Warriors vs. Blazers (7 game series)

[The_Believer]

Assume that both teams are fully healthy, and GSW has the home-court advantage? Who would win?

[RoyceDa59]

I'll take Golden State because they are deeper, more proven, and have a superstar PG who can take over games and lead a team when called upon. Golden State matches up well against Portland but it would no doubt be a very entertaining series to watch and would most likely go 6 or 7 games.

Note: When you say entirely healthy im assuming we are not including Greg Oden into this discussions because he is out for the entire season.

[The_Believer]

I forgot to post my pick- I'd say GS would beat them in at most 6.
Blazers don't have anyone who can guard Baron, and Baron/Jax are a dangerous two-way duo who have shut down Kobe, Tmac, Caron, Nash, Matrix, Artest, Dirk, LeBron, etc, while combining for 50+ points on a game's basis. They would definitely do the same to Brandon Roy.
Also, GS has been playoff-tested.
EDIT- Yes, no Greg Oden, but it would be interesting to see how GS handles a big man like him.

[hermes]

i'll take the awrriors because of their playoff experience

[NetsForce]

The Warriors are the one team I think the Blazers have a chance of beating in the playoffs but...

I'm going to have to go with the Warriors, Baron would just run Roy through the blender in the low post.

[killacalijatt]

The Warriors are the one team I think the Blazers have a chance of beating in the playoffs but...

I'm going to have to go with the Warriors, Baron would just run Roy through the blender in the low post.

Are you felling ok are you sure u smokin something ?
Netsforce is that you
Again u sure dude u must b e sick
Another one on me

[Spykes]

Even as a Blazer fan, I'd also say the Warriors would beat Portland in a 7 game series.

[Village Idiot]

After two blow-outs I think we can safely say Portland has the Warrior's number. Unless something changes I say Portland in 5 with home-court advantage.

[Fitz303]

The Blazers are yet to go down to their arena.. I think it would be a great matchup to watch.. Probably a 6 or 7 game series. Both teams home fans are great, and I think that home court would probably give the edge to that team

[CounterLead]

Blazers don't have anyone who can guard Baron

. . . excuse me? 4 points tonight on 1/6. He looked horrible and looked ridiculous/desperate yapping to the refs after pushing off in mid-air and then falling on his chubby behind. Dude just had no shame tonight.

[candy for lunch]

Blazers. Small ball just doesn't work against us

[That Nicka]

I'll take the Blazers because they play defense

[BROWN]

I'll take the Blazers because they play defense

You have no clue what your talking about,
The warriors play DEFENSE, not the type that you expect from every team,
they play a scrambling pesky defense, you should watch some games before you open your mouth.


Depending on the Home Court Advantage, i'd take the warriors in 5 if they had home court and the warriors in 6 if they did not.

The warriors have playoff experience, while a young Portland team doesn't.

In 2-3 years, if they were to match up again portland would destroy them, but at this point they wouldn't.


And to the poster who wrote something about Baron going 1-6 today,
please remember where talking about PLAYOFFS and not the regular season. I'd like you to recall last year playoff series against dallas where they didn't have good guards guarding Baron , and look what he did to them.

[farzi]

[quote="brownwarriors"][/quote]

Don't you think playoff experience is a tad overrated? Last year, the Warriors didn't have any real exp. yet they knocked off the number one seed, yet now after that they seem to have all of this experience that will suddenly make them better come the playoffs.

Utah had no playoff experience last year and to the WFC. Now they're a favored team despite lack luster play because of those 3 extra weeks of basketball.

Its completely overrated. It may have some impact come CF/finals rounds, but we semi sane Blazer fans know we aren't going to be sniffing those for atleast another year.

[NetsForce]

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Don't you think playoff experience is a tad overrated? Last year, the Warriors didn't have any real exp. yet they knocked off the number one seed, yet now after that they seem to have all of this experience that will suddenly make them better come the playoffs.

Utah had no playoff experience last year and to the WFC. Now they're a favored team despite lack luster play because of those 3 extra weeks of basketball.

Its completely overrated. It may have some impact come CF/finals rounds, but we semi sane Blazer fans know we aren't going to be sniffing those for atleast another year.

Not true AT ALL. Baron Davis and Stephen Jackson had a ton of playoff experience, Don Nelson also was very familiar with the playoffs. In Utah Jerry Sloan had plenty of playoff experience so he was fully prepared for whatever was thrown at him, it also helped that Deron Williams went on a hotstreak, and they ended up playing the perennial choking Rockets in the first round, and the fatally flawed Warriors in the second round.

A better comparison for the Blazers is the Raptors of last year, and we all saw how that worked out. McMillian is probably a better coach than Sam Mitchell but not by a whole lot, so I doubt he can make a difference the way Sloan did with the Jazz.

If the Blazers happen to make the playoffs, then you'll see what I'm talking about that's really the only way you're going to understand it, I told the same thing to Raptors fans and after the Nets-Raptors series they ended up agreeing with me.

[Yangsing]

In terms of defense, I'm going to have to say Blazers. GSW are in the bottom 10 in OPP FG% and 3pt%.

[SabasRevenge!]

Did anyone see the game last night? I don't know what that was the Warriors were playing, but it sure wasn't defense. That had to be the worst defensive effort I've seen all season. The Blazers started the game with 4 dunks in their first few possessions and their shooters were open the entire game. Sure, it was one bad game, but the statistically the Warriors are also pretty terrible on D.

The Warriors certainly have the edge when it comes to experience, but I think it would be a great series. Personally, I'd love to see Blazers-Lakers in the 1st round, but that doesn't appear likely unless it's a 3/6.

[Yangsing]

Nellie coached teams aren't exactly known for their D.

[Milkdud]

Nellie coached teams aren't exactly known for their D.

The warriors play D but its an ultra gambling style of it. Last night was a good example, the warriors were jumping the passing lanes alot and got a ton of deflections. Now the flipside of that coin is since the gamble they set guys up to get easy baskets when the miss on those steals.

Im not making a state one way or the other til I see how the blazers play down in the bay. But as of know I like my chances it would be a 6-7 game series IMO.

[That Nicka]

I hardly call that scrambling/gambling crap GSW runs: defense... The 05 Heat had very little playoff experience but Dwayne Wade, Lamar Odom and Caron Butler came to play as will Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge, Travis Outlaw, Martell Webster, Steve Blake and Jarrett Jack


Nate McMillin is a helluva coach