On April 28, Beijing time, the Warriors defeated 102-98, so that the Nuggets eliminated their opponents with a 4-1 score to advance to the Western Conference semifinals. In the unyielding fighting spirit of the Nuggets, once let the Warriors once trail 10 points 56-66, and even entered the final quarter to fall into a passive 70-78, and finally be able to complete the reversal, behind Curry's excellent play, Kerr's "abandonment of one person" is the key.
Curry led the Warriors 30+5+5+2 to reverse the Nuggets to advance
The loss of the last game allowed Kerr to make adjustments, Curry returned to the starting team to directly put out five small lineups, and Zhuge Malone gave a response, the whole team resolutely attacked the Warriors' interior line, resulting in the result, the Warriors rebounded 37-50 lost 13, the inside score score 40-52 lost 12 points, this is the key to their once 10 points behind, how to resolve the dilemma? Curry took the lead.
First, Curry's unsolvable play.
Curry hit two three-pointers in a row
Wiggins and Dream Green scored consecutive points, but the Warriors still trailed 61-68, Curry's right arc top three-pointer, as shown in the picture, the front arc top of the second three-pointer, the left arc top three-pointer continued, and the individual three-point combo helped the team chase to 70-71. Cousins played well to help the Nuggets enter the final quarter 78-70, and the final quarter went to 10 minutes, and Curry's key foul was one of the important turning points of the game.
Curry made Jokic's 5th offense
In the first three quarters of the game, Jokic has been fouled 4 times, the last quarter has just appeared, the result is as shown in the picture, Curry strong when a sharp brake caused Jokic's personal fifth offense, can only be forced to go down, which creates a great opportunity for the Warriors to counterattack.
Note that at the crucial moment, Kerr made an important adjustment, he replaced Poole with Peyton Jr., as for the reason:
Poole contributed only 8 points on 3-of-10 and 4-of-4 three-pointers in this game, with a poorly performed -6 on-field efficiency; in addition, he and Curry were on the field at the same time, and Payton became the fixed-point sniper that the Nuggets deliberately let go, he had a better defense, the effect:
Second, Cole abandoned Poole to replace Payton.
Poole's third three-pointer
When the 83-84 team was still one point behind, Poole blasted in his second three-point of the game to help the team rebound 86-84; About Teacher's personal continuous offense helped the Nuggets chase to a 90-90 draw, Payton received Curry's wonderful pass directly to the basket to take the lead again; Teacher Joe carried the team to 92-94, as shown in the picture, Payton's valuable three-pointer helped the Warriors lay a 5-point victory 97-92.
Third, Curry's final moments of "harvesting".
Curry made a layup to kill the game
Mr. Joo continued to carry the Nuggets tenaciously to chase, as shown in the picture, Curry almost killed the game with a layup at a critical moment, and he completely carried the victory into his arms in the Nuggets foul tactics in 4 free throws and 3 shots.
At this point, we look at the Warriors' big reversal, behind Curry's superstar leadership of 30 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, Kerr's abandonment of Poole in the final quarter to reuse Payton is one of the turning points.
1. Payton didn't just provide the defense the team needed, he also scored 10 points on 4-of-4 shooting (2 three-pointers), becoming a surprise player on the offensive end.
2. Payton played pure no ball, Poole needs to have a certain amount of ball, with Payton for the objective effect of Poole, the ball finally returned to Curry's hands, so we met curry in the MVP mode, completely controlling the end of the game.