Warriors in six. I think the Spurs get frisky and take Games 3 & 4 at home, but they just don't have enough to knock off an unmotivated and injured Warriors team. Out of the 7 other Western Conference playoff teams, Golden State probably got the best matchup they could ask for in the first round
Warriors with the sweep baring a miracle Kawhi return. Maybe in 5 if they have an off game for one of the Spur's home game. Warriors will just swarm and double team Aldridge every time he touches the ball and the Spurs will be hard pressed to find enough offense elsewhere. A repeat of last year's playoff.
Game 1: Sat. April 14 San Antonio at Golden State, 2:00 pm, ABC Game 2: Mon. April 16 San Antonio at Golden State, 9:30 pm, TNT Game 3: Thu. April 19 Golden State at San Antonio, 8:30 pm, TNT Game 4: Sun. April 22 Golden State at San Antonio, 2:30 pm, ABC Game 5* Tue. April 24 San Antonio at Golden State Game 6* Thu. April 26 Golden State at San Antonio Game 7* Sat. April 28 San Antonio at Golden State, TNT
I don't know. The Warriors will win, but everyone is acting like this is a sweep or 5-game knockout. The Spurs played way better down the stretch than Golden State. San Antonio is used to playing without Kawhi, so this isn't like last year when they could never recover from Zaza taking him out in Game 1. They have Parker this time around(although he is 97 years old). And the Warriors are missing Curry and the rest of the roster is really banged up. It all comes down to two things. First, was the awful play of the Warriors in the last few weeks because they were bored or coasting or are they legitimately this mediocre sans Curry? And second, can the Spurs manage to steal one of the first two games at Oracle? If it's the latter on the first question and if the Spurs can get a split in Oakland, then this could be a tough series for Golden State. Right now, I say Warriors in 6.
Not sure about this one... without Curry. This might be harder than people think. Warriors have been getting blown out of late.
GSW runs that set offense so they won't be trying to take advantage of slow-footed Gasol and bum knee LMA using ISO. Who is going to guard LMA by the way? He pretty much dominated every game they played his year. Gasol and LMA are going to feast on all the boards too. This might be a closer series than we think (at least I hope so)... The season series is 3-1 GSW, but we all know Pop tanked one of those games playing the children in winning time and leaving Kyle Anderson on KD island for 10 straight points. Full Disclosure: Quinn Cook and Nick Young were starters in the only Spurs win of the season.. Don't pay attention to that though...
The warriors, and their entire offensive system, are not the same without curry. They just don’t have the spacing needed. Draymond, besides not being nearly as good as in past years, is noticeably worse as a passer without curry out there. He try’s to force passes he’s used to being able to make but he just can’t because the spacing is gone. The warriors biggest weakness, always has been, is the 5 spot and in the interior. This is where the spurs live. They will not be able to contain Aldridge and Gasol. And while typically playing them together hurts you defensively, it doesn’t in this matchup because outside of the star players gsw has no outside shooting. Pau and LaMarcus are going to dominate the boards, something gsw isn’t great at anyways, and draymond playing the 5 all game in a “death lineup” won’t be their saving grace. Couple all that with pops being the superior coach, having a superior game plan, and having players who are very good at running the system defense they employ will slow down the gsw a lot. While sayin all of this, I think it’s clear gsw will take the series. But to brush it off as some kind of sweep? Or a gentleman’s sweep? I don’t think so... I predict warriors in 6 hard fought games and can see it going 7.
Coaching alone will win some games for SA. Kerr is not a great coach. He just has a stacked roster that anyone can win with.
I specifically remember Javale McGee locking Aldridge the F down in the game a month ago. He blocked him 4 or 5 times.
