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Ohm Youngmisuk
San Francisco-Stephen Curry divided two defenders of the Denver Nuggets, knocked down a 20-foot pull-up shot while receiving a foul and let out a scream while stepping on his feet.
Curry and the Golden State Warriors continued to make noise on Friday night, winning their fifth consecutive game with a 118-104 victory over Nuggets in the Chase Center.
“[There’s a] Sense of urgency in the section, “said Curry.” The feeling of where you are in the classification, each game is important. And the idea that the chess match of ‘How do we win this particular game?’ It becomes a little more important.
He added: “We prosper of that. That is why we have been so successful for many years. Because as bets increase, the lights become brighter, we tend to level up.”
Curry has raised its level. He made seven triples and scored 36 points to overcome Nuggets. In the last three games, Curry has scored a total of 125 points, only surpassed by LeBron James for most points in a period of three games by a 37 -year -old player, according to ESPN Research.
“In three different cities at 37,” said the Warriors coach Steve Kerr. “He looked so fast tonight, and I think it is perhaps the most underestimated part of his game, it is his conditioning. Simply incredible what he does out there, especially taking into account how much attention he attracts to the defensive, how much pressure people puts on him, and handles him night after night and blooms.”
Since Golden State acquired Jimmy Butler before the exchange deadline, the Warriors have been a completely different team, with 21-5 since Butler made his debut in Chicago on February 8.
Draymond Green proclaimed during the weekend of the stars that the Warriors will win the championship with Butler. This week, they made a statement. The Warriors won three consecutive games that have felt as playoff games, surpassing the teams that were or are currently above them in the classification of the West Conference.
Golden State (46-31) won a critical game in Memphis on Tuesday to win the tiebreaker on the Grizzlies. They beat the Lakers in Los Angeles on Thursday and then returned home after 14 days on the road and were in charge of Denver in the second game of a consequent. Friday’s victory broke a nine-game losing streak to the Nuggets (47-31).
Curry, whose three -point play pushed Golden State for 15 with 2:30, was asked if the Warriors are playing as a team at the championship level.
“We are playing like this,” Curry said. “We have a lot of work. I have been saying that since this execution began. We still have a lot of work to do to finish the strong year. You are seeing an identity in one night that we understand how to win games. These are games where Tempo is much faster, you have to score or if it is a defensive game. Two months ago.
“So that we can enter a series of playoffs, we understand what we are capable of and if you are predicting or what you are saying or whatever, trust is there. So just ride that wave.”
The Warriors are riding the impulse they have had since the butler’s trade. Curry and Green are rejuvenated, and roles players like Brandin Podziemski, who had 26 points against the Nuggets one night after scoring 28 against the Lakers, are thriving alongside Butler.
On Sunday, the Warriors face Houston’s rocks, which are second in the west. The goal of Golden State is to remain among the first six and outside the game tournament.
“We have impulse at this time,” Kerr said. “The Memphis One was probably the big one to start this section of three games. Therefore, to join these victories against three teams ahead of us in the classification at that time, huge.
“We have five games.
