The Golden State Warriors took their 2-0 first-round series lead on the road to visit the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night. Golden State hoped to take a commanding 3-0 series lead. Denver intended to get back into the series and avoid the dreaded 3-0 deficit. Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Jordan Poole combined to score 80 points en route to a 3-0 stranglehold in the series.
Jordan Poole scored 27 points on 13 shots, and accumulated 3 rebounds and 3 assists.
Klay Thompson notched 26 points on 18 field goal attempts, 13 of which were triples.
Stephen Curry scored 27 points on 17 field goal attempts and accumulated 6 assists off the Warriors’ bench.
Here are 3 observations from Golden State’s critical victory.