Post-game party: Dubs take care of business vs tired Bucks, Klay and Poole explode for 30-5-5 games
Steph gets double teamed all game, makes a lot of space
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Warriors take care of business against the road-weary Bucks. The Warriors ran with the new Jordan Poole + Klay Thompson starting lineup and Poole and Klay both thrived. Like crazy.
Enjoy the space and be good to each other.
Let's not forget that truly pure team is built for the playoffs, we are built on defense and 3pt shooting and in the playoffs when the whistle gets swallowed we are a force to be reckoned with.
Most of warriors playoff history is focused on the finals against the cavs and curry not winning finals mvp, but outside of the finals curry is one of the best playoff performers of all times and we have completely decimated a shit ton of teams. Those thunder, grizzlies and rockets teams were championship winning caliber teams and we sent them into rebuild mode even before KD.
It's going to take a lot to beat us in the playoffs with or without a healthy squad
Starting lineup last night proved the obvious. The Warriors system requires a primary/secondary ball handler besides Curry. There shouldn't ever be a single minute played without 2 of (Curry, Dray, Poole, Andre) on the floor at the same time. Curry's having the freedom to move off ball is the key to their offense. He is the whisk that whips up the Hollandaise (defense) and he can't do that with an egg (ball) in his hands (aka, hands).
And we shouldn't worry about size at the 1-2-3, we have 6'3"-6'5"-6'7" starting last night. That's fairly average, and good enough if you consider a future with Green, JK, Looney & Wiseman behind them. It doesn't matter if Poole starts or comes off the bench. What matters is that either he or Dray is riding side saddle with Curry when he is on the floor.