Golden State's Dim Chances Without Steph in Playoffs

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00:00I don't see any world the Warriors win this series.

00:04The Golden State offense struggles with Steph.

00:09The Golden State offense failing to score 100 without him in game number one

00:14or game number two isn't surprising.

00:17They didn't score 100 in game number one with him,

00:19giving them a bit of a lift early on in that basketball game.

00:24I think the most optimistic view is Steph plays game six.

00:29That is the most optimistic view.

00:32If I just tell you, like, here's the thing.

00:35They need to force a game six.

00:37Right, I was going to see if it gets there.

00:38And that's if he's healthy.

00:40So where are you now?

00:43And I'll go to you first on this, JY,

00:45because Kerr kind of has done this really interesting thing of,

00:48I'm going to play literally the whole roster.

00:50So by the time I get to Golden State, I know who I like.

00:53How do you feel, Golden State,

00:55what are their chances of even giving Steph a chance to come back in this series?

01:01None.

01:03None.

01:03Because what Steph does in regards to not just his shooting acumen,

01:08his ability to create and make sure that everyone else is positioned in regards to

01:13how they're scoring is a huge thing.

01:17When you look at Golden State and you take Steph out of the lineup,

01:21go give me the guy that one-on-one is going to create a bucket for himself.

01:27Or for someone else.

01:29With all due respect, that's not Jimmy Butler's game.

01:32The only one I can think of maybe do that is Kaminga.

01:37And that's why Kaminga's prop at seven and a half in game two was the biggest joke out there

01:42because, like, who's going to score for this team?

01:46See, here's where Golden State is.

01:48The reason why they're hoping for game six is because there's a three-day break between games five and six

01:55because the Golden State Valkyries, the WNBA expansion team, has to play their home open.

02:01Franchise opener.

02:02Franchise opener, right?

02:03So they have, they get another time.

02:06WNBA back.

02:07I'm speaking the facts.

02:10I mean, it's not just their home opener, it's their inaugural game.

02:13It's their inaugural game.

02:14I stand corrected.

02:15But to me, it's interesting because if I'm Kerr and I'm down 3-1,

02:25you just say, Steph, like, you got to pull an OG last year.

02:29Like, you got to just, you got to just go out there and see because I don't see.

02:34I mean, I'm afraid, granted, OG made two threes and his hamstring basically popped in five minutes

02:39and they gave the next game at 1.30.

02:41Can I say this with the most love possible?

02:43Your thought of, if I was Steve Kerr, my thing would be,

02:47hey, Steph, you're playing even though you can't walk.

02:50It's so crazy.

02:51That is, coach's coaching advice is, I'm just going to play Steph even though he can't walk.

02:58I need you to play because really, folks, they don't have a shot in hell without him in the lineup.

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