ElUno20 said:
The one thing I took away from this game is how massively overrated the Warriors are.
While I admit that the Warriors were, perhaps, over-hyped before the season began, I am curious how you have arrived at this conclusion. They won a game against their divisional foe at home last night and while they absolutely got some help from the referees its not like the Clips were blowing them out when Griffin got run.
Before you respond, here are a few facts. First, up until the past week, Golden State has had the toughest schedule playing 16 of its 30 games on the road. Furthermore, their strength of schedule to date is fifth overall in the entire association. They are tenth overall in PPG allowed and tied for eighth in differential. Furthermore, Zach Lowe had them ranked as the
sixth best team in the Western Conference before last night's victory. In that piece Lowe notes their injuries (Iguodala, Curry, their back-up 4/5 Jermain O'Neal and Toney Douglas) which happened to coincide with a lot of tough, early season road games.
All of which is to say that while the Warriors haven't blown anyone's socks off to date, their 17-13 record makes sense given what they have had to deal with. I think they are a flawed team but I don't recall many NBA pundits calling them a true contender before the season started. That said, if the playoffs started today, they are in and given the way they have played the Clips and OKC to date, I doubt either team would consider Golden State an easy draw.
At this point, they don't look like they will come out of the West. But I don't see how they are massively overrated.