SAN FRANCISCO, Apr 19 (US): Stephen Curry enthusiastically headed to the basket and dropped a 3-point pointer as he fell to the ground after being fouled to turn a four-point key play, showing all the signs he was healthy. finally.
The boisterous crowd at home loved every minute of the Number 30 show running around, grinning, body-shaking, the Associated Press reported.
Curry came off the bench for the second game in a row after a month out with a foot injury, scoring 34 points to lead the Golden State Warriors over the Denver Nuggets 126-106 on Monday night to advance 2-0 at their best. Of the seven comma series.
Elias said he’s been on the floor just 3 seconds shy of 23 minutes, and no player in the shot clock era has scored as many as 30 points in 23 minutes or less in a playoff.
“It didn’t surprise me because we’ve been watching this for a long time with Steve Kerr,” said coach Steve Kerr. “You would never be surprised when he has such emotion. It’s great to see.”
Nikola Jokic scored 26 points and grabbed 11 rebounds before coming out 7 minutes before the end of the second technical match and was removed from the referee after his first technique came with 2:31 to go in third place. The MVP candidate’s emotions were high all night. In the first quarter, Golden State guard Gary Payton II patted Jokic on the backside and the big guy turned around and headed toward Payton when Curry stepped in and kept his back 7ft and Jordan Bull came to help.
Draymond Green’s defense confused Jokic all night.
“If you feel like you’re under their skin, you push a little bit more,” Green said. “If you don’t feel like you’re under their skin, push a little more.”
Poole started with Curry again and contributed 29 points – he missed a chance to become the first Warriors player to score 30 in his first two playoff games.
Klay Thompson added 21 points, while Curry shot 12 to 17 with five 3 seconds as Denver didn’t have a defensive answer to all of the Warriors’ dangerous threats.
The series moves to Denver for Game 3 Thursday night. Will Carrie start?
“We’ll see,” Kerr said.
The Warriors are rolling in with the support of their beloved fans, winning their seventh straight competition after a five-game winning streak to close out the regular season.
Golden State used 16-0 and 23-4 runs late in the second quarter to erase from a 43-31 delay and lead 57-51 in the first half. In a particularly stunning sequence, Green rebounded a pass to Poole who threw it behind his back to Thompson in a layup that made him 54-47.
Austin grabbed Rivers by the left hip and landed hard after being hurt in a car then Thompson hit the cross on the other end in a 5-on-4 advantage before Rivers was out with 10:04 remaining in the second quarter. He came back with 46.7 seconds to go in the first half.
The Nuggets led 43-31 on Monte Morris’ layup at the 7:25 mark from the second quarter and the Warriors answered with 16 consecutive points. The Chase Center crowd went crazy at Bowl 3 with 3:38 left.
Curry made his first entry at 6:32 from the first sign of a standing ovation and immediately crashed into the cross. With 16 first-half points, he became the 27th player in NBA history to score 3,000 points after the start of the season.
Demonstrate a full range of moves including passionately driving to the basket and making a 3-pointer while falling to the ground.
Denver led 7-0 after 90 seconds of the game as Jokic made four quick free throws. But the teams combined to start 6 for 21 with three field goals each – and the Warriors were 1 for 7 for 3 seconds.
boiling friction
During the third quarter of the Warriors’ 44-point team, Denver’s DeMarcus Cousins and Will Barton exchanged words.
“That’s two games in a row where you’re in the game, and then you tap your finger out of the game, and it seems to happen quickly. So I think it’s just a frustration,” said coach Michael Malone.
No Iggy
Golden State missed out on veteran Andre Iguodala, the 2015 NBA Finals MVP who sat with neck cramps after playing just over 13 minutes in the opening game.
It was the first time he, Carrie, Greene, and Thompson played together all season.
Hint
Nuggets: Djokic hits 9-20 and has missed all eight of his 3-point attempts in two matches. …Denver had intended to inquire from the NBA about the Cousins’ back-to-back techniques in game one that led to him being sent off with 10:28 left in the game, though Malone did not provide details on whether the Nuggets had already spoken to The league said it would keep any such discussions private. Cousins scored five consecutive points during one sequence in the second quarter. … Denver committed costly turnarounds again, 18 of which resulted in the Warriors getting 25 points—something Malone assured could not happen.
Warriors: Curry, Poole and Thompson combined to go 31 for 52 off the floor with 13 3s. It was the fourth time three Warriors guards had scored 20 or more points and the first since 2013. …While the Warriors had a 41-35 rebounding advantage in the series opening, Denver advanced 47-35 on Monday. … Golden State is 17-4 in Game 2 of the playoffs going back to 2015 when the franchise won its first championship in 40 years. …The Warriors planned to take time off on Tuesday and then train in San Francisco on Wednesday before heading to Denver.
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Malone on the Nuggets needs to improve connection in Game 2: “It definitely got processed during the match, yesterday, this morning. The good thing is when it’s horrible, it can’t get any more horrible, so there’s only one way to do it.”