NBA: How likely is a GSW/ Hawks NBA Finals series?

[ElNono]

I wanna see how the Warriors look when they can't control the pace/tempo of the game.... can they win games when they score 90, 95 pts?

[Nathan89]

Best player being a pg isn't that meaningful on a team that stacked. He's not taking a max contract which would be the major negative of the best player being a pg. While they have some bad contract they have overcome that with a bunch high value low contract players green, Barnes, Speight, etc. Big difference from cp3 who gets paid double and has a team with a ton of weaknesses.

[100%duncan]

Atlanta is more of a lock because they play in the east and have already beaten the top seed east teams. GS got beat by Spurs and Okc, and they play in the west.

[Hoops Czar]

I wanna see how the Warriors look when they can't control the pace/tempo of the game.... can they win games when they score 90, 95 pts?

5-0

[100%duncan]

Best player being a pg isn't that meaningful on a team that stacked. He's not taking a max contract which would be the major negative of the best player being a pg. While they have some bad contract they have overcome that with a bunch high value low contract players green, Barnes, Speight, etc. Big difference from cp3 who gets paid double and has a team with a ton of weaknesses.

The 2013 spurs team was also stacked

[Malik Hairston]

Best player being a pg isn't that meaningful on a team that stacked. He's not taking a max contract which would be the major negative of the best player being a pg. While they have some bad contract they have overcome that with a bunch high value low contract players green, Barnes, Speight, etc. Big difference from cp3 who gets paid double and has a team with a ton of weaknesses.

The Warriors talent is pretty overrated, tbh..

They have a lot of good players(although their #2 guy is a massive playoff choker) but they're still extremely reliant on Curry..he has been arguably the best PG in the NBA and he's playing at a peak that has been reached by very few PGs in the history of the league..guys like Harrison Barnes and Iguodala aren't even close to being good enough to negate Curry having a sub-par playoff series..

Curry is just playing at a historic level, this season..

I do think it's possible that he could do what Paul/Nash/Rose/Westbrook/Parker/Stockton/Payton/Kidd, etc were never able to do..

[Mr Bones]

I love this NBA season... The top two seeds in the West are nervously eyeing the 7th and 10th seeds, the Pistons are in position to make the playoffs after starting 5-23, and the Atlanta Hawks-- the 8th seed last year-- are the consensus best team in the East. That's a nice shake up.

[StrengthAndHonor]

They were both close games (today's game was up for grabs until late in the fourth). Detroit has a pretty good coach, an elite frontline, and athletes. If they can control the paint and rebounds it'll keep them on any game.

I'll give SVG the benefit of the doubt but personally, my take is any team that relies on Brandon Jennings to provide perimter prodcution is doomed to fail. It's no coincidence Pistons' recent success is tied with Jennings' unlikely high efficiency. Without his usual production, it would be an easy 5 game series for ATL,

[ElNono]

5-0

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right now they're 2-3 when they score 95 or less against West playoff teams...

[Silver&Black]

[FkLA]

thinking anybody in the West can take out the Spurs

[DAF86]

10 years from now people will be talking about the 2014 Spurs as the team that changed the NBA, tbh.

[Hoops Czar]

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right now they're 2-3 when they score 95 or less against West playoff teams...

?!? You didn't clarify vs. western conference teams. But in most of the games your describing, the Warriors just missed shots (Pho, Memphis, Clippers). They've proven they can play at the opposition's pace and still come out victorious even if they eclipsed the 95 point threshold on late 4th quarter free throws (Houston, Dallas etc.).

[Mr Bones]

10 years from now people will be talking about the 2014 Spurs as the team that changed the NBA, tbh.

[ElNono]

?!? You didn't clarify vs. western conference teams. But in most of the games your describing, the Warriors just missed shots (Pho, Memphis, Clippers). They've proven they can play at the opposition's pace and still come out victorious even if they eclipsed the 95 point threshold on late 4th quarter free throws (Houston, Dallas etc.).

Didn't think I needed to, that's who they're going to play against when things matter. I've always said playoffs games are a different beast. Pace slows down considerably, there's little margin to chuck up a storm, doubt creeps in... Now, granted, I only see two teams in the West that can control the pace, that's the Spurs and Memphis... but if OKC happens to make it, I also think they could beat them at their own game.

It's still premature though. Lots of teams peak early, then either don't know how to deal with success or can't rise to the occasion when the pressure is on. Some teams have been there, done that. But this Warriors team is not supposed to be an underdog anymore, so we'll see how they handle that.

[Brunodf]

If GSW dodges Spurs/Grizzlies/Clippers or face them injured i think GSW can make it tbh

[LkrFan]

I wanna see how the Warriors look when they can't control the pace/tempo of the game.... can they win games when they score 90, 95 pts?

Who's good enough to lock them down for 7 games like det?

[100%duncan]

Who's good enough to lock them down for 7 games like det?

Please predict that it's not the spurs, please

[Venti Quattro]

If GSW dodges Spurs/Grizzlies/Clippers or face them injured i think GSW can make it tbh

Clippers

They'd have problems with the Grizzlies and Spurs but with HCA, I don't see why they can't beat any of the two teams.

[ElNono]

Who's good enough to lock them down for 7 games like det?

Now, granted, I only see two teams in the West that can control the pace, that's the Spurs and Memphis

Likely only have to do it for 4 games though...

[ElNono]

Actually, add Dallas to that list... playoffs Carslile is pretty good, plus Dallas currently has a more potent offense than Golden State...

[Brunodf]

Clippers

They'd have problems with the Grizzlies and Spurs but with HCA, I don't see why they can't beat any of the two teams.

GSW is a good matchup for the Clippers...

[StrengthAndHonor]

In theory the Hawks are just too good of a team to lose to anyone in the East and if they meet the Warriors, they should also have no problem dismantling them.

[LkrFan]

Likely only have to do it for 4 games though...

Agreed. Don't really trust jump shooting teams. Every once in a while you get burned. 2011 Mavs come to mind. It still hurts.

[Budkin]

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