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Get a recap of the Golden State Warriors vs. Denver Nuggets basketball game.

Warriors: Thompson was 7 of 11 from beyond the arc but his teammates were just 5 of 23 on 3-pointers. His final 3 was a 33-footer that capped a 14-2 run with Jokic catching a breather on the bench after scoring or assisting on 20 of Denver's first 23 points. “We needed that,” Kerr said. “Those big shots don't faze me,” Hyland said. In the ensuing tussle, Gordon and Thompson were assessed a double technical. ... Hyland finished with 15 points. “It's what I do really well.” “Can I say we want them right where we want them? “We live to fight another day.” “But the focus now goes to heading home and the back in front of our fans” with a chance to close it out at home, Kerr said. Thompson said the Warriors don't want to come back to Denver until next season “because a win by them and anything's possible.” “We got to go with the attitude like all right, it's a must-win,” Thompson said.

Steph Curry met with the media after the Golden State Warriors lost Game 4 to the Denver Nuggets in Colorado on Sunday.

Devin Booker did not play in the game because he was out due to a hamstring injury.CLICK HERE. According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, the former All-Star will miss the rest of the first-round against the Chicago Bulls with a knee injury .CLICK HERE. "But it was kind of a miracle at that point."

Denver wound up with four more fouls called against them, and took just four more free throws than the Warriors. Those numbers sure feel off, ...

The Nuggets will of course look to get Green in foul trouble again, but he fouled out just once all season. It's hard to imagine Curry missing four free throws again in the series, the playoffs or the rest of his basketball career. "Aaron Gordon got behind the defense, I took a swipe at the ball, called a foul," Green said. He missed his first five shots, the Warriors scored only 21 points in the first quarter and trailed by five as they failed to find any rhythm with Thompson stuck to the bench. Instead of using the refs as an excuse, Thompson took it upon himself for trying to get away with a fast one. "I started off the game with two quick fouls, I gotta be smarter than that -- especially with my experience."

The Golden State Warriors nearly mounted a Game 4 comeback after falling behind early, but the Denver Nuggets were able to hold on.

The Splash Brothers had helped generate that comeback effort, and putting the ball in their hands almost certainly would have resulted in a more positive outcome than what ended up transpiring. If we get a 2-for-1, then we can tie the game and have a chance to win it at the end. The Golden State Warriors nearly mounted a Game 4 comeback after falling behind early, but the Denver Nuggets were able to hold on.

After the Warriors missed the chance to sweep the Nuggets in game four, NBA Twitter weighed in with different reactions.

Following the Nuggets’ 126-121 win in game four, the series will turn back to the Bay Area on Wednesday night for game five. Curry added 33 points on 10-of-23 shooting from the field with eight assists, including several clutch buckets down the stretch. However, the Warriors couldn’t overcome key mistakes during game four.

The Warriors erased an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter but couldn't quite close it out on Sunday in a 126-121 loss in Denver.

Morris - 5 Jokic - 6 Barton - 5 Gordon - 6 Jokic - 8 Jokic - 37

Monte Morris said the Nuggets have no pressure on them and that they are heading back to San Francisco knowing the Warriors are "beatable" after a Game 4 ...

"We got to go into [Game 5] like it's a must-win," said Thompson, who scored 32 points. "I thank all of our fans and when we come back for Game 6, we need the same thing," Malone said. We go out there and play our basketball, we are unguardable." And that is why I think it is going to be different going back." "There is no pressure on us," said point guard Monte Morris, who hit five 3's in the third quarter and scored 24 points. They now see that the Warriors are "beatable."

Steph Curry and Klay Thompson combined for 65 points but the Warriors weren't able to complete the comeback as Denver forced Game 5 on Wednesday night.

He was averaging nearly 29 points coming into Game 4 and was the Warriors' No. 1 option much of the time. This marked Thompson's first 30-point playoff performance since Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals when he scored 30 before sustaining a torn ACL. In all four games this series, Thompson has increased his points. By halftime, he had four fouls, with the fourth being Charmin soft in the final seconds of the half. The loss was full of bizarre moments like Steph Curry missing four free throws for the first time in his career, though he did score 15 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter. He came out firing, scoring eight early points but foul trouble held him to under four minutes in the first quarter. That's how it felt the rest of this game would go, and it turned into an absolute fight.

