What's impressive about this win is that GS built their lead slowly but surely. They didn't do it with hot shooting. Hot shooting always turns cold, usually sooner than later, then the other team makes their run. But when you build a big lead slowly, that means you're executing your game plan to perfection.
Repent to Jesus Christ ““You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”” Revelation 4:11 NIV
The player development coaches on this Warriors staff is incredible and deserves credit. Developing guys like Poole, Looney even Wiggins. Remember when nobody wanted Wiggins? Bet they do now. Obviously Great players here with Steph, Klay, Green but these coaches need to be talked about. Coaching still matters even if some people don't think so. Great display GS. 💯
I seen Wiggins play in person during his senior year of highschool and he put my buddy on his hoops mixtape highlight reel lmao. He was chill to talk to after the game and seemed kind of shy, but he was a monster on the court. Glad to see him be an allstar this year and potentially win a title
Repent to Jesus Christ ““You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”” Revelation 4:11 NIV J
@Tom Yamaguchi with a name like Yamacoochi, I bet you're like 5'5" and the closest you've ever been to an athlete is when you wear your older sisters leotard and figure skates. 🤣🤣🤣
The Warriors are such a great all around team I got them taking it all the way! They have shooters, great defense, Kevon Looney being Rodman on the glass, Curry adding to that and the ball movement on this team is just beautiful. It’s just amazing basketball by an amazing team. 💯💯🔥
I remember when Wiggins wasn’t what everyone expected him to be on the Timberwolves & now look at him. Dude is a crucial part of that team & in the right system he flourished.
@Allen Roth precisely. Some guys aren’t made to be the number 1 option, and that’s completely acceptable. He knows his role and he plays it extremely well. It would used to be “agh damn wigs only scored 20, what a bad game.” For wiggins. But now it’s “damn wiggins great defense won this for us. Added 15 too to seal it off.” He works perfectly with the warriors system.
I think the main reason he flourished is because he’s not counted on to be the number one guy. He’s more like a number three option almost a number four option after Jordan Poole and I think it allows him to shine
Very COMPLETE game by the Warriors tonight. Everyone was involved, Steph with 12 rebounds, Dray with defensive stops, and Wiggins and Poole getting their buckets as usual. But they need to stay on their toes with the Mavs, they'e used to getting blown out and bouncing back.
@God Mode Activated 😂 Nope not gonna happen. Not a big warriors fan but their chemistry is on another level just see the contribution from all the players. Man u hating
I don’t see many people discussing one of the most important players in this game. Kevon looney. He’s been doing work the past two games and he could be the game changer. He could dominate the boards. He played fantastic and I think he was the difference in this game
Klay Thompson has improved so much as an all around player. He used to be just a really good catch and shoot guy and a good defender. He's now all that and a great play maker, passer... I like his play chemistry with Looney.
Ever since the 2014-15 championship run by GSW i knew i had to follow this team, all the way even during 2020, and i am glad they are already preparing themselves for the future after the big 3 retires
Mavs lost game 1 in the last two series. Easy to write them off after a blowout, but their coaches have done a tremendous job making adjustments. Warriors will probably do a better job of countering than Jazz and Suns though. Some jitters possibly came into play for Mavs. They missed so many good looks in first half, but give credit to Warriors. Their defensive rotations were solid.
Golden state is not a team anymore but a culture. I'm from Minnesota and looking at Wiggins...... This is nothing short of incredible to watch... they all play unselfish. It's like a combination of the Triangle offense and Greg pops pass style..... the way the ball flows beautiful... everyone talks about how they have great players...but golden is what you get when great players execute a great scheme!
Your observations are spot on. Kerr played for the Bulls with Coach Jackson's triangle system and Kerr played for the Spurs under coach POP. Looks like Kerr absorbed it all! A won multiple titles with each team.
@Jordan Cromwell It's pretty self-explanatory.. the point is, it's not over til it's over. Anything can happen.. Oh, and uh, I've been trying to get my hands on a magic crystal ball for a long time now.. where'd you get yours from?
