The NBA regular season continues, the Warriors welcome a battle with the Nuggets at home, and Kerr was interviewed before the game, saying that he would strictly control Thompson's playing time and was looking forward to Wiggins' performance. In terms of starting lineup, the Warriors are Curry, Thompson, Wiggins, Dream Green and Looney, the Nuggets are Pop, Brown, Porter, Gordon and Jokic, and Murray is absent.
In the opening game, Porter scored three points, Jokic made a layup, the Nuggets played fiercely, Wiggins responded with 5 points in a row, and then Curry made 3+1, the pace of the game was fast, the two teams were crazy against each other, Porter three points and, Wiggins responded again, Looney ate cake, Thompson jumper, and the Nuggets' side Pope kept scoring, the score of the two teams rose alternately, paused back Curry made a three-point foul, and all three free throws, Kuming added a basket, Wiseman ate cake, but although the Warriors are scoring, they can't prevent the Nuggets, Wiseman dunks in the air, DiVincenzo fired from the outside, the Nuggets were not to be outdone, how the bench Hyland shot, the Warriors couldn't defend him, and Jeff Green hit two three-pointers in a row, 34-40 in a single quarter The Warriors netted six points.
In terms of the first quarter, the Warriors' problem was that the rotation defense was too bad, like Poole and Kuminga were completely the Nuggets' cash machine, Wiseman had no problem with single defense, but there was almost no sense of assist. In the second quarter, both teams' shooting percentages began to decline, the Nuggets led by double digits, Wiseman threw a shot to stop the bleeding, Jordan Jr. became a surprise soldier and continued to score for the Nuggets, the Warriors rebounds were blown up, Hyland and Jamakogreen exchanged three points, Poole chopped, the Warriors fought back, and as a result, Porter scored three points, the gap quickly came to 15 points, Thompson's three points stopped the bleeding in time, Jokic responded with a jumper, Curry hit the board, it was Porter's turn to respond with a layup, and the Warriors repeatedly narrowed the point gap, but they were pulled away, and the Warriors were already 18 points behind at halftime.
The most terrifying thing about the Warriors is the third quarter, can they play the three crazy? Curry opened the game to make a three-point foul, Porter immediately responded to the three-pointer, Wiggins made a layup, Thompson fired from the outside, the Warriors tried to close the point difference, but the Nuggets always had someone step up to score, the point difference was still above 15 points, pause back to chase Green three-point shooting, Thompson three points continued, Wiggins three points and, the Warriors chased to single digits in waves, Gordon leaned back to stop the bleeding for the Nuggets, Thompson pulled the rod to respond, the Nuggets relied on Brown's three-point shot to stabilize the situation, the Warriors stubbornly fought back, Curry shot a three-point shot to finally tell, But the next round Curry walked, Poole hit one of two free throws, and Moody hit a three-pointer, but the Warriors still trailed by 10 points at the end of the third quarter.
Curry scored 10 points in the third quarter, and the Warriors did play a crazy trip, but they still couldn't stop the Nuggets, and Kerr was a little angry, shouting at the players during the timeout. In the final quarter, Porter made a three-point shot, Jordan Jr. made up the basket, the Nuggets again expanded the point difference, Wiggins and Wiseman made 2+1 in succession, Wiggins scored on the basket again, the mouth brother is really powerful, he led the Warriors to chase to single digits, and Pope three points to help the Nuggets stabilize the situation, Jokic leaned back to make 2+1, the Nuggets firmly controlled the situation on the court, although Curry and Thompson hit consecutive three-point shots, helpless time is running out, Jokic's long pass Brown dunks ended the suspense of the victory, Thompson equalized the three-point iron, In the end, the Warriors lost 123-128 to the Nuggets and could not come.
Looking at the game, the Warriors lost by four points, the first was poor defense, especially the first quarter of the game that made it too easy for the Nuggets to score, and the second team Wiseman, Poole and Kuminga were all holes. Second, the Warriors rebounded and lost too many frontcourt boards. Third, the Warriors make frequent mistakes, always making mistakes just when they are about to exert their strength. Fourth, the Warriors' top four scorers have a low shooting percentage. In terms of statistics, Curry had 34 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 turnovers, Thompson 16 points and 4 rebounds, Curry played well in the second half, but dug holes in the first half, and Thompson still needs to continue to find form. Wiggins hid deeply, with 23 points, eight rebounds, three assists and three steals. Poole had an embarrassing 7-point, 7-assist performance, Dreamgreen had 13 points, 2 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, and Looney had 4 points and 4 assists.
For the Nuggets, Jokic had 26 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists, Porter had 17 points and six rebounds, Hyland had 14 points and five assists, Brown had 20 points and five assists, Pope had 17 points and four rebounds, and Gordon had 10 points, three rebounds and three assists. I have to say that this is the Wild West, the Nuggets have a very strong roster this season, don't forget that Murray hasn't played today, the West is going to change, the Warriors can't be alone, and the Nuggets and Clippers are also top teams.