On one particularly dazzling sequence, Green bounced a pass to Poole who threw it behind his back to Thompson for a layup that made it 54-47. Golden State used runs of 16-0 and 23-4 late in the second quarter to erase a 43-31 deficit and take a 57-51 lead at the break. The Warriors are rolling with the backing of their adoring fans, winning their seventh in a row overall following a five-game winning streak to close the regular season. Will Curry start? "We'll see," Kerr said. The series shifts to Denver for Game 3 on Thursday night. Klay Thompson added 21 points, while Curry shot 12 for 17 with five 3s as Denver again had no answer defensively for all of the Warriors' dangerous perimeter threats. "If you don't feel like you're getting under their skin, you press up a little more." Poole started for Curry again and contributed 29 points - just missing a chance to become the first Warriors player ever to score 30 in his first two playoff games. "If you feel like you're getting under their skin you press up a little more," Green said. In the first quarter, Golden State guard Gary Payton II patted Jokic on the backside and the big man turned and came toward Payton when Curry stepped in and held the 7-footer back and Jordan Poole came in to help.ĭraymond Green's defense flustered Jokic all night. The MVP candidate's emotions ran high all night. It's great to see." Nikola Jokic had 26 points and 11 rebounds before being ejected with 7 minutes left after a second technical and was held back from a referee, after his first technical came with 2:31 to go in the third. "You never really are surprised when he has an outburst like that. "It didn't surprise me because we've been watching this for a long time with Steph," coach Steve Kerr said. He was only on the floor 3 seconds shy of 23 minutes, and no player in the shot clock era had scored as many as 30 points in 23 or fewer minutes in a playoff game, according to Elias. Curry came off the bench for a second straight game following a month-long absence with a foot injury, scoring 34 points to lead the Golden State Warriors past the Denver Nuggets 126-106 on Monday night for a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven playoff series. 30's galloping, grinning, body-shaking show. SAN FRANCISCO - Stephen Curry drove to the basket with fervor and knocked down a 3-pointer while falling to the ground getting fouled to convert a key four-point play, exhibiting all the signs he's his healthy former self at last.Īnd the raucous home crowd loved every minute of No. Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors is guarded by Aaron Gordon #50 of the Denver Nuggets in the second half during Game Two of the Western Conference First Round NBA Playoffs at Chase Center on Apin San Francisco, California.
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