Nuggets 104 vs 118 Warriors summary, stats, scores and highlights | NBA
You can see this team starting to believe. Draymond said it at the All-Star game. He said the Warriors are going to win it all. The way they are playing, I don't think a whole lot of people would dare to bet against them. They look like they can beat any team, any time, any where.
Curry added the cherry on top with this and-1 and ended his night with 36 points. In the last three games he's scored 127 points and the Warriors have won five straight.
The Warriors are creeping up the standings and are just a half game behind the Lakers who are in 3rd in the West.
Jimmy Butler had a quite night against the Lakers but haad 19, 3 and 5 assists and the Warriors improved to 21-4 since the trade when Jimmy is on the floor.
The Warriors stretched the lead out to double digits in the third quarter and kept that cushion for the rest of the way. The Warriors had no answer for Curry
Jokic came out hot in the third quarter, hitting four threes in a matter of minutes but the Nuggets couldn't hang with the easy buckets the Warriors were getting. Jokic ended the night with 33, 12 and 9 but Golden State made some adjustments that kept the Joker contained for the second half.
Curry is in his bag right now. Not tonight. Not last night. This is his time and don't expect him to start slowing down when the games start to matter more and more.
Curry had 12 points in the second quarter, but it was the second unit that made a run to take the lead early in that quarter to give the Warriors a lead they would hang on to for the rest of the night.
It wasn't just Curry, everyone was getting involved from downtown. Golden State went 42.1% from downtown hitting 16 threes against a Nuggets team that was with out their floor general Jamal Murray.
Curry and the Warriors were on the back end of a back to back series and after dropping 52 two games ago, and 37 last night against the Lakers, Curry came out firing.
The Golden State Warriors returned home after a six game road trip and rattled off their fifth straight win on Friday night against the Denver Nuggets. Stephen Curry led the way with 36 points in the 118-104 win from Chase Center.
It was the Nuggets who came out hot hitting 71% of their shots in the first quarter as Nikola Jokic carried his team with 15 first quarter points. They got out to an early double digit lead, but Golden State responded and took control the rest of the way.
IT'S ALL OVER!!!
The Warriors win their 5th straight game and a knocking on the door of the top 3 in the West!
Jokic with the foul, sending Looney to the line and he hits one of two.
Braun with a lay up off the feed from Gordon.
Curry pulls up, hits the mid range jumper and gets the foul! FT is good after the foul on Braun.
Braun to the rack and he lays it up and in in traffic.
Podziemski drills a three ball from the wing and what a stretch of games he is having.
Porter with the up and under down low and it's an 11 point game with under 4:00 to go.
Tought shot from Braun in transition, and that goes off the glass.
Timeout GS with under 5:00 to go.
Looney into traffic and he sponges up the contact and gets it to go off the glass.
Jokic gets the fader to fall in the lane. He's got 33 of his ow.
Curry answers back with a triple try from the wing!!! That's 33!!
Porter Jr. with the pull up from the wing and that goes! Denver needs some more of that.
Curry with the fader on the baseline! He's got 30 on the night after last night's 37 point performance.
Gordon over Green gets the lay up and the foul! FT is good.
Podziemski nails the three ball on the wing off the dish from Butler
Gordon to the line after the foul on Green and he hits both FTs.
Gordon slices to the cup and reverses it up off the glass.
Butler to the line and he hits both FTs after the foul on MPJ.
Butler sticks a three in the corner with the shotclock winding down!
WE ARE HEADING TO THE FOURTH QUARTER AND THE WARRIORS ARE UP 12 WITH 12 TO GO.
Podziemski on the baseline and he drops the floater.
Pickett in the corner off the kick out from Jokic.
Podziemski drops the three ball from the wing and the lead is up to 14!
Looney to the line and he hits both FTs.
Looney to the line after the foul on Pickett and he'll be at the FT line after the timeout with 2:39 to go in the third quarter.
Curry misses the floater but Looney is there for the tip in.
Jokic puts it on the deck and he lays it up and in.
Curry with the offensive board, takes a step back and drills the corner three! He's got 28 already!
MPJ to the line after the foul on Moody and he hits both FTs.
Green swipes the ball away from Braun and finds Hield for the lay up.
Curry answers back with a three ball from the top of the key!
