Warriors seem happy to be back home, to beat Nuggets in a possible overview of the playoffs

San Francisco – Before Friday’s match against the Nuggets, the Warriors coach Steve Kerr, said with only six games in the regular season and the positioning of the playoffs, still unstable, Each night looks like a play in playoffs.

If this is the case, then Golden State argued that he was ready for a Series of possible playoffs With Denver when he struck the Nuggets 118-104 In the Chase Center.

Freshly out of a six -game road trip that took them from Atlanta to Los Angeles over a period of two weeks, the Warriors seemed delighted to play in their first home game since March 20.

Steph Curry scored 36 points, Nikola Jokic collected 33 points, nine assists and 12 rebounds, Jimmy Butler has put in 19 years and Brandin Podziemski Marked 26. The Warriors improved at 13-0 with the departure range of Curry, Butler, Draymond Green, Moses Moody and Podziemski.

The Warriors (46-31) remained the fifth seed of the Western Conference, a match in front of Memphis, sixth seeded (45-32) and the seeded n ° 7 of Minnesota (45-32) in the ranking. Denver (47-30) remained the third seeded.

After a national television force test with the seeded Lakers No. 3 Thursday evening, the defense of Golden State seemed slow to start.

Denver’s offensive was unstoppable in the first trimester, accumulating 44 points and making 17 of the 24 shots. Whether it is Draymond Green, Quinteen Post or Gui Santos, the triple player par excellence Nikola Jokic transformed them into cones of defensive traffic on his path to 15 points and three assists while Denver took an advance of 44-34.

He showed great chemistry with the Archbishop Mitty Legend Aaron Gordon, who marked eight during the period and 15 in the game, mainly on the cups behind a Golden State defense focused on Jokic.

The match shot in the second quarter, when Golden State began the period with a 9-0 race with Jokic on the bench.

Later in the second quarter, Curry made a tear. He divided a double team with a false pump before overthrowing a shot which left him to the brilliance in front of the defense of the Nuggets.

The Warriors were just beginning.

A minute later, Jonathan Kuminga cut the base line on a clear cut that left the nuggets in its wake and with an advance of 53-51 Warriors on the Chase Center dashboard.

Curry continued to maintain the pressure on Denver in the last minutes of half-time, making another deep triple and floating in a short blow to give it a first half of 19 points.

After being aimless in the second quarter, Jokic revealed it in the third, pumping 16 more points. But the Warriors offensive continued to brake.

Podziemski, who came out of a 28 -point night in Los Angeles, made a number of mid -range horsemen Friday evening while doing four points at 3 points.

Led 96-84 entering the fourth quarter, Butler scored the first five points of the period to give Golden State an advance of 104-91. The Warriors led by two figures for the whole fourth quarter to close the victory.

The Warriors have a day off before welcoming Houston, the second seeded (50-27).