The NBA's regular season is coming to an end this season, and the East and West have also determined their own playoff and playoff quotas. For the Warriors, their first-round opponents in the playoffs are also basically out. The Warriors are currently in third place in the West, and there is no chance that they will overtake the second-place Grizzlies in the West. They are only 0.5 wins away from the fourth-place Lone Rangers in the West. That means they could also fall to fourth place in the West. But the possibility of falling to fifth in the West is also basically unlikely. In other words, the Warriors are likely to end the regular season with a record of third or fourth in the West.
That is to say, the Warriors' first-round opponent in the playoffs will be the fifth place in the West or the sixth place in the West. The Jazz are unlikely to overtake the Lone Rangers in the remaining games to fourth in the West. The Timberwolves are seventh in the West, and their chances of overtaking the Nuggets are also very low. That is to say, the fifth and sixth places in the West will most likely be the Jazz and Nuggets.
That said, the Warriors' first-round opponent is likely to be one of the Jazz and Nuggets. So do the Warriors have a chance to win against these two teams? From now on, the Warriors have a good chance of getting through the first round. First of all, no player in the configuration of the two teams can match Curry. You'll find that neither the Jazz nor the Nuggets have been able to better limit Curry's players on the guard line. And they don't have particularly good outside defenders on their team, which means that Curry's defensive challenges are not big, and he may have a big explosion in statistics.
After all, now that Thompson has returned, opponents in the playoffs will inevitably send a tall defender to keep an eye on Thompson. So whether it's the Jazz or the Nuggets, they're doomed to send small guards to defend Curry. Neither mitchell nor Conley's defensive prowess was outstanding. The Nuggets' guard line is even more unavailable, so Curry may usher in a big explosion in data.
Of course, these two teams also have their own advantages against the Warriors, that is, the interior line. The Jazz have Gobert sitting under the basket, and the Nuggets also have Jokic's offensive kaleidoscope, which of course will test Green's defensive ability very much. The Warriors may have to put a lot of effort into defending Jokic. Of course, it depends on Cole's defensive strategy, whether to choose to pinch or choose single defense.
The Nuggets will still be in injury-riding condition, so he is still very passive in playing in the playoffs. The Jazz are a team that is often reversed, and they are prone to power outages in the fourth quarter, so as long as the Warriors play step by step and do not make too many mistakes, they should be able to cross the first round smoothly.