The NBA regular season continues, with the ninth-place Warriors hosting the fourth-place Nuggets in the West, the fourth meeting between the two teams this season, and the first three Warriors have all lost games by a narrow margin, including a shutout, and the Warriors will inevitably want to win the next game as a team. The two sides also played a very close game throughout the game, the score rose alternately until the last moment to decide the winner of the game, the Warriors who fought at home once led by 16 points and were overtaken, and they were unable to narrow the gap in the final quarter, and lost to the Nuggets again.
Warriors starters Curry, Podzemski, Kuminga, Wiggins, Green, Nuggets starters, Murraypo, Puport, Jokic Gordon.
At the beginning of the game, the Warriors took the lead in finding a sense of continuous scoring on the offensive end, after Kuminga scored three points, they took the lead, Jokic hit two free throws, Kuminga scored again, the two sides fell into a tug-of-war, Klay hit consecutive three-point shots, and scored 16 points in the first quarter of the game on 4-of-6 three-point shooting, and under his leadership, the Warriors took a six-point lead in the first quarter.
After the start of the second quarter, the Warriors continued their hot hand, Klay still scored continuously, and the rest of the team continued to attack the basket to help the team, and the Warriors once extended their lead to 16 points. But as the game progressed, the Nuggets' offensive end found a sense of timeout, Jokic returned to the court, the team's offense became smoother, Murelli burst out to score consecutive points, and the Nuggets responded with a wave of counterattacks, and as Murray's three-point shot, the Nuggets instantly leveled their own behind.
In the third quarter, the two sides relapsed into a stalemate. But the Nuggets, who have opened up the situation, have occupied the initiative on the court for a long time. At this time, Curry stepped up, attacked the basket in a row when the shooting from outside the three-point line was inaccurate, and made the opponent foul free throws to chase the score, Murray hit a jumper to chase down the three-pointer, helping the Nuggets to regain the situation on the court, and they quickly pulled their lead back to double digits. Wiggins hit the basket to make a foul, hit both free throws, and the two sides fell into a stalemate, in which Curry's three-point shot from the bottom corner finally opened up the outside touch, and Ginones made three-point glasses to tie the game. Murray hit two free throws to end the third quarter and the Nuggets held a four-point lead.
The two sides were still deadlocked in the final quarter of the game, with Brother Zui hitting a three-point shot by Gordon to break through the basket and Porter counterattacking for a layup, and the Nuggets still held the lead. Braun hit a three-pointer and Curry scored on a breakaway basket to keep the suspense in the air. Jokic made a low-handed layup, Kuminga made one of two free throws, and the Warriors kept trying to chase the points, but the Nuggets didn't give it a chance and kept the lead until the end.
Both sides played an excellent performance in this game, the Warriors took the lead in the early stage with Klay's excellent play, but Curry's performance was sluggish, and they were quickly tied by the Nuggets in the lead to complete the key to overtake, fortunately, as the game deepened, the team had output on the offensive end, helping the team Warriors bite the resulting situation, but the Warriors who were chasing points were always a breath of air, suppressed by the Nuggets, and finally failed to complete the reversal. Curry is to blame for the loss in this game, after all, Curry's sluggish performance led to the team's loss when the whole team played well.
Compared with the performance of the whole Warriors team, the Nuggets still rely more on the play of the starting lineup, especially the combination of Jokic and Murray, both of whom got 20+ data, while Mr. Yoo got the triple-double data early, and maintained an efficient output, and other players in the final quarter of the game were able to stand up and score for the team, and finally they defeated the Warriors to win the game again and continue to improve their record.
Warriors stats: Curry 20 points and 4 assists, Kuminga 19 points and 6 rebounds, Wiggins 14 points and 4 rebounds, Klay 23 points, Green 7 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.
Nuggets stats: Jokic 32 points, 16 rebounds and 16 assists, Murray 27 points and 4 rebounds, Porter Jr. 9 points and 7 rebounds, Gordon 17 points and 6 rebounds, Pope 13 points. A new season of sports