Jordan Poole and the Warriors scored 70 points in 19 minutes!

In Game 2 of the 2022 1st round of the playoffs against the Denver Nuggets, the Golden State Warriors scored an incredible 70 points in just 19 minutes of game action. This film room study details Jordan Poole, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and the Warriors new Death Lineup, and how they've been so successful thus far.

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Ben Taylor is the author of Thinking Basketball, a Nylon Calculus contributor, creator of the Backpicks Top 40 series & host of the Thinking Basketball podcast.

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[seandawson]

Can we just appreciate this front office and scouting department. They are the unsung heros in this warriors dynasty.

[s_ame]

I'm just amazed on how the Warriors been developing these guys. It's just unreal.

[Ishai]

The rise of Poole and Kuminga is like a throwback to the rise of the Splash Brothers. Next few seasons should be fun to watch

[dominictheexplorer.]

I've been scrolling YouTube for days looking for a deep analysis on this Warriors team and I'm so happy I found one

[rla]

I'm not a Warriors fan, but man do they play beautiful basketball.

[olamideolanrewaju]

All 5 of them are in synergy despite playing so few minutes together. They are great at using each other’s gravity to get easy cuts and open threes. The hectic pace on both offence and defense is fantastic. It throws off the opposing team. Kerr doesn’t get enough credit for how his motion offence is deadly with the right players. Not to mention the small ball switching on defense which has them ranked top 5 defensively consistently.

[duttybiggz]

The GSW are a perfect example of an organisation where everyone from top to bottom knows their role. No players acting like the GM, an understanding that building a team through the draft and free agency are not mutually exclusive, and a team above self mentality. I could watch this team play all freaking day.

[danielngo]

The nickname PTSD (Poole, Thompson, Steph, Draymond) fits for the new death lineup, because we give other teams PTSD, and keep the W (Wiggins) for ourselves.

[SealFredy]

Otto porter has also been absoutely incredible for the warriors. Sure, he's hit some threes and even come in clutch to win a few games. But watch that man set screens off-ball and anchor the wing defense alongside draymond. Relating to the "death lineup" part, porter can simply switch for any one of the four wings/gaurds to provide valuable rest while maintaining the offensive flow and defensive pressure. Very little changes about that lineup with him in the game, which means the warriors can basically have a continuous onslaught of extremely high offesnive/defense pace while also resting their own key players.

[MrBonzeMedal]

Poole’s passing has really impressed me. Not just the creativity, but the anticipation. He’s making advanced reads beyond his age.

Add that to his shooting and on-ball offensive game I wouldn’t be surprised if he becomes the No. 1 option in the next three years.

[gardenpop]

If you watched that game live. You know how fucking disgustingly good that lineup was against Denver. Even if they didn't have key players injured there would have been no stoping that lineup. Some of the best basketball I've had the privilege to watch.

[felipecouto]

Just something funny I noticed on 0:56, Steve Kerr went to give the call to Poole to pass to Thompson a split second after he already was on the move to make the pass. Incredible to see how these minds tink alike.

[beerjam]

Love them or hate them, you have to appreciate the culture this organization has. They bring out the best in their players.

[zebostola]

I see so much greatness for Jordan Poole in this league man... So much confidence.

[frankenviews]

The previous Death Line Up was spent on a 73-9 NBA record, but was all used up by the NBA Finals. This new one, Kerr patiently kept under wraps until the playoffs started. And now, opposing NBA coaches don't have much time to come up with an answer.

[jameskim]

Jordan Poole had been putting the works in for years and now it's time to shine

[thhhhms]

Man, this game was something else. Poetry in motion 🤌

[RTSbossmancurt]

watching this video almost made me cry 😩😩 it's just so beautiful 😭😭😭 warriors are the best team in the league 💯

[theasiancow]

Great vid. It's pretty sick to see the expectations around players change due to the playoffs. Before his playoff debut, most people looked at Poole and saw a solid up and coming player. Now, he's getting the respect of an up and coming star / 20ppg consistently kind of guy. Crazy how he wasn't in the top 3 MIP

[adriandaliva]

curry's 34 pts in 23 minutes is the fastest 30-pt playoff game in the shot clock era (since 1954-55)