You seem to have forgotten that Iggy and Livingston exist. Just need to point that out.
Look at the starting lineups you listed. The ONLY guys that the Warriors actually have to worry about are Jordan and Pippen. And honestly, Pippen would NOT be a tough cover for Durant...so as long as the starting lineup is in, you're relying on Jordan for your scoring. Jordan would be guarded straight-up by Klay. Jordan didn't face a defender of Klay's size who was as good as Klay in his entire career, so you're already starting out good. And then you have the entire team focused on helping Klay, especially Draymond.
Remember, Gary Payton at 6'4" and 180lbs gave Jordan huge problems for three games, with no zone to back him up, and Payton's help was coming from guys like Detlef Schrempf and Sam Perkins. Klay is 6'7" 215lbs and getting help from Draymond Green and Kevin Durant, who get the added benefit of being able to cheat onto him with the zone.
It would be by far the most difficult playoff defense that Jordan had ever faced. And that's even before you stick Iggy on him whenever Klay wants a break.
On the other side, did you seriously have Jordan guarding Curry? So not only are you working Jordan harder than he's ever had to work on the offensive side, but you're forcing him to run like crazy all over the court guarding Curry too? How the hell would that have worked? When did Jordan EVER guard a player like Curry for the full game? But if you take Jordan off of Curry and put Harper on him, then Jordan has to run around screens guarding Klay AND Harper would get absolutely cooked by Curry...so they're screwed either way.
Durant meanwhile, nearly 7' tall, being guarded by 6'8" 210lb Scottie Pippen...you know he's getting his. Rodman will help, but a 7' shooter like Durant is the kind of player who is going to score just fine on Rodman too.
So let's go to the bench. Bring Kerr and Kukoc in, and now you actually have scoring instead of putting everything on MJ. But GS would go to death lineup in that situation and still have it covered - Curry is on Kerr, Klay and Iggy guarding Jordan and Pippen, Durant on Kukoc, and Draymond at the 5 pretty much free to zone help on anyone he wants.
On the other side, Curry is fukking destroying Kerr (unless they put Livingston in, and then he's destroying Kerr too), Jordan is now forced to chase Klay around all those screens as his "break" from chasing Curry, Kukoc can't guard Durant so Pippen probably has to stay on him as much as possible, and you probably have to keep Rodman in because the Bulls' centers can't guard Draymond.
In the 1996 Finals Jordan and Scottie played 41-42 minutes a game. They'd have to do the same or more here, only they'd be dead-ass tired from guarding Curry and Durant that whole time.
In the 1996 Finals, the Bulls averaged on 84 points/game the last three games....and they'd be facing a much better defense WITH the zone this time.
In the 1996 Finals, Jordan and Pippen combined to shoot 38-114 (33%) over the last three games...and the help defense would be MUCH better this time around plus they'd be far more exhausted from their defensive responsibilities.
In the end, the Bulls won the 1996 Finals because they had a fantastic defense and held Seattle to 89ppg, so scoring only 93ppg was enough to win.
But that was holding Payton-Hawkins-Schrempf-Kemp-Perkins to 89ppg.
No way in hell they're holding Curry-Klay-Iggy-Durant-Draymond below 100ppg. And they're not scoring as much either.
It's not close. The Bulls were an absolutely dominant team for 1996, in the expansion era when most teams were a star, a sidekick, a couple mediocre role players and then a bunch of trash. The Sonics made the Finals by having 2 stars instead of only 1.5 like most teams. But Golden State would have far too much firepower for them.
