Will the Warriors Wrap Series Up Tonight?

Prior to the 2021-22 NBA Season, I picked the Golden State Warriors as my favorite for the NBA Title based on a few reasons...

They had good depth on the bench with emerging Jordan Peele (who by the way got robbed for Most Improved Player of the Year), and having a good NBA Draft, while adding Otto Porter and having Klay Thompson returning from being out nearly 3 seasons.

Once the NBA Season began, 20 games in, there was no doubt that the Phoenix Suns were the team to beat. The season ended up being the Suns' season for the taking, and they choked against the Dallas Mavericks, while also getting a scare from the up-and-coming New Orleans Pelicans -- Boy, are they going to be fun to watch!

From January 1st onward, a new NBA title favorite emerged in the Boston Celtics, a team that was stuck in limbo for nearly 2 seasons. Then the teachings of new Head Coach Ime Udoka started to shape the Celtics, not only into the best defensive team in the NBA, but a defensive team that actually stands among the very best defensive teams of all-time. 

Entering the postseason, I felt it was Phoenix and Boston heading to the postseason, with the Suns prevailing, but once Phoenix was eliminated, Boston has become my pick.

The Boston Celtics let Game 4 slip away from them, and even had chances in Game 5 despite their ridiculous 18 turnovers. When the Celtics are right, they actually barely turn the ball over, but this postseason their pre-January 1st heads have reared from time to time.

My custom-made Giannis card.

The Celtics are 7-0 this postseason after a loss, and are 3-0 in elimination games this postseason. If the Celtics win Game 6, they need to simply play mistake-free basketball, do what they were doing right in the first 3 games, get Jayson Tatum going (who has struggled the entire Finals). Their bench has disappeared the last few games.

I believe they will answer the call in Game 6 at home in Boston, if they do, I believe they can win the title in Golden State. Before this series, I along with basically everyone knew this would go at least 6 games, I believe it will definitely go 7 games.

And yes, I am actually rooting for Boston, they just have been a damn fun team to watch this season. Sure they have enough titles, but I have always loved defensive teams. Golden State had the #2 defense in the NBA this season, but its a bit misleading if you trust the sabermetrics... it's seriously apples & oranges. 

The Celtics got past the Milwaukee Bucks who were a much-tougher challenge even without Khris Middleton, for the Celtics to get this far and fall short would not be good, because for Boston this team may not have such a window moving forward.... with the Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo will be dominating for the next 10 years, and the Eastern Conference is pretty solid, it will only get tougher.