What most of the media ain't saying is they made Luka look slow. Ripped him easily. And he's a liability on defense. GS is too agile and athletic for Luka to dominate this series. Warriors win this.
fax bruh the highest scorer was curry with 21 points and he didnt even shoot that well, and warriors won by 25, we coulda won by more. well ig dallas coulda played better but this is only game 1, more fun close games to come. im excited for those. lets go warriors!
Mavericks cannot be missing those shots. They played great defense until the 2nd half, and Luka Doncic will probably have to adjust since Wiggins will be playing great defense.
@Kirivon that's a lot of comment but yeah we are just both a fan and aren't expert as those famous basketball analyst so our inputs probably won't matter and maybe 100% wrong. Let's just see who'll survive and become wcf champion.
@Exogen Design Luka absolutely can transition to being a playmaker. Dude averaged 8.7 assists per game this season, that's almost as much as Steph and Klay combined. It's a difference of teams and systems. For reasons unknown the Suns refused to send a double against Luka, until late game 7 when it was already over. Luka just got to feast on isos against Ayton. The Mavs lead the league in 3pt's made because a kick out 3 from the paint is the highest percentage 3pt shot in basketball. Their entire offense revolves around drive and kicks from Luka. For that reason if you shut down Luka, you shut down the Mavs. The Mavs tried to target Steph in the pick and roll, but Steph showed out early and high for the soft double to avoid switches. Plus, when he did switch Steph was able to hold his own on defense. They ran a box-and-one, 2-3 zone, soft doubles, hard doubles, all focused on Luka. And, when they did leave him in single coverage both Wiggins and Looney bothered his shots. The gameplan for the Warriors isn't as simple as "shut down Steph." The Warriors offense isn't predicated around Steph handling the ball. Steph's gravity and movement off the ball means it's harder for his defenders to play zone, help off the ball, or go to double. Same goes for Klay. Then you have Poole who can create his own shot and get by anybody any time he wants. Draymond, who can play point and is always looking to make plays and push the tempo. And oh yeah, that Wiggins guy.. who you know was a #1 pick overall. Jason Kidd has been coaching well this season, Luka and the Mavs will make adjustments to the Warriors's coverage. The Mavs also won't go 11-48 every game. People are acting like this series is over after game one, but look at this post season and how much better teams do at home. Warriors should be able to wrap this up in 5 or 6, but if they keep messing around, turning the ball over, and blowing leads and this goes to a game 7 then anything can happen. Just look at the Suns. As for Steph transitioning to being a "better playmaker," I don't think there's anything to back that up. Steph averaged more assists during his MVP seasons, in addition to scoring more and shooting a higher percentage. His assist totals between last year and this year weren't much different either. The Warriors were just short handed last year and players like Poole hadn't fully broken out yet. Everyone is dealing with injuries this post season, including the warriors. The warrior's system, coaching, and unselfishness lets them absorb mistakes and bad shooting nights. I think the Warriors can win the title this year but, given how they're playing this could have easily been a 2nd round exit for them any other year. Tbh if Desmond Bane wasn't a total shell of himself I'm not sure the dubs would have gotten past the grizz this year either.
@Kirivon the only difference with chris paul and booker is they never have experienced in finals, while curry and klay been there a lot and has been champions, also curry is a great closer unlike chrispaul who chokes a lot, curry carry his team no matter what, and he always shows up when they need him. I think you're being so casual coz you only think they are inconsistent with points, but curry is a play maker and unselfish he is more to winning than individual stats. What lukas has been doing was what curry were doing, But was it effective? Look at 2021 curry out of this world career high. Did they won? No! That's why he changed gears and become a better playmaker. Look at how fluid them now?, So back to your inconsistency conundrum, it doesn't matter if curry and klay has a bad night, they can transition as passers and playmaker, Luka can't.
