The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Haralabos Voulgaris to discuss the Golden State Warriors in their Round 1 matchup against the Sacramento Kings.
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Game 3, role players get loose, namely Kuminga & DDV. Steph + Kuminga P&R will be a problem for Kings. Game 4 things tighten up, we get a big Steph game. Back to Sac tied 2-2, new series.
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I can’t even comprehend the possibility of the defending champion warriors with one of the 15 to 20 greatest players ever still playing at an incredibly high level, losing twice at home to a team that hasn’t been to the playoffs in 17 years. I think at the very least it will be a gentleman sweep that will be closed out appropriately in Sacramento. I know Sacramento has been really good on the road this year but I just think the Warriors are going to have too much championship pride to not get at least one of these at home.
They haven’t shown every adjustment yet. Still haven’t attacked Fox. 2-2 going back. SAC got a lot of calls an the whistle will go the other way in San Fran. This team has the literal NBA record for most consecutive series w a road win. History says their road record will have them out first round but it also said they would lose when down 3-1 to KD an Russ. It also said they wouldn’t win 3 STRAIGHT against a team like Boston. They haven’t played good at all an lost by a combined 11 points. Curry hasn’t even pulled out the undefeated shoes yet, iykyk. I’m a Lakers fan but GS has shown me they know how to adjust over the course of a series. GS in 6.
You better hope for home cooking lol… Kings are the best road team in the league, they just need one.
stop talking to this fired wannabe
You know it's bad when you can only look to the left and pray you can come up with a legitimate path to victory lol Did he just say "Maybe someone we don't expect shows up"… he knows it's damn near over.
De'aaron Fox is the best 2 way guard in the NBA right now 🔐🔥
All year, Warriors 5 BAD HABITS.. (+ one, maybe not a habit, a choice).
Coaching could fix but don't seem to care. No matter who they play..
1-TOO little effort for 2nd chance shots(all 5 just jog back for defense)
2-TOO many TurnOvers (garbage passes, Dray shooting 3s – when left alone at the 3pt line, attack and dunk or off-the-glass and get free throws)
3-TOO many stupid Fouls (stop giving the freebie "AND-ONE")
4- TOO many missed Free throws (practice the "make 50 drill")
5- TOO often, they pass up guaranteed 2s for a 3pt miss…
(6 ?) TWO little men in the paint (BBall is a TALL man's game)
And that's mgmt choice to have NO ONE 6'10" up to 7' 1" play.
This year they lost 17 games this year by TOTAL 49 points..
That's less than 3 per game.
If they had ONE LESS foul, or ONE LESS turnover
ONE MORE free throw, took ONE MORE easy layup,
instead of kicking out for a 3, ONE MORE offense rebound,
By a really TALL guy in the paint…
There's a good chance those losses would be games won..
Some games they give up 15 points just on turnovers.
and give up 10 points in free throws – lose by 8.
Or give up 12 offense rebounds, get zero points
and miss 8 free throws, get zero points.. Lose by 12.
44 – 38 win/loss could be ..61 – 21
But I'm sure the coaches/owners see the same things I do
And don't really seem to care..
It's the SAME reasons they're down 2 games in the 23 playoffs.
Klay had a layup or dunk w/12 seconds (gm1), no intent to shoot
BUT passed out for a 3pt miss (look at Klay's eyes in the replay).
+ They have an uncontrollable lunatic still costing them wins
and RINGS by showing talent good for UFC, but not good for NBA
(shouting, arguing, punching, kicking, stomping and getting
crucial game suspensions),Dray doesn't even try to score,
(does he practice shots or just practice defense and heckling?)
and they say that's the heart of the team.
I've been a fan since 2011. Looks like time to shuffle the deck.
Start with a new hand. U had a good run.. Dynasty done.
The Kings are the next dynasty. Just wait and see.
Bill going to town on that smoothie
I think warriors lose game 3 without Draymond, but win game 4. They will then steal game 5 with there backs against the wall (legacy splash brothers game combing for 70), then win game 6 at home but ultimately lose game 7 because they will be absolutely exhausted by then and kings not dropping 4 in a row.
The Warriors are going to come back and win because the NBA will lose millions in both ad revenue and ratings if Curry gets eliminated early, and don't tell me it was luck when my prediction comes true…it's because I live in the real world. I understand multi-billion dollar corporations don't leave money on the table…that's why I'm confident the Kings chances are either slim or none…more like none…
Klay never creates his own shot. When have you seen that?
just thinking LeBron outsit Curry as a contender
Bill, I like your podcast but I'm not feeling whomever this guest is. He didn't bring much analysis to the conversation, we all know the Warriors sucked on the road and he clearly doesn't watch much Kings basketball if he is saying they don't have much other than Fox! Finally, he gives off dbag yuppy vibes!
By by warriors 😂
If they lose in the first round I think they have to do a retooling. But I don’t know if they would or not. If they trade Poole and Draymond they could get a decent bench player and a decent defender. I don’t know if they do it or not though. I don’t think you can trade klay or Steph, they’ll retire warriors, but I think you can move on from draymond if it keeps the window open for another year or two
It must be hard for curry and klay mentally knowing they have zero post threat offensively on their team.Draymond and Looney are horrific scoring wise now
Mike Brown knows Curry, but GSW will throw new wrinkles into the O. We’ll see game 3, warriors will crush them.
They're not re-signing Green so they might as well start figuring out how they're going to win, moving forward, without him.
Light the damn beam !!!!
Whoever that dude was, was fucking awful. A Bill Simmons Monologue would have been 10000x better. Learn how to act on camera doofus
i am not surprised at all.
i picked the Kings to win the series (and so far so good).
look….there's nothing to overthink here. just ask yourself, 'which has been the better team all year?'
Who calls Draymond, Green?
Mr. Captive of the moment. Bill is a 🤡
Honestly with Draymond out it might be better for there focus. They’ll show up and win at least one game at home.
I went into the series picking kings in 6, to me people that were picking the warriors were just uninformed. This seemed clear cut to me
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They say Steph runs a lot and Kings are making him run like he never has. I never seen Steph so exhausted as he was in game 2. This is a match up he will never wanna have again in a playoff.