Speaking to reporters after the game, Morris said he thought Games 3 and 4 were the Nuggets at their best. After Games 1 and 2 were decisive Warriors victories, ...

Speaking to reporters after the game, Morris said he thought Games 3 and 4 were the Nuggets at their best. They got some great players, but I think going back we know: If we play our brand of basketball and bring the energy, we’ll give ourselves a chance. “But when we play our style of basketball and make it tough and make them see bodies – they’re going to make big shots and tough shots.

The Denver Nuggets avoided a first-round series sweep against the Golden State Warriors with a gritty 126-121 home win at Ball Arena.

However, the eight-time NBA All-Star was uncharacteristically wasteful from the line, missing a career-high four three throws in the game. The odds are against us, but we've beaten the odds a couple of times, so why not?" "I think we didn't deserve to get swept, so it was [having] a little bit more pride in ourselves and we were fighting.

The Golden State Warriors' defense wasn't its best against the Denver Nuggets.

The 22-year-old’s first close-out game didn’t go swimmingly — he scored 11 points and one 3-pointer made and finished with a minus-6. The Warriors finished the game with 27 personal fouls to Denver’s 31 and the Nuggets attempted 36 free throws to the Warriors’ 32. In Game 4, Jokic used his physicality to his advantage against Green and got him in just enough foul trouble to have him disqualified from the game during crunch time. I can’t foul out of the game. And while he was able to force Jokic to score over him in the first two games, Jokic adjusted. Coach Steve Kerr sensed his team’s greed, saying they were “too anxious to win the series.”

Here's a look at what went wrong. Warriors' defensive struggles. Draymond Green has made life difficult for reigning MVP Nikola Jokic so far this series, ...

The 22-year-old’s first close-out game didn’t go swimmingly — he scored 11 points and one 3-pointer made and finished with a minus-6. The Warriors finished the game with 27 personal fouls to Denver’s 31 and the Nuggets attempted 36 free throws to the Warriors’ 32. In Game 4, Jokic used his physicality to his advantage against Green and got him in just enough foul trouble to have him disqualified from the game during crunch time. I can’t foul out of the game. And while he was able to force Jokic to score over him in the first two games, Jokic adjusted. Coach Steve Kerr sensed his team’s greed, saying they were “too anxious to win the series.”

The Golden State Warriors are looking to take control of the Western Conference Playoffs. Does Phoenix have an answer, or is Booker out their kryptonite?

If Phoenix can’t figure it out soon, their chance to avenge a loss in the NBA Finals last season will be over. With Booker out for 2-3 weeks and the Suns struggling without him, the Warriors are in a prime position to make the Western Conference Finals once again. The Golden State Warriors are back in full effect after the team missed the playoffs two seasons in a row. At 6-foot-7, he’s not the biggest power forward in the NBA, but he will play suffocating defense that will make you want to quit. He has the ability to make tough contested shots, drive to the basket with his explosive 6-foot-four-frame, and scores efficiently and often. Steph Curry was injured before the playoffs and head coach Steve Kerr gave Poole the chance to start, while Curry came off the bench.

Draymond Green met with the media after the Golden State Warriros lost to the Denver Nuggets on Sunday in Colorado.

Devin Booker did not play in the game because he was out due to a hamstring injury.CLICK HERE. According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, the former All-Star will miss the rest of the first-round against the Chicago Bulls with a knee injury .CLICK HERE. This is the first time that the Warriors have been to the NBA Playoffs since the 2018-19 NBA season when they lost in the NBA Finals to the Toronto Raptors.

Reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokic tallied 22 of his eventual 37 points before the half, and while Curry rebounded to drop 33 by the end of the game, the Dubs still ...

The Poole party finally ended in Game 4, with Warriors guard Jordan Poole scoring a terrestrial 11 points. It took their first sub-par half of the series for the Warriors to finally lose to the Nuggets, as they trailed by 11 at halftime in Game 4, with Curry shooting just 3-of-10 before the break. On the other end of the spectrum — low seats for high prices — two VIP tickets in row AA will set you back $11,065 apiece with fees.

