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Mavs or Warriors? Who do we want 1st round?

Who do you want in Round 1?

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Hekate said:
Mavs are probably a better defensive team now. They have been on the uptick for a while and it's made a huge difference.

GSW hasn't been the same defensively. They lost Draymond and they were fine for a few games and they lost their identity. I thought Draymond being back would help but they are far from their early season performance. May be Draymond becomes fully healthy in the playoffs (if he isn't now) and the playoffs ignite some fire for them.

I think Jazz need to execute against both teams but if they find their automatic offense of last year, they would be better equipped against GSW as they help a ton and that was pretty much how Jazz kept killing teams. They would punish almost every help. I miss that.
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The main weakness of the Warriors is that their bigs are pretty small and are both non-shooters/scorers. Offensively, they're an entirely perimeter-oriented team, and Draymond and Looney can be virtually ignored for entire possessions. When their guards dive-bomb to the rim, they'll run into Rudy and Hassan. Earlier this year, Hassan had a game where he had 17 rebounds and 7 blocks against guards trying to challenge him in the paint.

They've tried to experiment a bit with Kuminga at the 5, but it hasn't worked that well. Bjelica is a player that can play 15 mins or so, but he's really soft defensively.

If House guards Klay well, it would go a long way. Royce had a bad game against the Ws a week ago.
 
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Steph hasn't been cleared for contact and hasn't gone through a practice with the Ws yet. He's supposed to be evaluated on Monday. Game 1 would be the following Saturday or Sunday.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
The main weakness of the Warriors is that their bigs are pretty small and are both non-shooters/scorers. Offensively, they're an entirely perimeter-oriented team, and Draymond and Looney can be virtually ignored for entire possessions. When their guards dive-bomb to the rim, they'll run into Rudy and Hassan. Earlier this year, Hassan had a game where he had 17 rebounds and 7 blocks against guards trying to challenge him in the paint.

They've tried to experiment a bit with Kuminga at the 5, but it hasn't worked that well. Bjelica is a player that can play 15 mins or so, but he's really soft defensively.

If House guards Klay well, it would go a long way. Royce had a bad game against the Ws a week ago.
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Not sure what the numbers say now but the championship warrior teams were tops in the league at scoring in the paint… the threat of their shooting opened up the middle… so being able to take the paint away and see if the guys can close on the perimeter may work well.

There are no easy options but with how poorly the warriors have played… the injury issues… it’s a no brainer for me. Brunson struggled in last years playoffs against a good defensive team with length on the perimeter… not sure he will torch us but I’m guessing he won’t struggle.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Not sure what the numbers say now but the championship warrior teams were tops in the league at scoring in the paint… the threat of their shooting opened up the middle… so being able to take the paint away and see if the guys can close on the perimeter may work well.

There are no easy options but with how poorly the warriors have played… the injury issues… it’s a no brainer for me. Brunson struggled in last years playoffs against a good defensive team with length on the perimeter… not sure he will torch us but I’m guessing he won’t struggle.
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Having KD and a more spry Andre Iguodala helped a lot. They had 5 guys on the floor who could all create off the dribble and attack the rim. They don't really have that now. They've got spot-up guys on the perimeter, with Steph and Draymond running hand-offs trying to shake someone open. But a lot of that motion is misdirection. At some point, Steph, Klay or Jordan Poole gets a bit of space and chucks.

I'd be interested to see what their points in the paint have been this year.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
Having KD and a more spry Andre Iguodala helped a lot. They had 5 guys on the floor who could all create off the dribble and attack the rim. They don't really have that now. They've got spot-up guys on the perimeter, with Steph and Draymond running hand-offs trying to shake someone open. But a lot of that motion is misdirection. At some point, Steph, Klay or Jordan Poole gets a bit of space and chucks.

I'd be interested to see what their points in the paint have been this year.
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GS is 23rd and Dallas is 29th
 
Mavs are a much better matchup for us, and I do think Golden State intimidates this team a little. Biggest reason is Rudy can have a much bigger impact in a Mavs series than in a Warriors series.
 
Luka just picked up his 16th technical foul in a meaningless game against the Blazers where the Mavs led by 20 in less than 9 minutes. Now Luka will miss the Mavs' final game of the season against the Spurs. If the Mavs lose that game, their chance of moving up to the 3rd seed dwindles. The Spurs, however, will be playing without Dejounte Murray, so it could be interesting.
 
I wanna see Luka if only because I wanna see second round Luka and am curious how far he can carry them.
 
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