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Bay's warmup uniforms and jerseys look really great this year. Did they update them. Their logo fits those rings very well.
Golden State looks extremely polished in their game thus far. Simple plays have become effortless. Anthony Davis looks disinterested already in the mist of all this. The Warriors still are young and they can continue to have a dynasty. Curry is locomotive that keeps the energy of the team up during the course of the game. The Warriors stagnate in very rare instances. They always seem like their having fun and constantly are making ground breaking plays. Their fan base adds to this.
This is New Orlean's test..but I feel this is wayyyyy to early for them to encounter the Champions who haven't lost a beat and are fresh. They may have a tough schedule. I know Pelicans fans don't want their guys to have their confidence crushed early. I sincerely doubt they win this game.
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Chicago still goes through offensive woes during areas of the game where they are up but can't put the nail in the coffin. Their offense is what continues to hold them back. Their defense is absolutely fine. Their offense always manage to go cold mid game and they turn it up just enough in the end to edge a win. It hasn't cut it for them for nearly a half a decade+ in the playoffs.
Cleveland signed a variety of team cancers in JR Smith, Richard Jefferson, and Mo Williams. These guys are going to be placeholders in the playoffs because honestly, everyone should know how 4th quarters will be by now. Now they have an extremely overpaid bench player on a max contract who didn't even break 30 mins tonight or double digits. . He had two points.
The delusion will stay alive as long as LeBron is a cavalier. If his presence were to ever disappear, it would take 4 years for them to completely clean up that mess. Worst case scenario..a decade, from waivers and having to rebuild AGAIN because honestly, how bad were the Cavaliers before LeBron came back?
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Detroit was going to be better than the credit they were given. Stan Van Gundy has a career in coaching Dark Horses. All their starters scored 15 or more points and by their lenovo stats, they put in all the work. I haven't watched Detroit much myself. May have to change that.
Atlanta did what I thought they would. They seem to have lost all confidence in themselves instead of building confidence. They lost their best defender in the off season to the Raps.
Its only one game but they should have been prepared, regardless.
Warriors would toy with the Rockets and Bulls, tbh..they match up really well with OKC, too IMO..