The Dubs return to Chase Center for Game 5 on Wednesday with a chance to close out the series against the Denver Nuggets.

The Nuggets had their best offensive game of the series with their backs against the wall, putting up series-high numbers in points (126), field goal percentage (56.2%), 3-pointers made (15), 3-point percentage (48.4%) and assists (28). Nikola Jokic continued to put up big numbers, posting 37 points, eight rebounds and six assists, but the big difference in the Nuggets’ Game 4 win was the support around him. AST: Jokic (5.3) REB: Jokic (11.8) PTS: Jokic (31.3) The Warriors trailed by as many as 17 points in Game 3, but were able to fight back and take a 121-119 lead with 1:06 remaining, the team’s first lead since the first quarter. Stephen Curry has came off the bench in all four games of the series, but has seen his minutes increase each game, playing a series-high 37 minutes on Sunday.

With the game tied at 121, Thompson missed a corner 3-pointer and Andrew Wiggins missed the follow-up dunk. Otto Porter Jr. and Monte Morris both went after the ...

Officials ruled that Porter was the last one to touch the ball, but the NBA ruled Monday that the ball went off Morris and the Warriors should have retained possession. With 48.9 seconds remaining, the NBA ruled that Austin Rivers should have been called for a foul on Curry as he impeded his SQBR. The Warriors were in the bonus so Curry would have been sent to the line for two free throws. Golden State didn't play sound basketball and allowed Denver to roar out to a 17-point lead midway through the second quarter.

This was almost a story about how the Golden State Warriors swept the Denver Nuggets in four games in round one of the playoffs. This was, in fact, ...

"Game 4 was a reality check for the Warriors' young guard, and how he responds in Wednesday's Game 5 will tell us so much about his development as a player and the Warriors' postseason possibilities," the Mercury News wrote. (To be fair, these questions have been circulating since Game 1.) "I think I'm going to sit out the first 11 minutes and then play 37 minutes straight — we'll see how that works," Curry laughed at yesterday's press conference. "I hate it — it's the worst feeling in the world, because it's what I do really well," Curry said in the postgame press conference. We'll see how we respond at home and taking care of those mistakes that we made tonight." "This isn't the worst thing for us," said Draymond Green in the postgame interview on Sunday. "We get more playoff-like reps together. It's a reminder of how hard it is to win at this level, the importance of every possession, and the things that you can control if you're trying to get to where you want to go. After looking like he might never miss a shot again, Jordan Poole had the "worst" game of his young post-season career, scoring 11 points; he was 3-10 from the field and 1-5 from three, but had 9 assists and three steals. I think we didn't deserve to get swept," Nikola Jokić said after the game. It was a Steph Curry brand of frustration: the search for high-level play and perfection with an amused/bemused and stylish shrugging of the shoulders. Aaron Gordon had 21 points — his best performance of the series thus far. "We didn't want to get swept. This was, in fact, a mere six points away — a free throw here, a field goal there — from being that very story.

The Golden State Warriors lost 126-121 on the road to the Denver Nuggets in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series and now lead the Nuggets 3-1 in the ...

Heading home and facing a scenario where they can close out the series in front of their home fans, it is hard to imagine the Warriors losing. We get more reps together, more playoff-like reps together, so it is not all bad. The Nuggets have proven they are more than capable of winning a game in this series and they could potentially win Game 5 on the road, but no team in NBA history has ever come back from an 0-3 deficit in a playoff series before and if they were to potentially move on, they would have to win two of their next three games on the road in Chase Center. Only being able to do so much, Nikola Jokic has needed help for the Nuggets to win a game in this series and he got that in Game 4. Game 4 was definitely a disappointing result for Golden State, but the problem in this game for the Warriors was their foul trouble. Monte Morris’ floater with around 33 seconds left to put the Nuggets up two and then Will Barton’s three-pointer with 8.3 seconds left to put the Nuggets up five sealed the deal in Game 4, giving Denver a 126-121 victory to keep their season alive.