The "Strength in numbers" mantra was in full display. Truly a warriors type of basketball - movement, transition, constant motion, passing, swarming defence, & spectacular shots. That's why I fell in love with this team. 💪🏼🏀👏🏻
@Klevens Never said I hated curry or any players on the warriors. Nevertheless there was no way you would have swept a prime Lebron and Kyrie without KD.
Zone with perimeter pressure really bothered Doncic, I'm sure he'll adjust but it's interesting seeing how many turnovers he committed trying to drive into the heart of the zone.
Finally good teamwork from the Warriors, and glad to see Green and Klay and Curry again, they learned that 3 point shooting will backfire and they do not need Durant anymore, as long as it is teamwork and finding the weaknesses, they will get a slow but sure lead.
The Warriors are such a great all around team I got them taking it all the way! They have shooters, great defense, Kevon Looney being Rodman on the glass, Curry adding to that and the ball movement on this team is just beautiful. It’s just amazing basketball by an amazing team.
Great game. Happy to see luka in the finals. Dudes a beast. With a better team he could easily make it to the championship next year. Maybe not this year cause Golden State has a solid team. But luka is young still
The Mavs found success against the Warriors when they moved the ball, but those types of possessions weren’t more than the amount of isolation, 1 on 1 plays. Brunson and Doncic constantly over dribbled until the shot clock was down to 3.
It's like almost all of the baskets from the Warriors came from assists. Just shows how insane their chemistry is and the results show up on the numbers tonight.
@Dylan Rotich and klay lol, but yes team high 4 assists, this game was a perfect example of strength in numbers as the game high was 21 points from curry on meh shooting
Dallas was trying the same trapping schemes they used for Booker in the last round (i.e.show strongly or go over screens and try to corral with 2 defenders) on the Warriors' primary scorers. Golden State just had the pick setter or whatever GS player was rotated off of cut/drive immediately. This created confusion/breakdown in the Dallas defensive rotation and opened easy passes to the cutter on basically half of the scores. They did this from basically all over the perimeter with different initiators, and it worked like clockwork. Just beautiful. This was clearly Kerr's strategy, and the Warriors passing skills made it work beautifully. This is a credit to Kerr's game planning and the teams unselfishness! Boom! Interested to see if Kidd can counter. It'll be tough to give up the trapping scheme and allow GS's shooters to run their very well established motions... but that'll be the first part of Dallas' adjustments, I'd guess.
THIS is the Warrior style I missed! Fluid movement, Steph/Klay and Dray/Looney working with three agile movers off the ball, and always one extra pass to get those open shots. Beautiful!
Warriors game planning is incredible. Seriously, how many different types of basketball have they played in these playoffs let alone since 2015. Incredible coaching incredible players incredible basketball. They remind me of Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona teams.
3:10 was a big moment, kick the ball out an settle for a open three or kick it inside for a potentially open layup. We took it to the paint, let's keep playing this way we'll get our open three looks if we keep taking it to the rack.
woohoo!! yeah that's what I'm talking about, no clumsiness tonight, bravo GSW!! 😁👏😎 keep it up and don't get comfortable or you'll mess up, keep guards up.
My 2 favorite team, what a sight to watch🥰😍🥰🥰.. Im rooting for both of you!!! Goodluck, whoever wins i hope wins the Championship! Go go Gsw and Mavs ❤❤❣
The golden state warriors aka the dub and westside nations 4life the world championship game title series of (1947, 1956, 1975, 2015, 2017, and 2018) 6x times boy! Let's go!!!! Warriors aka the dub nations and westside nations 4life!!!!
@Sac12 you think what the Warriors doing is easy? Their plays need proper spacing and timing, more importantly great chemistry. They can read each others' minds. That's what makes them win. Look at their stats. 7 of them got double digits- everyone works!
@Anthony Mercado People said the same about the Mavs in the Suns series before that all turned around. The thing about the playoffs is that momentum can shift at any moment.
