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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Warriors | 34 | 35 | 18 | 31 | 118 |
 Nuggets | 32 | 27 | 30 | 24 | 113 |
GSWTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSW | 41-7455.4% | 18-4045.0% | 18-2864.3% | 30 | 29 | 16 |
| DEN | 40-8050.0% | 11-2642.3% | 22-2781.5% | 44 | 25 | 17 |
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Golden State Warriors118| 37 | 26 | 10-18 | 6-13 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +3.8 | |||||
| 35 | 6 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 0 | +4 | −3.8 | |||||||
| 34 | 27 | 9-13 | 3-5 | 6-9 | 0 | +3 | +5.4 | |||||||
| 29 | 9 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0 | −4 | −1.1 | |||||||
| 9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −3.4 | |||
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| 31 | 27 | 9-17 | 3-9 | 6-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +2.4 | |||||
| 22 | 6 | 3-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +16 | −3.1 | ||||||
| 16 | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | −8 | +1.8 | |||||||
| 14 | 11 | 4-4 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +10 | +6.1 | |||||
| 12 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −1.6 | |||||
| Team | 118 | 41-7455.4% | 18-4045.0% | 30 | 29 | 16 | 25 | 18-2864.3% | 4 | 7 | 6 | |||
Bench 50 points on 17 for 31 shooting
Did not play: Juan Toscano-Anderson, Moses Moody, Damion Lee and Jonathan Kuminga (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets113| 38 | 37 | 14-22 | 2-3 | 7-9 | 0 | +3 | +15.3 | |||||||
| 34 | 18 | 7-13 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 0 | +5 | +4.7 | |||||||
| 34 | 13 | 5-13 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0 | −6 | −1.3 | |||||||
| 34 | 10 | 4-11 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −1.5 | ||||||
| 22 | 4 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +3 | −6.0 | ||||||
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| 21 | 6 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | +1 | +0.4 | |||||||
| 17 | 5 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −1.2 | |||
| 14 | 5 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.1 | ||||
| 12 | 6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −2.0 | |||
| 10 | 9 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −0.3 | ||||
| 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −2.0 | ||
| Team | 113 | 40-8050.0% | 11-2642.3% | 44 | 25 | 17 | 26 | 22-2781.5% | 11 | 9 | 3 | |||
Bench 31 points on 9 for 16 shooting
Did not play: Zeke Nnaji and Vlatko Čančar (coach’s decision).
Warriors118Nuggets113ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Jordan Poole scored 27 points, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Denver Nuggets 118-113 for a 3-0 lead in the first-round series.
Andrew Wiggins’ corner 3-pointer answered Nikola Jokić’s driving layup and put the Warriors back ahead for good with 3:05 left in the fourth quarter.
Stephen Curry’s free throw with 21.7 seconds left made it 118-113 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Warriors outscored the Nuggets 11-8. Curry scored 5 of the Warriors’ 11 on 1 for 4 shooting and 3 for 4 at the line.
Curry had 27 points and 6 assists off the bench. Klay Thompson added 26 points with 6 3-pointers, and Gary Payton II scored 11 points (9 on 3 3-pointers) off the bench. The Warriors had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Nuggets, Jokić had 37 points, 18 rebounds and 3 steals.
The Warriors shot 55.4% from the field and 45.0% from 3 to the Nuggets’ 50.0% and 42.3%. The Nuggets turned it over 18 times, about 4 more than usual for this many possessions.
Golden State WarriorsDenver NuggetsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
100 points from the field on 74 shots: 19.4 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 15-20 | 75.0% | 65% |
| In the paint | 5-8 | 62.5% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 3-6 | 50.0% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 5-11 | 45.5% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 13-29 | 44.8% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Gordon | 24 | 2 | 1-4 | −5 |
| Will Barton | 9 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Monte Morris | 9 | 1 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Austin Rivers | 9 | 5 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 15 | 6-8 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 71 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Rivers | 19 | 0 | 0-2 | −7 |
| Monte Morris | 17 | 8 | 3-3 | +2 |
| Aaron Gordon | 9 | 4 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Nikola Jokić | 7 | 5 | 2-6 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 6 | 3-4 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 24 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monte Morris | 19 | 10 | 4-6 | +4 |
| Will Barton | 15 | 2 | 1-4 | −3 |
| Bryn Forbes | 10 | 2 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Jeff Green | 10 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Everyone else | 23 | 14 | 5-8 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 28 points on 77 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
DEN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Wiggins 24' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Poole 3 AST)
Q4 3:05
20.2%
67→47
Thompson 27' 3PT Jump Shot (23 PTS) (Poole 2 AST)
Q4 11:01
14.7%
58→43
Curry 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Green 8 AST)
Q2 0:42
13.8%
43→30
Poole 3' Driving Reverse Layup (26 PTS) (Curry 6 AST)
Q4 2:15
13.5%
40→27
Hyland 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Gordon 4 AST)
Q3 2:30
13.5%
40→54
