On April 28, Beijing time, the first round of the NBA playoffs continued to unfold, the Warriors returned to the home court against the Nuggets, they are currently leading 3-1, as long as they win today will advance to the semifinals. Another focus of the Warriors' first round was when Curry returned to the starting lineup, and finally in the G5 game, Kerr made the decision to change the lineup.
According to Shams, Curry will return to the starting lineup today in G5 with the Nuggets, with Looney returning to the bench. This is also a bit of a surprise, after all, Kerr did not remove Poole, but directly removed Looney, from which it can be seen that Poole has gained the trust of the team and sat firmly in the starting lineup of the team. This time the team directly put out the new death five small lineup, it seems that Kerr is trying to grab a perfect start, which is also the first time that the new death five small team started together.
For this change, Warriors fans can wait a long time, the past 4 games Curry has been playing as a substitute, which is still very rare for a team leader. Here, have to admire Curry, everything is for the benefit of the team, really too selfless. For this new five-small lineup, Curry also said: "We must play without fouling, do a good job of grabbing the board, and take advantage of speed. ”
Curry still sees it very thoroughly, this lineup has advantages and disadvantages, and it must be used to play the advantages, otherwise it will be in trouble. In this series, the lineup played together for 32 minutes, outperforming the opponent by 26 points (including 29 points at home and 3 points on the road). Obviously, this lineup is not mature enough, it will take some time to run in, this time directly to start them, but also to speed up the run-in speed, so that they can have a better performance in the next game.
At present, the Warriors are leading 3-1, this time it is a home battle, I believe they will definitely end the series here, so that they can eliminate the opponent 4-1, advance first, and get some rest time, patiently waiting for the opponent to appear. The Warriors' next-round opponents will be the winners of the Grizzlies and Timberwolves, and the big score between the two teams is the Grizzlies' 3-2 lead.