In the case of a 3-1 lead in the series, the Warriors G5 returned to the home court to meet the Nuggets, even though the Warriors were passive for most of the time, but in the end, the Warriors laughed to the end, eliminating the Nuggets 4-1 by a large score and advancing to the next round.
Throughout the game, the Nuggets fought to the last minute, Jokic bombed a quasi-triple-double of 30 points, 19 rebounds and 8 assists, which can be described as a defeat.
The Warriors not only show the strong depth of the lineup, but Curry, who returned to the starting lineup, also proved with actions why he is the absolute core of the team, and the gap between Pooler and him cannot be completely hidden.
Curry missed the final month of the game due to injury problems in the regular season, which gave Poole a stable starting position.
In addition, after Curry returned from injury, the Warriors were very cautious and had strict restrictions on Curry's playing time, so they still let Poole play as the starter, and Curry played as a substitute.
At that time, such a play arrangement was controversial, because in the NBA, a fiercely competitive league, the superstar has an absolute right to speak in the team, and the starting position directly means the status and face of a player, and no superstar player will be willing to play a rookie substitute.
As a result, Poole broke out in G1, sweeping away the doubts of the outside world, but some fans began to ridicule Curry's choice of playing off the bench, jokingly calling it "Little Poole".
As G2 and G3 Pooler continue to storm, Curry still plays the role of a substitute, in fact, there is no time limit for playing in G3 Curry, but he still plays as a substitute.
Coupled with the fact that the team has been winning, the chemistry is very stable, Kerr has no way to take the initiative to break the good situation, Curry played on the bench again in G4, this time Poole finally turned off the fire, and the Warriors regretted losing the game.
This gave the Warriors a reason to change sides, Curry successfully returned to the starting lineup, but it was not Poole who was squeezed out of the starting lineup, but big center Looney, and Kerr directly let the small lineup start in G5.
From the performance of G5 in the first half, it is not difficult to see that the Warriors' small lineup is obviously at a loss, and Kerr is still unwilling to take Poole out of the starting lineup, which shows the Warriors' preference for this new star.
Even so, in the two games of G4 and G5, the huge gap between Poole and Curry was exposed.
If you look at the performance of the first three games, Poole's data and role seem to be on par with Curry, scoring 30 points, 29 points and 27 points respectively.
But in the game between G4 and G5, Poole's state has dropped sharply, and he has only scored 19 points in 20 shots, and Poole's decline is actually expected, because Poole's positioning has always been a strange soldier, and the opponent will not make any targeted defensive arrangements for him.
But after he delivered explosive performances in three consecutive games, the Nuggets began to pay attention to him, and made a series of targeted defensive arrangements, and It was naturally difficult for Poole to continue the magical performance.
On the other hand, Curry has long been a top superstar with success, as long as he faces a targeted defense on the field, and even faces 2 or even 3 people for a long time, even if there is no ball, he is also stared at dead.
Even so, Curry handed over an impressive performance in the two difficult games of G4 and G5, scoring 63 points in 45 shots and 30 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals in this game.
In the entire series so far, Curry has averaged 30.2 minutes per game in five games, and can deliver 28 points, 3.4 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 1.4 steals.
This game is also the epitome and display of Curry's personal style and ability, in the first half of the extremely unsmooth situation, in the second half as long as there is a glimmer of chance, Curry completed the harvest of the game, the second half bombed 20 points.
Because Curry plays without the ball in the Warriors' system a lot of times, many people mistakenly think that he is just a sharpshooter, but the fact is that even if Curry plays without the ball, the offensive threat is greater than the threat of many top players holding the ball.
And Curry's threat to hold the ball is even more terrifying, not only can it hit unreasonable three-pointers, but also its ability to handle the ball is also seriously underestimated, and Curry can average 6.3 assists per game in the playoffs so far in his career.
As Clay said after the game, Curry is a very special player, he is a unique player, it is difficult to see players like him in the future.
He is also the absolute leader of the Warriors, the MVP in the eyes of the team, without Curry, everything would be very difficult, he is irreplaceable.
The Wonders Payton Jr. also praised Curry after the game, admitting that Curry was like a top chef on the court and just handed everything over to him.
So even Poole's performance in the regular season and playoff parts looks the same as Curry's, and the overall performance is good enough.
But it's impossible to replace Curry, the two are completely different levels of players, and Poole still has a long way to go.
Fortunately, Poole is in such an extreme team team as the Warriors, with a core like Curry, whether it is the ability on the court or the person on the court, Poole can see Curry as a goal to keep catching up, believing that the 23-year-old new star will have an incomparably bright future.