Beijing time on April 28, today, the NBA playoffs continue, the West ushered in a focus battle, the Nuggets away challenge the Warriors, the first quarter, the two teams fought difficult points, the Warriors led the opponent 30-25 by 5 points. Entering the second quarter, Gordon and Jokic continued to play, under the leadership of the two, the Nuggets tied the score, halftime, the two teams fought 48-48, Jokic half-time 9, cut 12 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists, Gordon 15 points and 5 rebounds; Curry 10 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists Poole 8 points and 3 assists, Klay 9 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.
Easy side to fight again, Jeff Green dunked first to take 2 points, Wiggins mid-range also in color, followed by Barton and Morris and Jokic to score 7 points, the Warriors side, Green and Wiggins scored 4 points, Morris more and more courageous, three points and one arrow through the heart, the Warriors were stopped. Timeout back, Jokic consecutive free throws to score 4 points, dream dunk also in color, soon, Barton strong kill under the basket, Wiggins first caused Jokic to foul two goals, and then assisted in the dream chase three points, just one round, Wiggins caused Jokic foul 2 of 1, the Nuggets side, Barton fast attack finally won.
But Curry scored two three-pointers in a row, and the Nuggets were stopped, and the point difference was only 1 point. After the timeout, Barton's three-pointer fell, Curry was not willing to show weakness, three points to stop bleeding, but Cousins scored 4 points in a row, and after only one round, Cousins pressed the whistle three points into the account, the third quarter ended, the Nuggets led the opponent by 8 points 78-70. In the final quarter, Klay scored 2 points from mid-range first, and Porter also shot down three points, but Barton immediately made a foul to shoot two goals, the Warriors played the feeling, Payton's wonderful pass chased the dream dunk, Cousins was bold, and the mid-range splashed.
After Poole returned the shot, Cousins threw another shot, but Clay felt warm, scoring two points from mid-range and suspending the game. The timeout came back, and Payton completed the counter-attack with three empty points. In the last 4 minutes or so, Clay won 2 points under the basket, Jokic made two free throws to stop the bleeding, Curry also had a mid-range, and Jokic hit the basket again. In the decisive moment, Jokic equalized the score, Payton strongly killed the basket to rebound, and then, Gordon made a fatal mistake, Curry strongly killed the basket, Jokic broke through the bleeding, but Payton also had three points, Curry made a final decision on the layup, and in the end, the Warriors narrowly won the Nuggets 102-98 and advanced to the Western Conference semifinals 4-1.
In this game, Jokic was a god and tried his best, he shot 12 of 18, slashed 30 points, 19 rebounds and 8 assists; Gordon was 5 of 11, with 15 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists, and finally the mistake buried the game; Barton 14 points and 2 rebounds; Morris 14 points and 6 assists; Cousins 8 of 12, with 19 points and 4 rebounds, became the team's fig leaf; the Warriors, Curry was 10 of 22, with 30 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists; Poole had 8 points and 4 assists; Klay was 5 of 13, contributing 15 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals Payton had 15 points and three rebounds; Green had 11 points and six assists; Wiggins had 12 points and five rebounds.
In this game, Jokic's injury became the trigger for the game, and if he could stay on the field in the early fourth quarter, the outcome of the game could change. Gordon's performance in this game was disappointing, he could not be Jokic's right-hand man, Jokic's performance is worthy of the city of Denver.