Pillendreher wrote:1bigfan13 wrote:You guys can dismiss it all you want but it's an absolute fact that matchups and playing style are a HUGE factor.
Golden State has the better top end players but Denver is a deeper squad and the fact that they run a ton of motion and have a skilled big man with a point guards mentality make them a much tougher matchup for OKC.
I'm sure back in 2007 there were Dallas fans laughing at the notion of the Warriors being a tougher matchup than the Spurs.
We'll see.
This is just a ridiculous attempt to justify losing to an inferior team multiple times in a row by putting them on a pedestal they don't deserve. If you can't beat a team that hasn't made the Playoffs since Kevin Martin was a Thunder, you have no business calling yourself a contender, period. The same was true for losing to the Jazz last season. If you do that, then you're not worthy of competing.
Yeah the team who has a solid shot at being the #1 seed in the west is "inferior". Okay, buddy.