Isn't Warriors luck amazing?

[BigZ94]

I just have to say as much as I admit they are the best team in the league, it is unbelievable how lucky they get with injuries every year in the playoffs, I tried remembering all of them off the top of my hea but found a post on Reddit listing them all, I think there are even more, but damn look at this (copied from a reddit post).

2015 First Round: Played New Orleans and they lost Jrue Holiday, their starting PG (who was fucking amazing and dominating against Lillard this year in the Playoffs)

2015 Second Round: Played Memphis without their star PG Mike Conley and All-NBA first team defender Tony Allen

2015 Conference Finals: Played Houston without their All-NBA defender PG Patrick Beverley

2015 Finals: They played Cleveland without 2 of its all-stars in Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love

2017 First Round: Played Portland without Nurkic, their starting Centre that turned their defence around completely after being traded their

2017 Second Round: Played Utah without George Hill, their starting PG

2017 Conference Finals: Played San Antonio without superstar Kawhi Leonard and starting PG Tony Parker.

2018 First Round: Played San Antonio without their superstar Kawhi Leonard again

2018 Second Round: Played New Orleans without their All-Star centre DeMarcus Cousins

In the 2018 Conference Finals, they will potentially be playing games 6 and 7 without Houston's All-Star PG Chris Paul.

I honestly believe that in 2015 if they had had some harder series before hand we would have taken it, but they really do seems to always get the easy road.

 

[Cassity14]

I just have to say as much as I admit they are the best team in the league, it is unbelievable how lucky they get with injuries every year in the playoffs, I tried remembering all of them off the top of my hea but found a post on Reddit listing them all, I think there are even more, but damn look at this (copied from a reddit post).

2015 First Round: Played New Orleans and they lost Jrue Holiday, their starting PG (who was fucking amazing and dominating against Lillard this year in the Playoffs)

2015 Second Round: Played Memphis without their star PG Mike Conley and All-NBA first team defender Tony Allen

2015 Conference Finals: Played Houston without their All-NBA defender PG Patrick Beverley

2015 Finals: They played Cleveland without 2 of its all-stars in Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love

2017 First Round: Played Portland without Nurkic, their starting Centre that turned their defence around completely after being traded their

2017 Second Round: Played Utah without George Hill, their starting PG

2017 Conference Finals: Played San Antonio without superstar Kawhi Leonard and starting PG Tony Parker.

2018 First Round: Played San Antonio without their superstar Kawhi Leonard again

2018 Second Round: Played New Orleans without their All-Star centre DeMarcus Cousins

In the 2018 Conference Finals, they will potentially be playing games 6 and 7 without Houston's All-Star PG Chris Paul.

I honestly believe that in 2015 if they had had some harder series before hand we would have taken it, but they really do seems to always get the easy road.

Has Golden State gotten lucky with opposing teams' injuries? Yes.

Has their road to the finals been easier than the Cavs each season? No.

If we're going to constantly play the injury card against Golden State, that makes it much more fair to play the "LEast" card when talking about the Cavs.

I don't think any team beats the Warriors (even this year's Rockets) if the injuries weren't a factor, and that an analysis like this becomes more hyperbole than anything. Jrue Holiday in 15? Please.

Teams play through injuries in the postseason. That's part of the NBA. The Warriors have dealt with this too. They've never lost one of their stars for a whole series, but when the bar becomes "starter", they've had their share as well.