Jokic with another three ball and he's got four in the quarter!
Watson on the deck and he lays it up over Curry
Jokic finds Braun after the double team came and he drills the three ball from the top of the key!
Curry hits the three off the inbound with the shot clock winding down!
Curry back down low to Green for another lay up.
JOkic from the top of the key and he hits his third three ball of the third quarter!
Podziemski on the baseline and he hits the mid range jumper.
Curry with the no look pass to Green and Draymond lays it up and in.
Jokic with a couple three balls to start the half! He's got 23 on the night.
Butler to the line after the foul on Gordon and he hits both FTs.
Butler on the spot up from the mid range from outside the lane.
Jokic with a spot up three ball and he sticks it to start the third quarter.
WE ARE BACK IN ACTION FROM THE BAY!!
Curry is on pace for another huge night tonight. He's been money the last few games and it might take another monster night against Jokic who has 17,5 and 4.
Podziemski had a huge first half last game, but he's been doing more of his normal role which is Mr. Everything tonight. He's got 13, 4 and 4 at the half.
The shots started to drop as Jokic went to the bench and it was the Warriors second unit who make a run going 14-5 with the Serbian on the bench.
Steph scored 52 and 37 in his last two games and he came with the hot hand, but it took the rest of the team a while to catch up.
The Nuggets hit 71% of his shots in the first 12 minutes but eventually Jokic had to go to the bench and thats when the trouble started.
Jokic has 15 points in the first half but he got everyone else involved, dishing three assists in the opening quarter.
The Warriors came out a little slow on the second end of the back to back and the Nuggets punished them by creating turnovers and hitting deep balls.
The Nuggets got going early and guess who was in the middle of it all? Jokic started the scoring and gave his team a big cushion early on.
WE ARE HEADING TO THE HALFTIME BREAK WITH THE WARRIORS UP SIX AFTER A GREAT SECOND QUARTER!
Kuminga misses the lay up but Butler was there to clean it up off the put back.
Watson missed the alley oop but MPJ was there from the put back.
Kuminga with the baseline jumper and that goes.
Curry down the lane and he drops the tear drop over the defender! He's starting to warm up!
Curry on the quick trigger and he sticks it with MPJ on his back.
Porter Jr. off the feed from JOkic and he lays it up and in off the glass.
Curry to the line after the foul on Braun and he hits both FTs.
MPJ off the dribble and he strokes the three ball from the top of the key.
Curry off the dribble and he takes Gordon to the rack for the lay up.
Jokic down low with the offensive board and he gets the bucket to stop some of the Nuggets bleeding.
Baseline cut from Kuminga and Looney found him for the reverse.
Curry picked up his dribble had two defenders on his but still found a way to drop the three ball!
Pickett with the mid range jumper out of the timeout.
Butler follows up the miss from Post and puts it back and the Nuggets need a timeout after a 14-5 run with Jokic on the bench.
Timeout with 5:33 to go in the half.
Post steps into a three ball and drills it from the top of the key!
Westbrook finds Porter on the baseline and he puts it up and in off the glass.
Podziemski on the step back and he gets the middy to fall.
Pickett drills the three ball in the corner to break up the 9-0 run.
Butler with the steal and he takes it all the lay for the lay up after the bad pass from Cancar.
Timeout Nuggets with 8:41 to go in the half.
Butler with the kick out and Moody drills the three ball from the wing! 7-0 run from GS.
The call is overturned and a jump ball ensues after the foul is taken off the board.
Westbrook called for a foul and the Nuggets are going to challenge the call.
Green with the and one off the feed from Podziemski down low. FT is no good.
That's the end of the first quarter and what a quarter it was for the Nuggets who put up 44 points!
Denver shot 71% from the field Podziemski has 11, but Jokic leads all scorers with 15.
Podziemski with back to back buckets this time his jumper goes in off the glass.
Jokic with another bucket, this time with a fader in the lane.
Podziemski pulls up and hits it from inside the paint.
Nnaji picks off the pass from Kuminga and he finds Jokic for the lay up and the Warriors need a timeout.
Joker playing PG and he finds Westbrook diving through the lane for a lay up.
Post sends Jokic to the line and he his both FTs.
Timeout Nuggets with 2:27 to go in the 1st quarter and we've got a shootout on our hands from Chase Arena!!!
