Did you even read what I wrote?
You think it's THAT easy to get 67 wins over the course of a long 82 game season playing primarily in the toughest conference in the league BY FAR?
I specifically mentioned the Hornets, Grizzlies, and Rockets. I didn't bring up the Cavaliers, of course the Cavs injuries had a big part to do with it because those are ACTUAL key players. You honestly believe that Tyreke Evans, Mike Conley (Who played 5 games of the series and played pretty good), and Patrick Beverely are as important to their teams as Kyrie Irving or Kevin Love!? Please. If it was Anthony Davis, Marc Gasol, or James Harden/Dwight Howard, THEN it'd be an issue. But you guys are talking like Mike Conley should've been MVP instead of Curry. Give me a fucking break.
And yes, inexperience DID play a factor. Nobody on that team has ever been to even the Conference Finals, let alone the NBA Finals. You think the Warriors would've played that way if they had at least ONE key guy who has played on that big of a stage like the Cavaliers have LeBron (who has been to the Finals 5 times already including this one!) Igoudala just played better because he's their smartest player and most experienced playoff veteran due to his years with the 76ers and Nuggets. But even he has never even reached the Conference Semifinals.
You think that Magic and the Lakers would've toppled Dr. J and the 76ers in 1980 without Kareem in those first 5 games?
Would the Houston Rockets of 1994 have been able to topple Patrick Ewing's Knicks if they didn't have a guy who has been to the Finals before (Hakeem Olajuwon)
Would Dwayne Wade have been able to lead the Heat by himself in 2006 against the Mavericks (although in a way he kinda did), without Shaquille O'Neal, who won 3 rings before with Kobe Bryant and the Lakers?
Teams who made it to their first Finals appearance without having anyone on the team who had been there before usually ended up losing, especially to a team that DID make it to the Finals before hand . (1992 Portland Trailblazers lost to the Bulls who were on their 2nd trip, 1994 New York Knicks lost the Rockets who had Hakeem, 1996 Seattle SuperSonics lost on the Bulls' 4th run, 1997 Utah Jazz lost to the Bulls on their 5th, 2000 Indiana Pacers lost to a Lakers team that had Shaq on his 2nd trip, Ron Harper who had won 3 rings with Michael Jordan's Bulls, and Robert Horry who won 2 with Hakeem's Rockets, 2001 Philadelphia 76ers lost to the same Lakers' team that won the year before that, 2002 New Jersey Nets lost to the same Lakers', 2009 Orlando Magic lost to the Lakers who had just lost to the Celtics the previous year) Saying or thinking that inexperience on the biggest stage has nothing to do with poor performace is absolutely ridiculous!! Why else would the Warriors have gotten down 2-1 to a Cavs team that was energized with having LeBron as their experienced leader?!
And the teams that were able to do it on their first trip to the Finals without anybody on the team having prior experience, were teams that would go on to be pretty damn special. Teams that went on to become dynasties, like Larry Bird and the Celtics in 80s, Michael Jordan and the Bulls of the 90s.
Now I'm not saying that Steph Curry is on the same level, or anywhere near the level as Larry or Michael, or that this Warriors team are as good as any of the Celtics or Bulls teams of the 80s and 90s. But for the present, modern NBA, for right now. The Warriors are shaping up to be the team of this era, that the Bulls went on to become in the 90s even though nobody on the 1991 team had reached the Finals before that year.
And the Cavs getting tired and worn in Game 4 is the Warriors' fault, how?? Like you said, that's how the game is played.
I think Game 5 will see a well rested Cavs team coming out with all guns blazing, as will the Warriors, and Game 5 will be a close game right down the middle.
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