Golden State ended the season for the Oklahoma City Thunder and former Blue Devil Kyle Singler, winning Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals, 96-88. Singler, who hasn't played much in the playoffs, didn't get in the season finale.
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The Warriors really had to earn it too, having fallen behind 3-1.
The Warriors will face the Cavaliers in the finals, where Duke will be represented by Kyrie Irving and Dahntay Jones.
Last year, Larry Brown Sports tell us, the Warriors (some on the staff anyway) thought that Cleveland was tougher without Irving and forward Kevin Love, who were both injured.
ESPN points out that Toronto ran twice as many pick-and-rolls against Cleveland as they did during the season.
But as we've heard lately, Golden State has some defensive weaknesses too.
Stephen Curry's has been criticized a lot lately. We watched Klay Thompson wave at several OKC players as they sped by and the next time Harrison Barnes asserts himself physically may be the first.
Then again, Draymond Green is one of the most unique players in basketball and Andre Iguodala is a superb defender.
Match that against LeBron James, whose skills and intelligence for the game are off the charts, leave alone his talents, Irving, who can be highly explosive, and Love, who can shoot and who is a brilliant outlet passer, and it's an interesting series.
Again.
We'd assume the Warriors will be favored, but Cleveland is playing very well and has shown some really nice chemistry.
And importantly, the players are buying into the coach this year.
It's going to be fun, to say the least.