Lol, I actually think they have a decent chance tomorrow. If not, there's 57 more opportunities after the Bucks game for people to predict a Warriors loss. It's gotta happen eventually, right?
Malakas. Why are the bucks so bad. I wanted to watch some games of them but I have not been able to. Is is because all their good players are bad shooters? And teams can just pack the paint? Or is kidd failing? Or is there another reason?
Actually if you like to count playoffs, they ended the finals on a 3-game winning streak, so you need to +3.
I voted Bucks. GSW are coming off a OT thriller the night before and may be taking the Bucks in Milwaukee lightly. Though the Bucks have a bad record, they have some pride and cannot let the home crowd down. The Greek Freak and cast may pull through. Go Bucks. It's all about the glory.
Add the best start in NBA history, and they are also aiming to be the first team to sweep a 7 game road trip, it's never been done in the NBA lol, well played, and totally true. I didn't even know it was up for debate. Regular season and playoff statistics have always been kept separate for record keeping purposes.
Is Clay still out? I guess the team would be dead tired after yesterday's game and at the end of a long road trip. Also, Curry isn't used to playing such huge minutes. You could be right.
Nope - you're not getting any credit if the Bucks win tonight. Curry, Green and Iggy all played over 43+ minutes in last night's double OT win so they'll be somewhat gassed in tonight's match up. They are not taking anyone lightly. It's just a matter of endurance at this point. If you had voted Bucks at the start of the poll it would have been a good call. It's easy to vote Bucks now.
Nobody in the NBA is used to playing 47 mins. There is an incorrect perception Curry doesn't play heavy mins. He is averaging 35 mpg, which is where most star players are. The one anomaly is Harden at over 39, which is unsustainable. It isn't as if the Warriors monitor Curry's playing time. He's skipped 4th quarters about 3 times so far.
Bad spacing as you said, idiot rotations by Kidd, plus the defence takes a while to learn and has only 6 games now gotten back to good, before it was awful. They are also very young and they got the turnover machine as their pg. I don't care anymore, I want to tank to get Simmons or someone else. We can end up with a top 5 pick easily. The Bucks played last night as well in Toronto and their two best players played 40 minutes straight! The Warriors are not the only team that is tired. Plus one team has Curry the other team has MCW. I rest my case.
Only three Warriors played a lot of minutes last night...granted, it was their three most important players, Curry, Green and Iguodala. But the whole team won't be exhausted. And if Klay Thompson plays (it hasn't been decided yet), he'll be completely rested. I think Curry, Green and Iguodala will play a few less minutes than they'd normally play, in order to keep their quality of play higher when on the court, but unless the team has a completely flat game, they should have enough to beat the Bucks, who are also on the back-end of a back-to-back (though obviously not a double-OT). I don't think the Warriors will take the Bucks lightly. You can thank The Streak for that. If they were 23-1, that might be a risk, but the streak is putting positive pressure on the Warriors every night...every game is now a spotlight game with playoff intensity, rather than just a random ho-hum game early in the season.
I think he's still out. I think GSW will still win and win easily against the Buck. But I will keep repeating they will lose tonight until it's true. One of these day :grin:
The Bucks are overrated. Brandon Knight's trade hurting them a lot now. Another blowout win by the Warriors.
After winning tonight game, it's one of these: 6. Dec 25th, CLE 8. Dec 30th, @DAL 9. Dec 31st, @HOU (just b/c the Rockets will be back in full forces by this time and it's a B2B and on NY eve... wait, does that mean Harden will be in drunk mode?)
Giannis and Khris Middleton also played 43 min last night on the road. GWs have a much deeper bench. If Klay is ready to go, it should be win #25 for the Dubs.
