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GAME ESSENTIALS: Warriors (53-29) vs. Nuggets (48-34), at 5:30 p.m. (PT). TV: ABC (KGO, Ch. 7).
ODDS: Warriors -6.5. OVER/UNDER: 223.
SERIES: Nuggets gained season collection 3-1. LAST PLAYOFF MEETING: Warriors gained 2013 first-round collection 4-2.
The Warriors are again within the playoffs for the primary time because the 2019 NBA Finals.
They’ll face the reigning MVP in Nikola Jokic, whose Nuggets maintain the No. 6 seed within the Western Convention.
Golden State is optimistic Steph Curry will have the ability to play in Sport 1 after struggling a sprain in his foot in a March 16 loss to the Boston Celtics.
If he performs, this would be the first sport through which the Warriors have had their full complement of rotation gamers all season lengthy, after Draymond Inexperienced went down simply as Klay Thompson returned and Curry was injured only one sport after Inexperienced got here again.
In Curry’s stead, Jordan Poole has performed the position of quantity scorer, shifting with out the ball to seek out open photographs and creating offense for himself and teammates when he has the ball in his fingers. Thompson and Inexperienced have additionally discovered their rhythm after the Warriors struggled for a number of weeks when Curry initially went down.
Defending Jokic, who’s anticipated to repeat as MVP, is the largest query going through the Warriors, and so they have two probably strong solutions in Inexperienced and Kevon Looney. The Serbian large man has seen extra heaped on his plate this season with out Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr., and has risen to the event with top-10 finishes in factors, assists and rebounds per sport.
However whether or not he’s in a position to elevate his workforce to match the Warriors with their championship trio on the ground stays to be seen.
Comply with alongside as reporters Madeline Kenney and Shayna Rubin and columnist Dieter Kurtenbach break down the sport.