Reason No. 2: This Warriors team is worse than last year’s
This reasoning is based on the fact that Andre Iguodala is dealing with a knee injury. He’s been a critical part of their team structure this season.
Without Iggy, or even with him hampered, the Warriors bench is worse than it was during last year’s title run.
David West and Pachulia appear to be toast, JaVale is as inconsistent as ever, and Patrick McCaw is still working his way back from that terrible fall in February. Jordan Bell and Quinn Cook have been up and down, but both have very little playoff experience under their belts.
That leaves the Warriors with Shaun Livingston and Nick Young as their go-to bench players. Say what you want about the Cavaliers bench, but it may actually not be a huge comparative weakness in this series.
Now, if Iguodala somehow finds his way back to 100% early in this series, I want a do-over on this paragraph.