Davis and Curry were both in fine form, and they kept it going.
Stevens and Cole reacted quickly as well. Seeing that they were hot, they repeatedly set up plays to create Shooting Opportunities for them.
In the first quarter, their duel became the main theme of the game.
Davis scored 16 points in the quarter, setting a new career Playoffs high for points in a single quarter.
Curry poured in 15 as well, but perhaps to catch them off guard, he attempted only two Three-pointers and made one. Most of his scoring came from drives.
The two were neck and neck in scoring, and so were the Pelicans and Warriors.
After one quarter, the score stood at 30-28, with the Pelicans' lead practically negligible.
By the second quarter, it became Thompson and Jokic's turn for a scoring shootout.
Thompson had barely shot in the first quarter. With Curry and Durant resting on the bench, Green worked his magic at the top of the arc, hitting consecutive off-ball threes.
In the previous two rounds, Jokic had faced Adams in one and Cousins in the other, leaving him with few chances to perform. He had not even started this game.
Though reserved by nature, he had no lack of ambition. After coming off the bench, he was bursting with pent-up energy, and he had finally run into a Pachulia he could bully.
With consecutive Eurostep post-ups and spins, he had Pachulia so turned around that he could only watch Jokic score in every possible way.
At halftime, the two sides were tied at 58.
Scoring 58 points in a half was definitely not low in a game of this intensity.
The fans had witnessed a Finals-level first half.
Yet quite a few fans realized that tonight's game was very different from