Braun spots up from long range and he drills the three ball after the kickout from Gordon!!
Curry off the dribble and he hits the step back jumper in the face of the defender.
Watson dashes to the cup and lays it up off the feed from Westbrook.
Kuminga off the bench and he soars to the bucket for the slam off the feed from Payton II.
Westbrook into the game and on to the scoresheet with a triple try off the dish from Braun!
Watson off with the three ball and there is Jokic with the put back off the offensive board and the foul on Green. FT is good.
Podziemski distributing and he finds Hield in the corner for the three ball!
Curry with the drive and he puts it up and in off the glass.
Jokic going back to work down low and he gets the turn around to fall.
Podziemski to the line after the foul on Braun and he hits bother FTs.
Jokic in the lane and he gets it to go in traffic.
Podziemski with anothe bucket this time off the dribble from the mid range.
Gordon flying to the iron on an alley oop off another dish from Jokic, and he's in the mood tonight.
Podziemski with his first shot of the night and it's a three ball from the corner off the feed from Curry!
Gordon gets his first field goal of the night with a pass from Jokic for a lay up. 9-0 run for the Nuggets.
Braun picks off Green and he goes straight to the cup for the steal and the score!
Timeout Warriors with 7:31 to go in the 1st quarter.
Back to back buckets for MPJ who goes to the rack and lays it in off another assist from Jokic.
MPJ off the dribble and he hits the step back three ball from the wing!
Gordon called for the foul this time and he sends Moody to the line where he hits both FTs.
Butler sends Gordon back to the line and he hits another pair from the charity stripe.
Curry fouls Gordon, his second, and Gordon hits both FTs.
Curry on the step back and he nails the three ball from the wing to open is account.
Watson sends Butler to the line for two FTs and e hits both.
Jokic working down low and he gets on the board with a lay up in the lane.
Curry finds Draymond slashing to the bucket for the lay up.
MPJ hits the glass off the Gordon missed three and gets the put back to fall.
Green with the missed lay up at the cup but Butler is there for the follow.
Braun follows the miss from MPJ with a tip in and gets fouled by Curry, but misses the FT.
Moody drills a three ball to get the night going from Chase Center!!!
WE ARE UNDERWAY FROM THE BAY!!!
The Warriors are going with the same starting five that worked for them last night in LA. It's Curry, Podziemski, Butler, Looney and Green to start the game. Last game it was BP with the monster start. Who will be the one to set the tone tonight?
The Nuggets will be without Jamal Murray for another game, but their starting five sees Jokic, Gordon, MPJ and Gordon on the floor. Peyton Watson is in the back court for Denver and it will probably be Braun handling the ball handling duties at the start of the game.
MVP race is on fire
The playoff race isn’t the only race heating up in the final stretch of the season. The MVP race seems to be reopened after Jokic’s 60 point triple double. Many thought and still think that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is in line to win is first MVP, after leading the Thunder to the one seed in the West and leading the league in scoring dropping 32.8 point a night. The Thunder’s season has been incredible and Shai has been the anchor. While SGA is enjoying his best season ever, what Jokic is has been doing this year maybe the most incredible single season we have ever seen. He’s averaging a triple double which is remarkable in itself, but it’s not unheard of. Russell Westbrook did that four different times and Oscar Robertson did it once in the 60s. What makes Jokic’s season so impressive is he is in the top 2 or three in points, assists and rebounds. He is 3rd in scoring at 29.7, tied for 2nd in rebounds at 12.8 along with Karl-Anthony Towns and 2nd in assists with 10.2 a game. He may not have the wins on his side like SGA does, but no one does more for their team than Joker does for the Nuggets.
Nuggets injury report
The Nuggets sat most of their stars in the loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night, but the good news for Nugs fans IS Nikola Jokic, Aaron Gordon and Christian Braun are all probable for tonight. Jamal Murray is questionable with a hamstring injury. Murray hasn’t played since Denver’s game against the Bucks at the end of March, but is listed as a game time decision.
