The Golden State Warriors seem to be the team that no one can defeat. The New Orleans Pelicans, Memphis Grizzlies, and Houston Rockets all failed to come up with a solution to defeat the Warriors in a seven game series and now the Cleveland Cavaliers find themselves down in the NBA Finals one game to none with Kyrie Irving out for the rest of series.
1.The Bench
The Warriors proved why they are so deadly in game one of the finals. The Warriors are the second team in the history of the NBA, to not have one player on the team's roster with previous NBA Finals experience and it showed in the first quarter. Steph Curry and Klay Thompson started out cold missing a lot of shots as well as the rest of the team. So what makes them so deadly? The Warriors were down 29-19 at the end of the first quarter and with Curry and Thompson off the court, they still were able to come back in the second quarter. …show more content…
They were able to close the gap in the second quarter as they got a huge lift from Marreese Speights and Andre Iguodala. From there the Warriors never struggled on offense again. Iguodala finished with 15 points and played the best defense on the team against Lebron James. The Warriors bench outscored the Cavs bench 34 to nine in a game that was decided in overtime.The Warriors bench gave them the spark to get Curry and Thompson back on track