Oh, believe you me, I’m the exact opposite to optimistic about this Warriors squad. They aren’t contenders. Their fans in the season thread are sick and tired of me going on about it; they’re sick and tired of me pointing out all the things wrong about their squad.
But I do favor them if they can stay healthy to beat the Suns. Stylistically, they aren’t a team that really has any notable on-court advantage against the Warriors. You beat the Warriors by dominating them inside with size or wings (Suns either have none of those or don't utilize them properly); you beat the Warriors with shooting (they aren't a particularly great shooting team); you beat the Warriors with physicality and running them off the floor (again, the Suns aren't great in those areas either). It's going to be up to Devin and CP3, and the Warriors have enough firepower (Steph, Klay, Poole and to a much lesser extent - Wiggins) to counter those two. The Suns don't have that dominant wing or big man to really take advantage of where the Warriors are weak. But I must stress, GS can easily get punched in the mouth before they even reach that point of whenever the face the Suns that it ultimately won't matter. The longer the playoffs go on, the more likely their health will diminish as they've been fighting an uphill battle with injuries all season. They'll break eventually, at some point.
