Good point. They are both athletic and can match up very well against each other. But obviously, Giannis has the advantage here, height, reach and that explosion. But Kawhi has the mid range shot and can create shots for this team.


Some analyst says that it is the first buzzer beater in game 7. But I will assume that your first will be Jordan's historic shot against Jazz in 1998 NBA finals?


Same here, I seeing Bucks in game 7. GSW to win in 5 games against Portland.

Yes it is. MJ's shot from near the Free throw line. Correct me if I'm wrong because I'm not that good in the history of the NBA .

P.S. Just did a quick research and it says that is the ONLY game 7 buzzer beater in NBA history. Me wrong 

I don't think it will be only 5 games in the West. Take note that Durant will not play in the first games of the series because of his calf injury against the rockets. My opinion will be 6-7 games but will go to the GSW. It will be 5 games only if the Warriors can win one game on the road.

I think this year is too good for Bucks, They've been constantly dominating their opponents for this season. Raptors tho is having some issues with regards to their players I am currently seeing Bucks will also dominates the East conference finals,.

On the other hand GSW is still the power house here, let's see how would Blazers do to defeat the power house team.

Based on the stats given by the NBA , for the current season bucks is on the top of the list when it comes to defensive end therefore it wouldn't be too hard for them to make Leonard's life horrible.

https://stats.nba.com/teams/defense/?sort=DEF_RATING&dir=1


Blazers indeed plays a team game, but the warriors also do aren't they? If I would try to imagine all the big time players of Blazers stepping up and the same thing also goes to GSW (The power house still is so scary). Durant and Curry can easily dominate the scoring if they fired up what can the Blazers exactly do?

I just found out that Durant wont be able to play in game 1 for the WCF. Thanks for the link anyway.
So, this brings the original GSW roster who made the best record in the NBA season. I think with Durant's absence, this would only make the season more exciting to watch, as Steph and co will have the chance to prove that they could still win championships without Durant.

If they would able to stop splash Bros or simply making some good defense then we wont know and they might able to steal to win the game and that CJ McCollum i would like to see
 on how the do handle out Warriors defense when it comes to Paint side.

On the other side on the east, this would be more intense and i cant wait up for their match on May 15th.

The difference between Sixers and bucks is that Giannis is actually a great defender whereas whoever guarded Kawhi most of the game (sometimes Ben Simmons but he is know as a passer not a defender) but when it comes to Giannis dude can literally lock down anyone because his size and wingspan is incredibly so he never gives you a clear shot, even if he is a bit late when he jumps his arms are covering that distance. That is why I think raptors are going to have a lot of trouble working the ball on Kawhi as much as they did on Sixers series, however same goes for Kawhi as well, he is one of the best defenders in the league if not the best defender which means Giannis will not be beasting over him that easily, Celtics had no solution to him whereas raptors have Kawhi defending him.

It's interesting to note that conference finalist on both the east and the west have similar styles.

West - a 3-point shootout.
East - a battle on the paint.

West: Warriors in 4 or 5
East: Bucks in 6 or 7

I've never paid attention to any Kawhi/Giannis matchup in the past but out of the 4 games they met in the regular season Toronto Raptors only won one game and Kawhi in that game only scored 30 points while Giannis I think scored 43 points. Given with their regular season matches the Bucks really do have an edge here since they have outscored them by a lot in the three games they won against them. Toronto needs to find a way to neutralize their scoring in order to defeat them and defense isn't one of the Toronto's specialty.