Kevin Durant and James Harden
Golden State has been holding back all year - they told us in the pre-season that they were going to take a page out of the LeBron James playbook and they followed through on that.
On the Western Conference front, the Warriors, who ousted the New Orleans Pelicans in five games will have a chance to fight for their fourth straight Western Conference crown against the James Harden-led Houston Rockets, who took down the Utah Jazz in five.
The Warriors weren't disappointed when they lost the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference playoffs to the Rockets - Houston no doubt deserved the top seed and the Warriors were going to be hard-pressed with all those injuries and downright unnecessary losses to match the Rockets. Examples: The Andrew Bogut-guards-Tony Allen thing in Game 4 of the Memphis series (and the Blues City Cafe dinner!) and the Iguodala-for-Bogut starting lineup change for Game 4 of the Finals vs. Cleveland.
However, don't forget, the Houston Rockets do have home court advantage in this series, which could be a decisive factor if it should go seven games.
But Warriors coach Steve Kerr is comfortable with where his team are at.
As series entertainment goes, the Warriors/Rockets series has been a billing that has been on the docket for quite some time. "I feel if the Rockets pull this off that they are the champs because I don't see anybody on the East Coast beating them".
D'Antoni believes the 6-foot-10 Capela's ability to switch on guards as well as defend in the paint will be a key in this series.
Kevin Durant went so far as to call starting the series on the road "cool".
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Sure, the Warriors might not be the top dogs in the West from the regular season.
Other Rockets fans, like Cedric Burns, said they know their team is up for the challenge, going up against a championship-winning team.
Curry and Paul are no longer as close but a mutual respect remains.
"I like where we are", Kerr said. "That's a good position to be in", he said.
"You wanted us. You got us", said outspoken Golden State forward Draymond Green. "And as you watch games, because you're not sure if you're going to start when you come in as a rookie, I told him when you watch, learn different things".
Of course as you already know, the Sixers won't be advancing to the next round of the playoffs, after being ousted last week by the Boston Celtics.
"Once you get the first one, there's a little bit of house money, but you want it again because it's an unbelievable feeling".
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