Based purely on gut feel from watching the games over the past few seasons, I think the addition of Aaron Gordon was the key piece that makes Denver a bad matchup for the Warriors. Without Murray in '21-'22, the Warriors were able to compensate, but with Jamal back it seems like Gordon is the X-Factor who gets the key rebound or putback for the Nuggets. We don't really have an effective defensive answer for him while still accounting for Jokic, MPJ, and Murray. He can also somewhat neutralize rim drivers while we are on offense and covers for some of Jokic's deficiencies on that end. No idea what our answer would be, but he's likely not on the team yet.
I felt like the warriors were outclassed after the euphoria of Their 16 point lead quickly disappeared by halftime. In retrospect although part of curry’s deficiency was Denver defense he also had a bad night and if he was in it would have been competitive. A lot of teams are much better and the warriors size may matter more than previous years but don’t count them out yet- and I mean for the championship
Based purely on gut feel from watching the games over the past few seasons, I think the addition of Aaron Gordon was the key piece that makes Denver a bad matchup for the Warriors. Without Murray in '21-'22, the Warriors were able to compensate, but with Jamal back it seems like Gordon is the X-Factor who gets the key rebound or putback for the Nuggets. We don't really have an effective defensive answer for him while still accounting for Jokic, MPJ, and Murray. He can also somewhat neutralize rim drivers while we are on offense and covers for some of Jokic's deficiencies on that end. No idea what our answer would be, but he's likely not on the team yet.
I felt like the warriors were outclassed after the euphoria of Their 16 point lead quickly disappeared by halftime. In retrospect although part of curry’s deficiency was Denver defense he also had a bad night and if he was in it would have been competitive. A lot of teams are much better and the warriors size may matter more than previous years but don’t count them out yet- and I mean for the championship