'I felt pretty prepared,' Poole said of coming into his playoff debut. Kerr was adamant Saturday night that though those two games weren't the primary turning points in Poole's career, it was just another indication that he'll be ready for whatever's thrown his way. In the Warriors' first play-in tournament loss last season, Poole scored 10 points against the Los Angeles Lakers and followed that by dropping 19 in a loss to the Memphis Grizzlies that ended Golden State's season. Kerr also believes Poole's performances in two games last season that don't count towards his regular-season or playoff stats helped set the stage for this moment. He was a member of the 2017 Dick's National High School champion team at La Lumiere School in Indiana and played hero on the national stage when his buzzer-beating 3-pointer as a freshman at Michigan sent the Wolverines to the Sweet 16. Nothing compares to the NBA playoffs, but Poole isn't new to the big stage by any means.

His five 3-pointers, however, is a new Warriors record for a player's first postseason game. Poole became the 35th player in NBA history to score at least 30 points in a playoff debut. The record belongs to fellow Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain. Poole's 30 points are tied with Hall of Famer Mitch Richmond for the second-most scored by a Warrior in a playoff debut. 'He's not afraid of the moment, he was looking forward to it. 'This is kind of what we expected,' Steve Kerr said after the win. Perhaps that shouldn't come as such as shock.

But his 30-point performance Saturday night in the Warriors' 123-107 blowout win? SAN FRANCISCO - Jordan Poole being introduced as the Warriors' starting point guard instead of Steph Curry for Game 1 of the Warriors' first-round playoff series with the Denver Nuggets certainly came as a surprise.

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