On April 28, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued in full swing. The Golden State Warriors, who are currently 3-1 in the first round of the playoffs and have won series points, are back at home to accept the challenge of the Denver Nuggets. They are only one game away from reaching the Western Conference semifinals, and they can be said to have absolute leadership initiative. However, even though they have reached the edge of the precipice of life and death, the Nuggets have not shown any sense of decadence and have always maintained a very high level of promotion.
Jokic is still as strong as ever, and other role players in the team can also stand up in the moment of the team's crisis and help the team out of the predicament. In fact, a large part of the Reason the Nuggets were able to pull back a city in the previous G4 battle was the explosive data of Aaron Gordon, as well as Monte Morris and others. So, this time ushered in the key G5 battle, can the Nuggets still carry forward the high state of all soldiers? Let's move on.
Curry returned to the starting position and delivered 8 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist in 12 minutes of playing. At the same time, Clay also had a comprehensive stat of 6 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal, which helped the team play a 30-25 score and take a five-point lead. However, after entering the second quarter of the showdown, the Nuggets, who were in a state of backwardness, could also make a strong counterattack. Curry shot 1 of 3 in the second quarter, and Klay also sent a poor shooting rate of 1 of 4, allowing the Nuggets, who seized the opportunity, to recover the 5 points they had left behind in the first quarter with a 23-18 score.
At the end of the first half of the game, the two sides drew 48-48 and returned to the same running line. The Nuggets, who fought again and achieved good results in chasing points, followed the trend and successfully seized the initiative to lead the score. Jokic sent 6 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal in the third quarter with 100 percent shooting and four fouls in a single quarter. Barton, meanwhile, also had 9 points and 1 assist to help the team play a 30-22 score to take an eight-point lead.
In the final quarter of the decisive victory, the Warriors never chose to compromise, once playing a 16-6 single-quarter score, regaining the initiative to take the lead. In the final tiebreaker, the Warriors also stabilized the situation, successfully playing a 32-20 single quarter score, and won the game with a score of 102-98, advancing to the Western Conference semifinals with a big score of 4-1. Curry, who started for the first time in the playoffs this season, did well, sending 30+5+5 comprehensive stats in the nearly 38 minutes of playing, playing the technical level that the team leader should have.
However, we have to admit that the Nuggets' star Jokic also performed very well in this game. In the time of playing 32 minutes, he delivered a luxurious quasi-triple-double with 30 points, 19 rebounds and 8 assists, which is really worthy of being a regular season MVP player and playing absolute dominance on the inside. But in fact, the Nuggets' bench center Cousins also played the peak technical level in this game: only played 15 minutes, and also delivered 19 points and 4 rebounds! Cousins said he would never go back, but he proved his worth on the offensive end of the offensive end in his final game of the season for the Nuggets.