NBA: The only two teams that can prevent Warriors vs Cavs part 4

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George Hill vs. Goran Dragić

George Hill is not washed, but he certainly isn’t the same player he was almost two years ago.

Dragić was more athletic in recent years, but he just came off of a long summer of basketball in Slovenia winning the Euro Cup, so the addition of Wade is big for Dragić to conserve energy.

The Dragon is really underrated, even as a 2017-18 All-Star.

J.R. Smith vs. Josh Richardson

This isn’t even close.

Josh Richardson is playing out of his mind on defense, he has 13 steals in his past three games; very underrated.

Quick warm take: Richardson will be an All NBA defender by the end of the year. I believe J.R. will get frustrated with Richardson’s length and eventually crumble.

LeBron James vs. Justise Winslow

The great thing about Winslow for the Heat is that he can take offense off and play what he’s best at, amazing defense.

A lot like Andre Roberson, unfortunately for Winslow, he’s playing one of the best NBA players ever.

LeBron James will bully-ball Justise up and down the court.

Kevin Love vs. Kelly Olynk/Bam Adebayo

The Heat have never started Bam at the 4, but they just might try it out in this case.

Adebayo’s perimeter defense has been really solid all year, and it could create some problems for K-Love.

Love is still hurt, but should be back fairly soon.

I would give the advantage to Kevin, and expect him to have a huge series.

Tristan Thompson vs. Hassan Whiteside

What happened to TT?

Whiteside has got this match-up in the bag.

Don’t expect any problem from Whiteside on the defensive end, offensively is where this self-proclaimed Snap Chat king will need to step up.

Jordan Clarkson/Larry Nance Jr./Rodney Hood vs. Dwyane Wade/James Johnson and Co.

As great as the new additions to the Cavaliers are, I don’t think they can compete with the depth of Miami.

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The Heat have nine players that are averaging double-digits in points, which leads the NBA.

That is ridiculous.

The obvious point to all of this is that the Cavs have LeBron James and Miami just doesn’t have anyone to compete with a single player like LeBron.

Time will tell.