The NBA Playoffs are finally set to begin after an intense regular season and the Golden State Warriors are one of the teams to watch as they can score in bunches and Stephen Curry and company will get their first round series started on Saturday in Colorado against the Denver Nuggets.
The Warriors were one of the highest scoring teams in the NBA during the season and that will be the key for the team as they take on George Karl's athletic Nuggets. Curry has been the driving force for the Warriors all season, especially from the 3-point line, as he hit an NBA record 272 from beyond the arc, breaking the previous record held by Ray Allen. Curry took home Western Conference player of the month as the team heads into the playoffs, giving him some momentum as the team visits the Pepsi Center.
The Nuggets will focus hard on Curry, who enters the playoffs after scoring 25 points, 8.1 assists and 3.9 rebounds while shooting nearly 50 percent from the field during the month. Over eight games he hit over 44 percent from three-point range and Andre Iguodala will likely be the one guarding him for most of the series. Denver will have a slight size advantage with Kenneth Faried, who is leading the team with nearly 10 rebounds per game.
Both teams enter the game on winning streaks, with the Warriors winning two and the Nuggets winning three, while each are 19-22 on the road. Denver has one of the best home court advantages in the league and the team has gone 38-3 on the year at the Pepsi Center. The Warriors are scoring over 101 points per game and rank third in the league in rebounding, with David Lee averaging nearly 12 per game Curry is tops in scoring with 22.9 points per game and will be the primary shooter for the Warriors.
The Nuggets have been one of the most exciting teams in the league this season and rank first in the NBA in scoring with over 106 points per game while allowing 101 per game, 23rd in the league. The team won 57 games this season and ranked in the top three in the league in both rebounds and assists per game. Ty Lawson is the scoring and assists leader, while Faried leads in rebounding.