So tonight Golden State, almost matematically sure of home advantage for all the postseason, will meet the Pelicans. What do you think will be the best strategy for them?

Dude it was a fucking analogy.. its arbitrary number you're looking too much into it.

And what? Every single one of those teams played better in the post season then the regular. They lose because other team played even better then their regular season. Indicate doesn't mean anything.

I will give you a prime example. Shaqs averages in finals were like 40ppg and his playoff averages were insane too. You know why? Even though his regular season performances were great he didn't try as much.

Every team plays better its fact.. Its like preparing for a quiz versus preparing for the final exam. Just because an exam is harder and you don't do as well as your quizzes doesn't mean you didn't study more and know more; it just means the test was harder. I could find stats to probably back it up but i dont care enough too. You can disagree with me all you want, it just means to me you're not seeing what i mean. Which is pretty clear since you're actually looking for meaning in a analogy... its analogy for a reason, the numbers are arbitrary.

Also Curry still didn't play the minutes that other teams stars play. the non blow out game against spurs, memphis and a few other top teams (can't remember them) he was under 35mins all of them.

Andrew bogut played like 18minuets against the spurs (not the blowout) i believe. and under 20 against the clippers. Basically under 30 no matter what team in their last 10.

You don't think having their best players on the floor (who will be rested more) for 40mins or is going to change how well they play? You don't think the prep will change? You think the level of play doesn't change for a good team from playing a regular season game where there are 82 of them and don't really matter to a playoff games where every game is crucial???

You haven't given me a single example, just because a team didn't live up to the hype doesn't mean they played worst then a regular season game. and the warriors aren't playing at their potential. Potential for regular season sure. But they would be going out 200% every game on a play off game. You don't go 200% on a regular season game.. All these reasons should be enough proof that teams step it up and play better. Whether that yields in results is a completely different argument. Correlation doesn't mean causation so that argument you're making doesn't really hold up.

Also you aren't seeing my side of things, which is very clear by some of the stuff you said. Anyways you're not going to convince me, because you don't see my point. And if you did then you would agree with me. So there really isn't much to discuss.

Anyways have a good day dude.

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