GSW has been a joy to watch all year. Steph's more-or-less inventing basketball right now. No one has ever been able to create his own shot like he can. He regularly makes step-back threes after behind-the-back dribbles. I don't even know if any other plays have TAKEN a shot like that. Not just now. Ever.
Then you add in the rest of those parts around them. I don't ever remember seeing a team that has eight players who can bring the ball up the court. The entire starting five (Steph, Klay, Barnes, Draymond and Bogut) all do it, plus Iguodala, Barbosa and Livingston. It's absolutely bonkers when they close out possessions. They run so many nifty little things in transition to get either Steph or Klay a wide open look.
I used to want to throw my remote control watching them play under Mark Jackson. Steph, Bogut and Iggy are wonderful passers. It didn't really make any sense to see them just run constant isolation plays when you have a jump-shooting team.
They don't have a traditional post player. But they run a decent amount of pin-downs, especially with Klay since he has height on whoever typically guards him. And I'd rather have Steph or Klay shoot a three than get someone a post look.
They've had the best defense in the league all year. Their constant switching is unreal. Mark Jackson put together a really good defensive system, but Kerr and Co. just amplified it. Draymond Green is a savant on this end of the court.
It's a shame that Irving's hurt. I wish we got to see a full matchup between these teams. GSW got lucky with the injury bug this year. Cleveland lost their second and third best players. Houston didn't have their best perimeter defender in Patrick Beverly. Mike Conley had a broken face (!) and like 800 other injuries.
Also: I think Memphis looks like they were the second best team in basketball this year. They had GSW on the ropes (up 2-1 with home court) with their engine Conley hurt. GSW had to take a major gamble and threw up a gimmick defense by having Bogut "cover" Tony Allen. TA was absolutely destroying GSW's gameplan on offense. They took him off the court in a really pretty brilliant move. That series might go a bit differently if Tony Allen could hit an 18-foot jump shot with no one covering him.
