On April 28, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and the Warriors will meet the Nuggets at home, starting the series G5 game, and the Warriors led 3-1 in the first four games. According to Chalania, the Warriors plan to return Curry to the starting lineup in today's game, and the starting five Tigers will be Curry, Poole, Thompson, Wiggins and Dream chaser. It will also be the first time the Warriors' new Death Five squad has started.
In the first four games of the playoffs, Curry, who returned from injury, played 28 minutes per game, contributing 27.5 points, 3 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.5 steals, shooting 51.4% from the field and 38.9% from three-point range. Warriors reporter Slater forwarded Charlania's report, writing: "This is the first time the new five have started together, and in this series, the lineup has spent 32 minutes, accumulating 26 points against opponents, 29 points at home and 3 points on the road." ”
If you use the score of 100 rounds to analyze, the first two games, the offensive efficiency of this lineup is 204.3, the defensive efficiency is 75, and the 129.3 points won in 100 rounds are very crazy; in the last two games, the offensive efficiency of this lineup is 119.6, the defensive efficiency is 134.9, and the 100 rounds loss is 15.3 points, which is average. What kind of performance will the new five small children perform when they start for the first time? Let's wait and see.
Speaking about this new five squad earlier, Curry said: "When we use this lineup, we can't foul. We have to play without foul play, grab rebounds, and take advantage of speed. In this case, we can play a superpower. You have to assume that the Nuggets are going to put us in a difficult position because we're shorter than each other, and they're likely to respond to that. But in this case, we can still do what we can control, just be smarter on the defensive end. ”
Warriors reporter Burke also said that if Looney is not in the starting lineup, who will absorb the early fouls of the dream chaser. In the G3 match, chasing dreams ended up with 5 fouls (Looney 4). In the G4 game, Dream chased six fouls with 2 minutes and 5 seconds left with the game left (Looney 2 times). Dream chasing is smart, but he could be a target for the Nuggets.
One piece of bad news for the Warriors is that Iguodala will miss today's game due to a left cervical disc injury, and the Warriors will re-evaluate his injury next Thursday (Beijing time). That means he's going to be on a break for at least a week, and reporter Slater said Iguodala will miss the rest of the game against the Nuggets and could miss the start of the second round if the Warriors advance in the first round. Commenting on Iguodala's absence from the G5, Kerr said: "Neck problems bother him again. He was disappointed not to be able to play. This is a huge loss for us. ”