[Western Conference Semifinals] (1)Golden State vs. (5)Portland

Warriors cruise again

 

Warriors in 5. And I don't think Golden State will rush Curry back, even if he is supposedly "ahead of schedule". If this series against Portland is a short one like I expect, then I don't think he'll return until Game 1 of the conference finals.

 

I think the Warriors will want to get Curry into a second-round game, if it's safe, to knock off the rust before the Spurs series. Curry came back in game 4 after only two games missed and was clearly off in that first half before hurting his knee. There's only so much practice can do to get you ready for games.

 

Sweeeeep

 

I said Warriors in 6.

Portland is one of the only teams to beat them this season; regular season doesn't matter, but the Blazers will do well to remember how they won.

Lillard had to go for 51, sure, but Curry and Klay had great games as well. The loss wasn't fluke-y like the Lakers loss, where the Warriors went like 0-30 from 3pt land.

Again, 1 game in the regular season does not predict a playoff series, at all, but if POR can steal one of the first two games from GSW (especially if Curry doesn't play), it could turn into a series.

tl;dr? I'm not writing POR off as a sweep.

 

Warriors in 5 just like rockets series. Difference is that I think the Blazers will be competitive in all the games.

 

Portland will win 2 games. Lillard and CJM >>> Harden and Bev. That's how bad Bev is.

 

If Kerr is smart, he'll only post up Livingston occasionally and stick to moving the ball and playing their own game.

 

Portland being a homeless man's version of GS and without Curry

 

Well this series is over...

 

Look at Stotts already putting aminu on Livingston.

6'9 vs 6'7

Any coach in the league would put a taller defender on Livingston. Keep putting Bev on Livingston is just idiocy

 

For those that think Thompson isn't all that good and he plays with Curry etc, he's gonna shut all y'all up with the way he's playing.

 

Who are they putting on Klay then because he's going the **** off on them

 

He doesn't have much of a choice

 

McCollum. I think he's getting cold feet, butterflies in stomach, etc. etc.

Klay's been in the league for a while now to torch a young McCollum.

 

McCollum isn't a good defender though and Klay is more of a threat than Livingston. Would seem smarter to put Aminu on Klay and McCollum on Livingston. McCollum is bigger than Beverley/Terry.

 

Aminu is really slow. I doubt he'll be able to run through all the screens

 

Blazers are truly effed then because McCollum doesn't have good natural defensive instincts and he'll tire the hell out.

 

Warriors players act like they never foul

 

There's mismatches everywhere no matter what matchup port tries out there. GS exploites them regardless of where it is