A Western Conference Preview
It's been ten years since the #1 / #2 seeds faced off in the WC Finals.
Golden State has been the number one since week one of the NBA season.
#1 team in scoring
#1 team in defensive efficiency
The Rockets have been a bad turnover team while Golden State specializes in takeaways.
Golden State swept the Rockets during the regular season. Oklahoma City did the same to the San Antonio Spurs last year (so did the Rockets), yet the Spurs beat OKC in last years Western Conference Finals.
In the last round, both Golden State and Houston won three straight games to advance: Warriors were down 2-1, Rockets were down 3-1
Rookie Coach Steve Kerr did two impressive things at the beginning of the season: 1) convinced Andre Iguodala to come off the bench and no longer be a starter. 2) when David Lee got hurt and was ready to come back, the Warriors were 20-2 and Kerr told Lee there was no longer a place in the starting rotation for him......the LA Clipper's didn't have this sort of quality player coming off the bench.
Harrison Barnes has been playing BIG in the post-season and has one killer mid-range jumper.
Shaun Levingston can back guards down and post them up.
Marrese Speights, not ready to start the series, was Golden States 4th leading scorer during the season.
Draymond Green may have problems with the length of J. Smith/T. Jones.
Unlike last summer, this summer only one will win.
