Warriors-Nuggets live updates: Steph Curry begins on the bench again as Game 3 nears

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GAME ESSENTIALS: Warriors (53-29) vs. Nuggets (48-34), at 7 p.m. (PT). TV: TNT

ODDS: Warriors -1.5. OVER/UNDER: 224.

SERIES: Warriors lead sequence 2-0. LAST PLAYOFF MEETING: Warriors received 2013 first-round sequence 4-2.

The Warriors blew out the Nuggets in Sport 1, then demoralized them in Sport 2.

What’s going to Sport 3 have in retailer, because the first-round sequence shifts from San Francisco to Denver?

If Golden State has its approach, there might be extra dominance from its three-guard lineup that includes Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Jordan Poole. Essentially the most optimized model of that lineup has included Andrew Wiggins and Draymond Inexperienced within the frontcourt and has outscored Denver 47-18 over 11 minutes within the first two video games of the sequence.

The Warriors have introduced celebrity Curry off the bench, and he has delivered — particularly in Sport 2, when he scored 34 factors in simply 23 minutes, hitting 5 3-pointers and serving to ignite a 26-8 run to complete the second quarter.

Coming into Thursday’s sport, Curry holds the NBA’s greatest plus-minus determine to this point within the playoffs at +49, displaying simply how a lot he’s feasting in opposition to Denver’s bench lineups. (Inexperienced and Wiggins are Nos. 3 and 4, respectively, at +41 and +40.)

Denver started coming aside on the seams in Sport 2, with two technicals assessed to reigning MVP Nikola Jokic and one to Monte Morris. Will Barton and DeMarcus Cousins acquired right into a spat on the Nuggets bench because the Warriors made a run within the third quarter, drawing loads of postgame questions.

A win Thursday evening would nearly sew up the sequence: No NBA crew has ever misplaced a 3-0 sequence lead, and these Warriors have appeared dominant over the primary two video games.

Comply with alongside as reporters Madeline Kenney and Shayna Rubin and columnist Dieter Kurtenbach break down the sport.