The Warriors and Nuggets G5 will be played at the Warriors' home stadium. At present, the Warriors are already leading 3-1. After losing the game at G4, Warriors coach Kerr will adjust the lineup this game, and Curry, who has come on as a substitute for four games, will return to the starting lineup. Nuggets head coach Malone said in an interview that the pressure is now on the Warriors' side.
Malone said: "The pressure is on their (Warriors's) side, they don't want to go back to Denver to play G6... Nobody thinks we have a chance to win, but we know what kind of team we are. Malone's words caused a heated discussion among fans, there is no pressure to fall behind 1-3, and there will be pressure to lead 3-1? The Warriors head coach is Kerr, not a minus 4!
If the Warriors are a young team, they will think more when they face promotion, they will suffer from gains and losses, and they may have pressure! But the Warriors can be said to have been through hundreds of battles and tested over the years, how can they be nervous and stressed? However, the Nuggets did complete several reversals while trailing 1-3. But such a situation, most likely will not happen to the Warriors.
Malone may have said this just to reduce the pressure on the team and let the team play, which is not wrong. But if the G5 Nuggets can't take it, Malone will be ridiculed for a long time. When Malone said this, some fans remembered Harden's remarks. Some fans joked: The last one to say so was Harden.
Remember the 2013-2014 season, Harden was still on the Rockets, and the Playoffs Rockets vs Trail Blazers. After the Blazers took a 3-1 lead, Harden led the Rockets to the G5 to make the score 2-3. Harden talked about G6 in an interview, and Harden said that the pressure was on the Blazers' side, which also caused a heated discussion among fans at the time.
Later, everyone knows that in the G6 game, Lillard hit a 0.9 seconds to eliminate the Rockets. Now that Malone has said such a statement, what kind of result will the Warriors vs Nuggets G5 be?