Curry’s full tank
At 37 years old, with less than two weeks left in the regular season, Steph Curry is looking as fresh as ever. He did have a week off after injuring his pelvic bone in a game against the Raptors a couple weeks ago. He said that week off came at the perfect time and now says “I feel in a good rhythm. The week off helped. The tank is pretty full." That is fantastic news for the Warriors who lost games to Atlanta and Miami in the days following Curry getting sidelined. He came back against the Pelicans and led them to a win in New Orleans, and Golden State hasn’t lost since his return.
NBA Standings
Taking a look at the Western Conference standings, we see the Nuggets sitting in third place behind the Thunder who have already clinched the top spot in the West, and the Houston Rockets who are three games ahead of Denver. The Nugs have a half game cushion on the Lakers and a game and a half cushion over the Warriors who are in fifth coming into the night. Behind Golden State sit the Grizzlies who are a half game back and tied with the Timberwolves in 7th place which would put them in the Play-In if the season ended today. It’s going to be a mad dash to the finish line, and the Warriors are looking to steer clear of the Play-In while hoping to climb the ladder as much as they can.
Star watch: Nuggets
Nikola Jokic has won three NBA MVPS in the last four seasons. This year he is having the best year he has ever had and even admitted it about a month ago. That’s not too typical from the Serbian who is usually modest to a fault, and genuine nonchalant attitude towards his achievements. He didn’t play against the Spurs but had one of the most outstanding stat lines the NBA has ever seen last time out. He put up 61, 10 and 10 in the double overtime loss to the Timberwolves. His 29.7 ppg are the most he’s ever averaged, his 10.2 assists a game are a career high and his 12.8 rebounds a game are second most after his second MVP season when he averaged 13.8 a game. Tonight they are going to need Jokic to do a little bit of everything if they are going to beat a red hot Warriors team at the Chase Center.
Star watch: Warriors
Stephen Curry has been on a tear since Jimmy Butler came to the Bay in a trade that changed the course of the Warriors season. Curry had a 52 point game on Tuesday night and followed that up with a 37 point night in LA last night. His 24.6 point per game are the lowest since the 2014/15 season when he averaged 23.8 ppg. His averages are up, his shooting percentages are up and the Warriors have been red hot since February. With the playoffs right around the corner Jimmy and Steph and the rest of the gang are hitting stride at just the right time.
Last game: Nuggets
The Nuggets hosted the San Antonio Spurs at Ball Arena on Wednesday night and did so with most of their stars on the bench. They had no Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray or Aaron Gordon, so it was up to Russell Westbrook and Hunter Tyson to carry the load. The Spurs came out of the gate on a 9-0 run and kept the lead until the start of the fourth quarter. Westbrook’s 30 point night had the Nuggets in contention late in the game, but the Spurs were able to hold off the Nugs to hand Denver their second straight loss and fifth in their last eight games.
Last game: Warriors
Last night the Warriors wrapped up their six game road trip by winning their fourth game in a row. They went into Los Angeles and controlled the game for the final 40 minutes. Brandon Podziemski started off hot hitting three threes in the opening minutes of the first quarter and had 22 at halftime. The Warriors took the lead at the end of the first quarter and would hold on to it until the finish line. Steph Curry had 12 in the first half, but both him and LeBron James would catch fire out of the break. Steph had 25 points in the final 24 minutes and was there with big shot after big shot as LeBron and the Lakers tried to make a comeback bid. LeBron ended the night with 33, but Steph’s 37 and Podziemski’s 28 were enough to hold off LA for the 126-113 win.
We are live from Chase Center
Hello everyone and welcome to the Bay where the Warriors are finally back home after a six game road trip that ended with a four game win streak. Last night they went into LA and beat the Lakers in the final game of their road stretch thanks to a brilliant performance and now the Dubs are back under their own roof taking on a Denver team that is coming off back-to-back losses. The first of those came in a double overtime heart breaker to Minnesota and the next came in San Antonio as Mike Malone sat most of his heavy hitters in preparations for this game tonight. Now these two teams come into tonight knowing they need to keep winning if they are going to keep climbing the Western Conference standings.
Nuggets vs. Warriors live
There are less than two weeks to go in the regular season and there are a handful of teams in the Western Conference in a mad dash for playoff position. Two of those teams go head to head as tonight as Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors host Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets in a massive matchup with tons of playoff implications. AS English will be with you all night providing live coverage, stats, updates and analysis of tonight’s game from Chase Center.