2021-2022 AROUND the NBA: GSW Champs [ARCHIVED]

[SleepingHero]

I love Inside The NBA.  Those guys crack me up making fun of the T-Pups celebrating like they won the NBA title. But I get it. They haven't had much success.  And mocking Pat Bev for crying lol. All jokes aside, Memphis / Minny should be a great series. This is a good test for the Grizz as well.  Kenny and Ernie picked the Grizz.  Shaq and Chuck picked the T-Pups to pull the upset...  Pat Bev is going to irritate Ja to no end and Dillon Brooks is going to do the same to Minny.

MEM thrives on pace and getting out in transition. That's also what the Wolves like to do too. MEM was first in the league with 17.7 fast break points a game. MIN was 4th with 15.8.

MEM weakpoint is that they can't play a slowed down halfcourt game. Neither can MIN. I expect MEM to walk away with this one as their just better in every aspect in the way MIN likes to run their offense. If they both slow it down then I expect it to be a slug fest, but I don't think either team wants to do that. 

Also want to know what team limited the most fast break attempts in the league? Dallas. Want to know what MEM scored against Dallas in their  4 matchups? 97, 96, 85, and 91. MEM only scored less than 100 points in a game 10 times this season. And Dallas is the owner of 4! 

KAT had a bad game for sure and he lost his composure crying to the refs about fouls. You have to give the Clippers credit for the scheme they used to throw double teams at KAT and he got frustrated. AntMan and DLo picked up his slack, they won the game for him. I don't expect him to have another stinker like that going forward. He's still one of the top bigs in the league when he's on his game.

100% credit to Ty Lue and how they played. I just am a firm believer that despite KAT's gaudy shooting stats (And they are fantastic) he doesn't make winning plays often enough. He might have incredible gravity because of his shooting, but he doesn't know how to effectively use it to make his team better. A skill that made Dirk legendary. 

KAT is still a top 5 center today. I don't expect him to foul out again in the playoffs. But I also don't think he's going to be as effective as in the regular season.