Is it me? I feel like the great Luka moves a little bit slow. I think the warriors are aware of that, and they're gonna catch him. I usually compare him to Zinedine Zidane( French soccer player). You have the impression that they move slow, but they are effective players. But, there are a few teams and players who are going to take advantage on this side.
The player development coaches on this Warriors staff is incredible and deserves credit. Developing guys like Poole, Looney even Wiggins. Remember when nobody wanted Wiggins? Bet they do now. Obviously Great players here with Steph, Klay, Green but these coaches need to be talked about. Coaching still matters even if some people don't think so. Great display GS.
Good coaching plays a big part but theres a lot more into it. Long time planning, preparations of the players physically and mentally is the key, in which I commend the gsw team for doing a great job.
I truly expect the Mavs to adjust and make a great series out of this. And they will... but wow did GSW assert dominance in a way that they only know how to... imagine if Wiseman, Iggy and GP2 was in this series 😳
@Young Fu it's a two way street man, so when GSW 3's are falling they aren't the best team? They beat them convincingly without the 3's they can put up. C'mon man those guys not outshooting Steph, Klay and Poole when their 3's are falling. Its deeper than 3's man they do everything well, and do you notice while other teams are baited into thinking they have to shoot a lot of 3's against GSW, they actually play more balanced, they just have 2 of the top 5 shooters of all time while doing so.
The coordination in the warriors is what makes them stand out and they truly play everyone evenly no matter if you’re a rookie or not with hard core training to make shots and make potential star players in the future
i like how all of them are still humble after defeating dallas, be it green on inside the nba or klay and steph in their postgame interviews, shows maturity unlike many young players who often got lot to say after crushing moments like these
The Klaymond Curry Trio have that veteran savy to deal with eps and flos of the game. The team that takes the ball to the basket and rebounds, and don't rely on the 3ball usually wins the game in the playoffs.💯💪
I always felt like the Grizzlies would be the Warriors biggest test. If they got past them I thought they would most likely get to the Finals and be favored to win. Even if Phoenix beat Dallas I thought this. Of course I didn’t expect Phoenix to choke like they did.
@BustedyurEgo20 i mean yea giannis who was the best player in the playoffs this season is gone, so one major threat ty celtics, but jayson tatum and jaylen brown can step up in nba finals if warriors make it, and heat if by any chance they do have butler lol. also beware of luka magic ya never know lol, but i honestly think warriors vs celtics finals. it only makes sense.
@Ishmael Ofc they'd have my friend bcuz they've been there before & honestly is a much deeper team vs Gs than Mavs is imo plus I think it might be a bad matchup for Mavs vs Gs but then again Mavs wasn't even supposed to be this far! So Mavs is playin with house money! I think it's gon be either a sweep or 4-1
@GuyGenie73 i loved that moment so satisfying. also jp and andrew wiggins can get a consistent 15-20 points a game so they are of help as well. im pretty sure and hoping warriors reach the finals but the east teams are good with celtics and heat. even if bucks came through it would be kinda hard cause khris middleton would be ready for finals and giannis is giannis
@Yann Courtel Not sure why you think the Suns underestimated an opponent. They already played them 6 times, they knew their opponent. There are games where shots just don’t go in. Looks are good, on average this shot would go in, but this night it just doesn’t. Everyone has those games. Unfortunate to happen in a game 7. Fine to happen in a game 5. Fine to happen in a game 1. My point was only that this is a common occurrence recently so Warriors fans should not get overhyped.
I just think it's time to face facts.. Devin Booker ain't all that. I learned a lot about him in that game 7 loss.. he's a softy and cries when things don't go his way. I guess that success went straight to his head quick, I think he forgot about the time when the sun's sucked and were at the bottom of the totem poll. It's just disappointing to see his lack of effort, he just looked like he didn't give a fuck.
