5 Reasons The Golden State Warriors Can Win The NBA Finals This Year
By Ti Windisch
The Best Team
It isn’t overly hard to figure out which team has the best title odds if it’s obvious which team is the best one. More often than not, either the best team or the best player (or both) wins it all in the NBA.
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The Golden State Warriors didn’t win 73 games this season, but they’re still far and away the NBA’s best team. Golden State has four legitimate All-NBA players in Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, and Klay Thompson.
Golden State has the luxury of having four stars who can all fit together.
It took some time for the Warriors to integrate Durant, but even if the fit still isn’t perfect, the overwhelming talent of the Dubs can make up for any small lapses.
It’s pretty hard to look at this team and say there are huge issues. Golden State led the NBA in all of the following statistics: offensive rating, net rating, assist-to-turnover ratio, and true shooting percentage. The Dubs were also second in defensive rating, coming in at just 0.2 points per possession worse than the San Antonio Spurs.
The Warriors beat teams by 11.6 points per game in the regular season, meaning the average Warriors game was decided by double-digits. No other team beat opponents by more than 7.2 points per game.