NBA championships aren’t decided in regular season games in March.
But, man, the Warriors needed this one.
Nuggets-Warriors, a potential first-round playoff matchup, looked like one. There were lead changes. Defensive stands. Double-digit runs. Nikola Jokiu0107, the reigning, defending, perhaps soon-to-be repeating MVP, played like one. Less than 24 hours after posting 38 points, 18-rebounds and seven assists in a win over Sacramento, Jokiu0107 delivered 23-12-9 against Golden State. Stephen Curry, after a quiet 15-point game against the Clippers on Tuesday, pumped in 34. Just two players on the Warriors’ bench scored. But those two, Jordan Poole and Jonathan Kuminga, combined for 37.