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United States NBC political correspondent Steve Kornacki shifts to sports, dismisses Denver Nuggets' chances against Golden State ...
April 24, 2022
NBC News national political correspondent Steve Kornacki breaks down the wide gulf between the Golden State Warriors and Denver Nuggets prior to Game 4 of their playoff series.
Screenshot from TwitterWhen NBC News national political correspondent Steve Kornacki isn't pointing at a touch screen and describing the county-by-county results of a Senate race, he's sometimes pointing at a touch screen and brutally breaking down an NBA team's faltering postseason chances.
On Sunday, before Game 4 of the Golden State Warriors' playoff series against the Denver Nuggets, Kornacki noted that his computer model gave the Nuggets a 1% chance of coming back from a 3-0 deficit to defeat the Dubs. "In fact," Kornacki added, "if anything, that computer model might be a little kind to the Nuggets."
The odds are in the Warriors' favor.
What's the chance of a sweep in this series? @SteveKornacki breaks it all down
(➡️ @massmutual) pic.twitter.com/qzruDfPZMi
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) April 24, 2022
Ouch! As Kornacki went on to point out, no NBA team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit, hence his skepticism about Denver even having a 1% shot at redemption. And typically, teams up 3-0 close out their series pretty quickly. Kornacki says out of the 143 squads who have gone up 3-0, 89 finished their series with a sweep, and 41 finished things off in five games. Just 10 teams got to a Game 6, and only three made it to a Game 7 before bowing out.
If you're a Warriors fan watching the aforementioned clip, you've gotta be feeling good. And if you're a Nuggets fan? You might be getting some unpleasant flashbacks to a disappointing election night outcome delivered by Kornacki and his infamous touch screen.
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Alex Shultz is the sports editor for SFGATE. You can reach him at alex.shultz@sfgate.com.
