Steph and Draymond have the Warriors on the verge of a sweep
By Tron Griffin
Steph Curry and Draymond Green’s fantastic play have the Golden State Warriors on the verge of sweeping the Portland Trail Blazers
Let’s be honest for a moment and admit that it is over for the Portland Trail Blazers who are now down 0-3 to the Golden State Warriors after losing 99-110 in Portland in Game 3.
The Trail Blazers have had a good season by revenging their embarrassing two consecutive years of being swept in the first round of the playoffs.
The Trail Blazers have also played inspired basketball against the Warriors in the first half of the last two playoff games by being up by double-digits at the half, but their problem is basketball is about having a lead over your opponent after two halves, not one.
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Give credit to the Warriors coach Steve Kerr for listening to Draymond Green‘s advice that the Warriors should blitz Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum even harder after the defensive strategy did not work in the first half of Game 2.
Since then, Lillard and McCollum have shot 18 for 60 from the field for a combined 61 points. The heroics we saw Lillard and McCollum in the first two rounds of the playoffs have gone away. The Warriors pressure defense and constant double teams have made them look almost like average NBA players.
Lillard and McCollum are even missing their open looks and are struggling to make their often reliable floaters to the basket.
Give Green credit, he has been a huge difference-maker in the series. He has played like a workhorse and has been running the floor, scoring on fast breaks and hitting the open man like a point guard.
He is averaging 16 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks a game in the series.
Steph Curry has been his usual dominant self. Some media members and fans like to say Kevin Durant is a better player than Curry, but the truth is Steph is the Captain of the ship. He built the Warriors franchise with the help of Green and Klay Thompson before Durant arrived.
Curry is the most important player in the Warriors history, not Durant. The Warriors won a championship without Durant and is on the verge of sweeping the Trail Blazers without him thanks to Curry’s 36.3 points, 6 assists and 6.6 rebounds a game.
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The Golden State Warriors are a well-oiled machine right now, and there’s nothing the Blazers can do.