12-of-20, 7-of-11 three-pointers, and 1-of-2 from the free throw line, scoring 32 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals. After 1034 days, Clay once again cut 30+ in the playoffs. The Splash Brothers teamed up with 65 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists to get back to the top! So far in the series, Clay has averaged 24.5 points per game and shot 50% from three-point range!
In this game, the two teams combined 58 fouls, setting a new NBA playoff foul record, totaling 68 free throws.