The Warriors are one of the teams that has been anointed as a potential favorite for this season, and Lebron James is already giving them props. Patrick Beverley from the Rockets says Houston is better than anybody thought they would be, but he’s still not sold on Golden State being able to win it all.
The “patrick beverley” is a player for the Houston Rockets. He has predicted that the Warriors will win the NBA championship this year.
Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images At Staples Center in Los Angeles, Patrick Beverley of the Los Angeles Clippers takes a charge against Steph Curry of the Golden State Warriors during Game 4 of Round 1 of the 2019 NBA Playoffs.
The Golden State Warriors have found themselves in a difficult situation.
After suffering one of the worst defeats in club playoff history, the series returns to Chase Center, where the Grizzlies have a chance to be eliminated once and for all. According to Warriors PR, the 39-point defeat was the franchise’s fifth-largest playoff loss ever. It was the ugliest since the Dubs were defeated by the Clippers by 40 points in Game 2 of the First Round on April 21, 2014.
The Grizzlies will be without Ja Morant for the foreseeable future, but that hasn’t stopped him from expressing his faith in his teammates.
The Warriors’ players will be the first to admit that their Game 5 effort was a failure. The Warriors, according to Klay Thompson, never had any control over the game.
“We didn’t have fantastic flow from the opening tip,” Thompson acknowledges to the reporters after the game. “They were more aggressive than we were, as seen by their 30 free throws compared to our 13.”
The Dubs were behind by a lot at halftime, but it was the third quarter, when they were outscored 42-17, that made their performance absolutely awful. Steph Curry, Jordan Poole, and Thompson scored 37, 34, and 45 points, respectively, in the game.
The Modern Warriors Are Not the Same as the Champions of the Past
Memphis was 20-5 without Morant during the regular season, so they were extremely capable of winning Game 5 without him. The difficulty was that no one could have foreseen a 50-point deficit for the Dubs.
Because of the Warriors’ dominance throughout the 2015-19 peak seasons, the harsh defeat took everyone off surprise. Former Warriors forward Richard Jefferson claimed on ESPN’s “NBA Today” that the current Warriors are not what he is used to seeing.
“You simply get blasted away at a historic level—they were down by 55 [points] at one point,” Jefferson adds. “That is not the Warriors club it I have come to know, respect, and fear at times; that is not the same squad.”
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Patrick Beverley Has Some Advice for Doubters
Patrick Beverley, who has faced Curry and the Warriors on several occasions, did not believe Jefferson’s claims.
“I don’t know what you’re on with that team winning the title,” Beverley replies flatly. “This is the Golden State Warriors, man…that kid over there [Jordan] Poole can shoot the ball.” Jonathan Kuminga, this small child… the boy can hoop.”
Beverley faced the Warriors in the 2016 and 2019 playoffs, both of which ended in loss for the tenacious defender. With a front-row witness to the Warriors’ domination, he may know a thing or two about their dominance.
“They’re going to play for the title against whomever is left in the Eastern Conference,” Beverley believes.
This could be the only time Beverley and Dubs supporters agree on anything. Fans are probably holding their breath and praying that Beverley is psychic for once.
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