The Warriors today won 102-98 at home to the Nuggets to advance to a series score of 4-1.
In today's game, Curry finally returned to the starting lineup, having played off the bench in the previous four games. Curry played 38 minutes, shooting 10-of-22 and 5-of-11 from three-point range, with 30 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals. It is worth mentioning that this is the 28th time in Curry's playoff career that he has 30 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in a single game, which is the second most in the league since he made his playoff debut in 2012-13, after James.
In addition, Curry hit five three-pointers today, the 49th time in his playoff career that he has hit at least five three-pointers in a single game, ranking first in history. In second and third place are Thompson (28) and Ray Allen (21), both of whom combined to tie Curry.
In this series, although Curry played off the bench in 4 games, he still played a superstar-level performance, averaging 28 points, 3.4 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game, shooting 50% from the field and 40% from three-point range, the only fly in the ointment was that the free throw shooting rate was not good, only 74.4%, far below his career playoff average (89.8%).
Curry is one of only a few superstars in the league today, and even when he was on the bench, he was still a superstar. Curry's role as a substitute, on the one hand, because he has just returned from injury, on the other hand, it is also a tactical consideration, because Poole's performance as a starter is very good, so he simply let Poole play the starter.
Poole, who played in the playoffs for the first time, did play well in his first three games, scoring 30, 29 and 27 points respectively, adding up to 86 points, second only to Chamberlain in team history. However, in the next two games, Poole's form was somewhat sluggish, scoring only 11 points and 8 points.
However, overall, Poole's first-round performance is still very strong, averaging 21 points and 5 assists per game, and the average score per game is second only to Curry and Thompson in the team, which is also worthy of the starting position.
Although Thompson has not played the playoffs in 3 years, this round of the first round of the series is also very powerful, averaging 34.4 minutes per game, can get 22.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.4 assists, shooting 50.5% from the field, shooting 45.8% from three-point range, and shooting 83.3% from the free throw line.
In the fourth game, Thompson also cut 30+, which can be described as a sword that is not old, and still has strong strength. Curry also cut 30+ in this game, but unfortunately the Warriors lost to the Nuggets and failed to complete the sweep, which is also the first time in curry and Thompson's careers that they have cut 30+ but lost.