If Durant is back by Game 3, I say Warriors in six.
If Game 4 or later, Raptors in seven
Vanfleet's a pretty good defender but I think you want to try to put size on Curry. If DG regresses to the mean in his shooting that would be big.
Warriors are too small to guard Kawhi especially if Durant's not healthy. He's going to have a field day on them like in 2017 WCF. I think he's got unfinished business after the Zaza cheap shot. He's got a better supporting cast then what he had in 2017.
If Durant is back by Game 3, I say Warriors in six.
If Game 4 or later, Raptors in seven
He not a averaging 40 on "skinny" Donkey son. Ever since he lost that weight, he's been balling. His intangibles will determine the series IMO.
I'm looking forward to him guarding Kiwi tbh. This is his contract year and I expect him to bring it.
Is GSW ceiling higher without Durant? I get their margin for error is lower, but it seems like with Curry running the show & Draymond playing a bigger part, they generate even more efficient shots.
No
How can it be higher than a championship? What, are they going to higher league?
Warriors in 6 or Raptors in 7 are the only two possibilities, IMO.
Their level of play, not their achievements.
Warriors in 6, Raptors will steal game 1 and surprise everyone but will go on a downward spiral after a great game 1 performance from Kawhi and his roleplayers.
Tough to judge based off a series against Portland (are they even better than Boston?). Even then the Blazers choked away multiple possibly 3 games.
But Leonard looked absolutely gassed at the end of Game 6. If these teams were fully rested I would take Raptors (best player + best big man).
Fatigue is the key in this series.
Poopovich
So angry and bitter that he went out his way to meet Steve Kerr to discuss how to beat Kawhi in the finals
The Warriors haven't faced a defense as long and athletic as the Raptors.
Pop: "sweep the leg"
Raptors in 7.
Even if Durant comes back, it'll be in a very limited capacity. If he was healthy, i'd take the Dubs in 6. But he isn't.
Kawhi should pretty much eliminate Klay for most of the series. The story will be if anybody can effectively guard Curry, they've got bodies to throw at him in Lowry, Danny, Powell....but if they switch Kawhi onto him and he can effectively slow him down, the series might end in 5 tbh....
Dubs will probably have cousins, warriors in 4
Charles Barkley picks Kawhi Leonard, Raptors to beat Warriors in NBA Finals
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/charles...045408178.html
By the way Nick Nurse will also coach the Canadian NT
He also picked Portland and Bucks to go to the NBA Finals.
Hole up - who Paul Pierce says will win? His jinxes have the strength of the Black Panther
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