Finally! Some Real Basketball! Round 2

18-12 playoffs

0-1 yesterday

Wizards +5- The only reason I am not taking the ml here is bc Atlanta is home. I still like Wizards to win outright. They are well rested, and they have playoff experience where they need it. Atlanta likes to shoot the ball and Wizards play some pretty good perimeter defense. NeNe will not let Harford or Millsap get anything easy in the paint. Gortat and NeNe will get more boards then Harford and Millsap. Wizards are going to go inside as often as they can bc thats where the Hawks are weak at. You have a very big mismatch at guard. Teague is undersized and will have a hard time defending the bigger and just as quick,Wall. Korver will have a man on him at all times today, so him hitting 6 3 pointers is a no-go. The X-factor again is going to be Pierce. If she scores anything over 10 points, Wizards win.

Golden State -10 Lol this game is so lopsided I dont even know where to begin. The only bright spots that Memphis has is Zay-Bo and Gasol. The rest are on the court bc you need 5 to play the game. If Allen gets into the game and tries to play that memphis defense in Cali, he is going to be sitting down with 3 fouls before the middle of the 2nd. Memphis has an advantage on the boards. Green is not man enough yet to deal with Zay-bo in that paint and Bogut has to box out and play a flawless game to out play gasol. This is whats going to happen. If Gasol comes out that paint for that 18 foot jumper, Green is going to switch and guard him. Leaving Bogut with Zay-Bo. This causes another issue. Well Green can guard gasol outside the post, but it leaves a smaller, faster, yet stronger Zay-Bo, in the paint with Bogut. This has the potential to be a 3 point play 40% of the time. If Warriors do not switch fast enough and play help defense, Memphis inside game will keep this close. As for shooting? Memphis better not come out playing off Warriors shooters. The game will be over before it ends. What needs to be done for Warriors to win is push the ball, dont let Memphis set their defense, take quality shots, and play DEFENSE. I know that last word is foreign with Golden State, however Memphis is not a team you want to let hang around.

BOL

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