Spurs W/O Kawhi almost as compe ive as the Cavs against the Warriors

[21209]

What happened to the excuse that the Warriors only win when teams have players injured?

The Cavs have no injuries in this series and the Warriors are throttling them.

[Mal]

Zaza was out Spurs series. Difference maker

[BillMc]

Cavs defense is just ing garbage. just awful. Spurs played much better even without Kawhi. Tyrone Lue is an awful coach and as good as Lebron is, he can't win against the GOAT offense with such a terrible team defense. idk how many times i've seen Durant make uncontested drives/dunks in the first two games

Well said.

[bic50]

What happened to the excuse that the Warriors only win when teams have players injured?

The Cavs have no injuries in this series and the Warriors are throttling them.

Cavs aren't that good. Not good enough to compete with the warriors. However all evidence shows that warriors benefitted immensely with kl and Parker out the series.

[21209]

Cavs aren't that good. Not good enough to compete with the warriors. However all evidence shows that warriors benefitted immensely with kl and Parker out the series.

You wouldn't know it by the way Spurs fans on this board were talking about how the Cavs would beat them after the Spurs blew game one after Kawhi went down.

I don't even discount it as wishful thinking. Many were convinced and used the injury excuse as the reason the Warriors were winning the last few years.

[$pursDynasty]

You wouldn't know it by the way Spurs fans on this board were talking about how the Cavs would beat them after the Spurs blew game one after Kawhi went down.

I don't even discount it as wishful thinking. Many were convinced and used the injury excuse as the reason the Warriors were winning the last few years.

I would like to believe that the fully healthy Spurs squad could take the Dubs this year, but I am not sure of it. I would just like to see both squads fully healthy play it out in a playoff series. That's about as objective as I can get on this subject.

[NameLess Scrub]

You wouldn't know it by the way Spurs fans on this board were talking about how the Cavs would beat them after the Spurs blew game one after Kawhi went down.

I don't even discount it as wishful thinking. Many were convinced and used the injury excuse as the reason the Warriors were winning the last few years.

They can definitely beat any team right now, but they do seem to benefit from injured teams, specially this year and 2015. Also, they haven't been the same team nor have the exact same roster every year since 2015. We can't use this version to analyze the past 2 seasons.