Would Warriors still be favourites vs Bucks without KD?

[GTR11]

With KD... 4. Hope dray won't be talking all that crap too.

[LKN]

LOL - are people still going on about playoff experience? The Bucks have been annihilating all these "experienced/tested" teams they keep running into.

GS could certainly win.. but playoff experience is overrated

[likemycurryhot]

If KD doesn't play, the Bucks might sweep GS
Curry will be even worse than usual, because he's not a great Finals player plus he's got no KD to take the pressure off.

History says differently, With a sample size of 104 games less than 10 all-timers have have scored more:

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Rank                  Player   PPG
1.           Michael Jordan* 33.45
2.            Allen Iverson* 29.73
3.              Kevin Durant 29.22
4.               Jerry West* 29.13
5.              LeBron James 28.92
6.               Rick Barry* 27.33
7.             Elgin Baylor* 27.04
8.            George Gervin* 26.46
9.             Stephen Curry 26.08
10.         Hakeem Olajuwon* 25.90
11.              Kobe Bryant 25.64
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As for the OP's question, I think they would be slight underdogs.

[drat456]

LOL - are people still going on about playoff experience? The Bucks have been annihilating all these "experienced/tested" teams they keep running into.

GS could certainly win.. but playoff experience is overrated

Experience is a myth

[likemycurryhot]

If KD doesn't play, the Bucks might sweep GS
Curry will be even worse than usual, because he's not a great Finals player plus he's got no KD to take the pressure off.

Sorry I gave stats for playoffs as a whole not finals. Here are Curry's finals ppg. stats over a 22 game sample size:

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Rank                 Player   PPG
1.              Rick Barry* 36.30
2.          Michael Jordan* 33.60
3.             Kevin Durant 31.71
4.              Jerry West* 30.53
5.         Shaquille ONeal* 28.83
6.              Bob Pettit* 28.36
7.             LeBron James 28.22
8.             Kyrie Irving 27.69
9.         Hakeem Olajuwon* 27.47
10.           Elgin Baylor* 26.39
11.          Julius Erving* 25.50
12.           Stephen Curry 25.36
13.             Kobe Bryant 25.32
14.              Joe Fulks* 24.73
15.          Clyde Drexler* 24.47
16.           Dirk Nowitzki 24.42
17.            Andrew Toney 24.40
18.           George Mikan* 23.90
19.             Dwyane Wade 23.90
20.           Moses Malone* 23.70
21.    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 23.52
22.             Larry Bird* 23.10
23.            Cliff Hagan* 23.04
24.           Isiah Thomas* 22.56
25.           James Worthy* 22.18
26.            Dave Cowens* 21.69
27.          John Havlicek* 21.66

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[Ben Simmons]

Meaning Curry is a far more efficient scorer in the regular season than in the NBA Finals.
He shot 40% from the field in last year's NBA Finals.
If that happens again then Golden State will probably be swept, unless Durant plays