Curry is back on the starting line.1
The Golden State Warriors returned home with a 3-1 lead, and Steven Curry also lifted the playing time limit and should return to the starting lineup, but Poole's performance was there again, and it was not reasonable to win the start. As a result, Cole ushered in a change of lineup in the fifth game of the series, directly posing the three-guard lineup of Curry + Clay + Poole, and then partnering Wiggins and Dream Green, which is also the new version of the death five in the mouth of fans. Obviously, the Warriors don't want to spend the night dreaming too much, and want to end the series.
The Denver Nuggets forcibly pulled back a city, and the series scored to their favorite 1-3 deficit. In the playoffs two years ago, the Nuggets trailed 1-3 consecutively to complete a big reversal, making the Jazz and Clippers a backdrop. But the Warriors aren't the Clippers and Jazz, and it's not so easy to make them a backdrop.
Jokic gave it his all
Back to the starting lineup of Steven Curry, the offensive desire is very strong, the first quarter of the shot 8 times, including 5 three-pointers, got 8 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, Poole is 6 points and 1 assist, Wiggins 6 points 1 block, Klay 6 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal, the Warriors blossom more, 30 points in a single quarter, the Nuggets are Jokic and Gordon duo turn, the two team together to get 18 points, the whole team only 25 points into the account. After returning from the second quarter, the Warriors suddenly fell into a scoring drought, starting the five Tigers with a total of 7 points, and the whole team only scored 18 points.
The Nuggets seized the opportunity, Cousins had 8 points and 3 rebounds, Jokic also had 6 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block, and the team scored 23 points in the single quarter and trailed to a 48-48 draw at the end of the half. In the second half, although Curry got 9 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, Green also had 7 points, 2 assists and 1 steal, but the Warriors still only had 22 points in a single quarter, and the Nuggets bombed 30 points, and still in the case of 4 fouls in Jokic's single quarter, but fortunately, Jokic did not have a foul in the first half, and the Nuggets took an 8-point lead.
In the final quarter of the game, the Warriors scored five consecutive points to narrow the gap, Jokic just came on the court, immediately received a foul, and then Cousins came on 3-of-2 shooting and then scored 4 points. Klay hit a back-up shot, Porter Jr. also had a three-pointer, Klay scored a layup, and the Warriors scored a 7-0 small climax to surpass the Nuggets by 4 points. At the crucial moment, Jokic scored four consecutive points to keep the suspense. Payton Jr. scored the box, Gordon made a mistake, Curry scored a layup, and the Warriors once again took a four-point lead with only 1 minute and 33 seconds left.
Jokic didn't give up, took the ball to the basket and threw a shot. Payton Jr. still had three points left, and Jokic turned to hook his hand to keep the suspense. Inside the library, the bag clip was successfully basketed, and there were only 29.9 seconds left. Jokic missed three points, the Nuggets could only foul, Curry had two free throws, Jokic continued to score under the basket, Curry hit two free throws, and Morris scored on a layup. The final whistle sounded, and the Golden State Warriors narrowly defeated the Denver Nuggets 102-98 to advance to the Western Conference semifinals by a 4-1 score in the series.
The Warriors advanced to the semifinals
Jokic really tried his best, and under the situation of five fouls on his back, he still scored 10 points in the last quarter, shooting 12 of 18 from the field, and got 30 points, 19 rebounds and 8 assists, an absolute MVP level performance. However, in this game, Jokic's best helper was just Cousins on the bench, playing 15 minutes, 8 of 12 shooting, 19 points, 4 rebounds and 1 steal. Gordon had 15 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists, and did not score a single point in the second half. Barton and Morris are both 14 points, and such a performance obviously can't help Jokic.
Steven Curry came to the first game of the start, 10 of 22 shooting, 5 of 11 three-pointers, 30 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, as for Poole, who only played 25 minutes and had 8 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists on 3-of-10 shooting. Curry is back in the starting lineup and Poole is destined to make sacrifices. Clay 15 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 steals, 1 block, Wiggins 12 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Chasing Dream also had 11 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 blocks, and Payton Jr. on the bench became a surpriser, scoring 15 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block on 6-of-8 shooting, and 10 points, 3 assists and 1 steal on 4-of-4 shooting in the last quarter.