Spurs are gonna have their hands full tonight playing against an extremely athletic young team who have a huge home-court advantage with absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain.
How many times have we seen the Warriors get up at home for top contenders this season? Celtics, Lakers, Cavs, Blazers. Do I need to keep going on? But don't let that deter you from taking those old Spurs.
Now that they've got their full complement available, the Warriors are going to be a handful to deal with the rest of the season. I can guarantee down the stretch when all these playoffs teams in the West are vying for playoff position and need wins desperately, NONE of them are going to look forward to playing against this Golden State team at home when they can go out and play loose and not have anything to worry about. That's when their most dangerous.
And tonight they will spread the floor and exploit their speed and athleticism advantage against the Spurs. There's only one Bruce Bowen to guard all these players like Ellis, Maggette, Buke and Jackson who can create off the dribble. Matt Bonner is going to have to defend a player like Steven Jackson.
As much as the Spurs will try and slow down the game, when the Warriors start running at home there's really not much they can do. It's hard for these old men to run around with these young bucks for four quarters.