Except on 4/3 The Warriors had a chance of having to face the Thunder as the 7th seed, without Curry, a chance that was notably increased when the Warriors failed to lose that game to the Thunder. But the Golden Deep State Warriors instead managed to thread that needle and avoid them leading to the mastermind final game (where they somehow played their starters in the second half despite being down 40 to cover their tracks). They also managed to lose enough games to the Pelicans to put them at 5, throwing a monkey wrench in the plans of a Blazer team that whipped them a number of times this year. Good detective work Hannity.
You can believe what you want to @SamFisher But I’m not that naive. Like I said. They started manipulating things since they couldn’t catch the Rockets (because they knew the Rockets wouldn’t lose many......and that the Thunder or any team couldn’t overtake them as 2nd seed. I highlighted the Thunder game. They beat the Thunder, but they were allowing teams to win over them, allowing other teams to overtake the Thunder. The Warriors played playoff teams and laid over. When they faced the Thunder they played playoff basketball while the Thunder were playing Westbrook triple double mode. I think Westbrook had 44 points and 16 rebounds. They guarded Melo and PG close. PG13 ended up with something like 22 points on hand in the face crappy shooting. Melo was 0-9 from 3 with a hand in the face. But don’t mistake the worry that the Warriors have for the Thunder. They know if they put it together....Westbrook could dominate Curry in so many aspects. Melo and PG13 can go off. They did not want them in a 7 game series until they have to face them.
@SamFisher I can turn the table on you. Explain to me how the Warriors were so bad against playoff teams but put it together vs the Thunder miraculously? Joe Scarborough