Monday, April 30, 2007

Warriors vs. Spurs in Western Conference Finals?

I'm going to go out on a limb here, but is it possible we could see the Warriors in the Western Conference finals? It looks like the Mavericks have their backs to the wall at this point since the Warriors have gone up 3 to 1 and still have a home game left (plus yet another win in Dallas would not be that surprising given recent history).

So, the Warriors would play either the Jazz or the Rockets in the second round. In either case they would have to win on the road but they were 2-1 against the Rockets this year and 2-2 against the Jazz. More importantly they won their most recent game against both teams which was after the big trade.

Assuming the Spurs capitalize on their 2-1 lead and put away the Nuggets in the first round, they would most likely face the Suns in the second round. The Spurs were 2-1 against the Suns this season, winning the most recent matchup. Assuming defense prevails over the Suns high scoring offense, we could see my two fave teams in the Western Conference finals.

At that point I think I would have to give the edge to the Spurs though I did see the Warriors lay down a major blowout earlier in the season against the Spurs at Oracle Arena. Probably sealed the Spurs fate on that one by talking them up to Kathy before the game.

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