Steve_424
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All hyperbole aside what GS is doing is quite historic.
For a team that won 67 games and a title last year to come out this year like world beaters is not something you see every day. Most championship teams feel fat and happy for a little while and have to ease their way into the season as they are usually full of veteran guys you have to be careful with.
GS is the youngest core group to win one since the first Spurs titles, so that is probably why this year feels so different with them and how they have reacted to it.
I think deep down, while they'd never admit it, they know they got a bit lucky with so many teams getting hit with major injuries while they themselves stayed healthy throughout. And that's not a knock on them - they deserved what they accomplished and every single champion gets some luck - but they had a little bit more and I think they knew it.