San Antonio Basketball Research Paper

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The thing that gets lost most in all of the Warriors hype, is the fact that the Spurs’ big three (Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili) have taken their team to the playoffs every single year since 2004. During that time, they have amassed countless playoff wins, multiple MVP Awards, and three NBA Titles. They aren’t the Greatest choice, but they are the most efficient basketball team of all time When you combine that with the emergence of Kawhi Leonard, the coaching prowess of Gregg Popovich, and the competition in the Western Conference, the Warriors will have an incredibly tough time getting past the dynasty that is San Antonio basketball. (aliano Christopher) The golden state warriors struggle against the spurs and others in the western conference. The biggest threat to golden state is II. Warriors struggle against san Antonio because of multiple reason Kawhi Leonard defense, Coach Grep Popovich ability to shut down star players and The spurs will have an advantage because is an big team and the warriors lack size.(pearson) …show more content…
As it is, the Warriors will finish this season with at least 72 wins, and with 72 wins they will be regarded as an all-time great team, and anything short of another NBA Title will be deemed a failure. That is some serious pressure for a group of guys that are still young, don’t be shocked if they have a hard time living up to expectations this summer.(Aliano Christopher) The fact that they are defending champs and season record holders the warriors have lots of pressure on them with winning 72 games the most ever by any team beating the Michael Jordan bulls record so they’ll have a hard time this season. The warriors team is very young with so much on there back also they are defending champs so more than likely they will fall apart because of all the pressure on

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