In the NBA playoffs, the second round of the Game between the Warriors and the Nuggets began again, Curry continued to sit on the bench, although the Nuggets once pulled the point difference under jokic's strong leadership, but the Warriors scored 70 points in just 19 minutes, laying the foundation for the victory, and finally the Warriors won 126-106, a big victory over the Nuggets by 20 points, the overall score of the series came to 2-0, and the Warriors' promotion hopes increased greatly.
Curry set three records, and the bench could not hide the light
To be able to defeat the Nuggets again, Curry is indispensable, the whole bench played less than 23 minutes, 17 shots hit 12 times, 5 of 10 three-pointers, got 7 free throws, got 34 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block of the comprehensive data, Curry who played the bench is still so strong, 23 minutes and 34 points, Curry created the NBA timer since the first player to play in the playoffs less than or equal to 23 minutes, got 30+ players, the highest score was 28 points, Curry single-handedly improved the score by six points. With a positive or minus of 32, curry scored more than 3,000 points in his career, becoming the first player in the Warriors to score such a score, ranking fourth among active players. The top three are: James, Durant and Harden.
Curry came off the bench so strongly that many NBA players and fans exclaimed, once that Ku Haotian came back, but after the game Curry was particularly calm, he said: Poole, Green, Wiggins, Thompson is better, why they opened the air press, let me have the opportunity to shoot more shots. Curry's low profile is obvious to all, the annual salary of 45 million to play the bench, you can see the sacrifices made by Curry for the team to win, the famous teacher Yang Yi is even more blunt: a superstar like Curry, can come back from injury, two games to accept the substitute, this is simply unheard of, the reason why the Warriors can succeed, is that all their superstars can maximize their self, all for the whole, everything accepts any arrangement of the team.
The Warriors beat the Nuggets for another reason
The Warriors scored in double figures for 5 players on the team, Curry off the bench scored a team-high 34 points, starting point guard Poole scored 29 points, Thompson scored 21 points, did not see 13 points, the plus-minus of all three of them was terrible, they shot 17 three-pointers from the outside, Curry and Poole shot 5 each, the Nuggets' defensive strategy was very simple, Jokic moved too slowly, Malone arranged for Gordon, Barton and Morris, Rivers, and other players to defend the Warriors' outside line, but the players could not limit the opponent at all. The Warriors shared the ball very well, which also led to the Nuggets' defense losing sight of each other, and the Warriors had 27 assists.
The Nuggets' rebounds are very good, 17 frontcourt rebounds in the whole game, and the Warriors only have 6 times, which is 11 more, but it is such an interior advantage that still can't stop the team from losing big scores, Jokic is completely targeted, eating two technical fouls, being expelled from the game, proving that his mentality has been imbalanced, unable to use his share of the ball to drive the whole team to attack as before, the Warriors used efficient shooting, step by step to break the Nuggets' psychological defense, so that their players did not play their own advantages. The pace is all on the Warriors' side, and the Nuggets have a hard time reversing the game.
Cole 2 moves to subdue Jokic
Jokic's temper has always been very good, but in the face of the Warriors' tough defense, he can't lead the team forward, Green's circumference, Looney's top defense and Porter and Bjelica's inside line bites, all make Jokic lose patience, when Jokic ate two consecutive technical fouls, was expelled, when Green waved goodbye to Jokic, this scene has proved that Kerr's tactics work, angering Jokic, the game has been half won.
Second, the Nuggets have always liked position warfare, but the tactics Kerr gave to the Warriors is to focus on defensive counterattacks, the Nuggets have made 16 mistakes across the team, the Warriors have used opponent errors to increase the speed of counterattack, using the impact of young players such as three-point and Poole, so that the Nuggets' defense is lost, as if it is a fiction. Jokic played only 28 minutes, with 5 fouls and 3 turnovers, plus or minus at the lowest loss of 26 in the whole game, as last season's MVP, such a performance has been extremely poor.
Getting this victory gives the Warriors a big boost to the prospect of promotion, and if Malone doesn't adjust the Nuggets' style of play, it will be difficult for them to avoid being swept under the premise that it is difficult to resist the Warriors' offense.