Congrats team warriors.. no matter how strong the opponent, as long the team bonding is solid . No doubt to win on any game . Wish you all luck.. nice team, curry is humble star, he cheers for the success of his team,
If you’re a Mavericks fan there’s one thing you can hang your head on, Jordan Poole will get cold in Dallas, and that will be your way back into the series. Luka is the man, BUT The Warriors are probably gonna win this series in 6 or 7.
So happy to see them all healthy. That 2 years rest of not being in the finals really helped them. They needed it for being there for a few straight years. I'm excited to see them win this series! Go GSW!!
That look on Luka’s face says it all. He knows he’s going to have to play the best basketball of his life and it still likely won’t be enough for them to get by the dubs. He’s a hell of a player but the warriors are just on another level. Warriors will be the champions this year and maybe even next year especially if Wiesman can play well.
I know it’s just game 1, but I still think the warriors will reach the finals. The Grizzlies in my opinion was gonna be their most grueling test and I feel like, since they are out of that gauntlet, they can better handle a small ball team like Dallas.
@Rod __ Mavs lost 1 game. How many games you think Luka gone have like that ?? None. If gone drop 40 a game and average a triple double. As long as he gone Brunson playing good they gone win
This will be a very tough series for the Mavs if they think they can outshoot the greatest duo of shooters in the history of basketball. Dallas has to play with discipline and take advantage of GSWs prideful mistakes. Luka has to realize that scoring 50 won't win the game against this group. You have to take care of the ball and maximize every possession in hopes of keeping the game close to the end.
The player development coaches on this Warriors staff is incredible and deserves credit. Developing guys like Poole, Looney even Wiggins. Remember when nobody wanted Wiggins? Bet they do now. Obviously Great players here with Steph, Klay, Green but these coaches need to be talked about. Coaching still matters even if some people don't think so. Great display GS.
I’m a warriors fan and I love my team but this game was very sad for me to watch because of the fouls that were called on Dallas vs the fouls that weren’t called on Golden State. It was ridiculous. I don’t care do golden state is the better team or not and I’m rooting for them, it wasn’t fair.
Ummm, there were 22 fouls called on Golden State and only 17 called on the Mavs. Google is a wonderful tool. You should try it sometime, between tears I mean.
You can see that Luka looked deflated and became passive when he realized that he can’t score that easily against Wiggins. Wiggs looks lean and all but don’t get it confused, dude has that hidden strength and world class athleticism
@Gun Man What are you talking about they won before they got KD they built that team from the ground up Steph Klay and Draymond we're all drafted there KD joined them because of the system they have you obviously don't know what you're talking about.
@WestsideLegacy First of all, gsw is a CORNY SUPERTEAM. Sure they still want KD yeah? Thats how HOPELESS they are. And Luka's teammates? Do I have to go further? Superteam VS a kid from Slovenia. Europe's wonder kid. Let that sink in.
I know it's only 1 game but I feel like it's already over for dallas. They had a hell of a season though. Gsw have too much fire power for dallas to cover and I hate the warriors but, it's the facts.
The Warriors came out and dominated the Mavs this game. The Mavs weren't ready for the defense the Warriors played or the cuts and rebounds. We'll see what adjustments they make in game 2. Go Warriors!!!
@sticker shock I’m talking about last season they were clearly a one man team if the bucks are than the warriors definitely were last year. No other scorers beside Curry and they had solid defense but no offense besides curry
What ever happened to teams losing by 2 or 3 or 4? Games going into overtime? Now it's just back back blow out games but some how the series goes 6 or 7
The Warriors is just on another level of Basketball. when you see your big man make passes and the rest of the team do the same game Series over Warrors in 4 sweep the Mavs
Unlike the suns the Warriors have 3 guys who are legit scorers (Phoneix really only has Booker) Curry Klay and Poole are all capable of going off for 30, and Wiggins can also give you a solid 15-20 a night while also playing good defense. They got a major experience advantage I think Dallas is gonna get overwhelmed
