On April 28, Beijing time, the Warriors returned to the first round of G5 battle at home, they fell into a bitter battle in the first two quarters and could not gain the upper hand, even if they once achieved a 7-point advantage, but only scored 18 points in the second quarter, and were briefly overtaken, and the first half was tied with the Nuggets 48-48. The Warriors' 7-20 free throw counts in the first half were 13 times short and their rebounds were 10 times less than 19-29, which were the reasons they struggled.
When the Warriors took the lead in the series to take a 3-0 overall lead, even if they were pulled back by the Nuggets in Game 4, the outside world is still generally optimistic about the Warriors' promotion, especially that they are expected to return to the home game in the G5 game to solve the battle. The Warriors re-let Curry play the starter this game, which is also Curry's first start in the playoffs this year, and the Warriors started with the "New Death Five" for the first time in the playoffs, once leading the team to a seven-point advantage in the first quarter, and leading the Nuggets 30-25 in the first quarter.
Only in the second quarter, the Warriors fell into a slump on the offensive end, especially at one point in the middle of the time for up to 4 minutes, and the Nuggets repeatedly made kills in the inside to chase points, and briefly surpassed the score in the second quarter. With Thompson hitting his first three-pointer of the game, the Warriors tied the Nuggets 48-48 in the first half.
The Warriors had just 10 points in the first half, one in double figures, Anderson scored 9 points on 2-of-6, Dream Green had just 2 points on 1-of-6, Wiggins had 6 points on 2-of-4 and Poole had 8 points on 3-of-6 shooting. In contrast, the Nuggets scored in double figures, With Gordon scoring 15 points on 5-of-8 and Jokic scoring 12+12+5 on 5-of-9.
The Warriors struggled in the first half, and two major links were at the back burner:
First, the Warriors lost 13 free throws 7-20 and scored seven points less from the free throws 6-13.
Second, the Warriors lost 10 rebounds 19-29 and 4 fewer offensive rebounds 4-8.
(Text/Drunken Floating Life)