Denver Nuggets facing 'no pressure', see that Warriors are 'beatable' after Game 4 win

DENVER — The Denver Nuggets didn't just keep their season alive with their 126-121 Game 4 victory. They now see that the Warriors are «beatable.»

After being dominated so thoroughly in the first two games that they left San Francisco simply trying to keep things together, the Nuggets avoided being swept for the second straight postseason and now return to the Bay Area for a Game 5 with confidence that they can extend the series even more if they play the way they did in Denver.

«There is no pressure on us,» said point guard Monte Morris, who hit five 3's in the third quarter and scored 24 points. «I think Game 3 and 4 has been our best basketball, how physical we want to be, we displayed that.

»Going back there, we see they're beatable. They're a helluva team. But when we play our style of basketball and make it tough and make them see bodies — they are going to make tough shots — but we know if we play our brand of basketball and bring the energy, we give ourselves a chance. And that is why I think it is going to be different going back."

The Nuggets return to San Francisco with a coaching staff and key players who know what it takes to pull off an improbable comeback. Only 13 times have teams come back from down 3-1 to win. The Nuggets, however, did it twice in the bubble during the 2020 playoffs.

«Obviously of all teams in the playoffs, we are probably most comfortable being down 3-1,» head coach Michael Malone said. «Can I say we say we have them right where we want them? No. But we are alive. We live to fight another day.»

Malone thanked the energy the fans gave his team in Denver in Games 3 and 4 and then said the Nuggets will need the same thing from their fans again for a potential Game 6.

«I thank all of our