35+13+5！ Jokic is too strong, Curry is doing his best, and the Warriors prove that they have the quality to win the championship
NBA regular season, the Warriors away to challenge the defending champion Nuggets, this is the first time that Curry and Jokic have met this season, both sides have core players absent, the Warriors lack dreams, the Nuggets lack Murray, both are absent due to injury, after the competition, the Nuggets narrowly defeated the Warriors 108-105 under the leadership of Jokic, Curry shot three points, but missed the layup.
The Warriors and the Nuggets are both Western giants, the former is the 21-22 league champion, the latter is the 22-23 champion, although the current Warriors are not as strong as before, but in the face of the Nuggets they are bound to continue to show themselves, and the Nuggets have a clear goal, that is, they want to beat the Western giants, get self-confidence, from the beginning of the game, the Nuggets showed the championship style, under the leadership of Jokic played an 11-2 dream start, the Warriors started slowly, however, as the game deepened, they slowly found their state, Relying on breaking through the interior line to continue to narrow the score, in the second quarter, the Nuggets once expanded the difference to more than 10 points again, at which point Curry stepped up, and he used three points to help narrow the difference to single digits.
In the second half, Curry and Klay hit three points in a row, Paul led the bench to also make a good contribution, the Warriors directly overtook the score, the game between the two teams fell into a white heat in the final quarter, Jokic dominated the game, and won consecutive singles, the Warriors used more teamwork to score, Curry three points helped the Warriors narrow the difference, Jokic missed two free throws to give the Warriors a chance, but unfortunately Curry missed the layup, the Warriors could only use foul tactics, Jackson gave the Warriors a chance again, two free throws and one hit, Klay exceeded the tie and missed the three-point bias, The Warriors lost the game.
Judging from the whole game, the Nuggets and the Warriors did their best, but the Warriors didn't seize the opportunity, Jokic is still the brightest star on the court, playing 36 minutes, 14 of 25 shots, 1 of 8 three-pointers, 6 of 10 free throws, and a game-high 35 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 1 block. Reggie became the best player next to Jokic, with 20 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists, and Pope and Gordon also played well, but Porter was too sluggish, and if he could take on more offensive burdens, maybe the game would not be played to the end.
The best performance on the Warriors' side is still Curry, playing 34 minutes, 6 of 17 shots, 6 of 13 three-pointers, 5 of 5 free throws, 23 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal, in the game, Curry did a good job at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, but the team can help him score too few players, Klay, Wiggins performance is dismal, the only thing that can make fans happy is their bench, under the leadership of Paul, the Warriors bench group of five people got a total of 42 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists, Paul, Kuminga, Moody, The outstanding performances of Podemski and Davis have given the Warriors the ability to fight the Nuggets to the end, and it is foreseeable that the Warriors will have a chance to compete for the championship as Paul leads the bench to get better and better.