Utah Jazz vs Golden State Warriors: Playoff Game 1 Thread

Game one of the NBA Playoffs, second round. Utah Jazz. Golden State Warriors. We live for this!

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Team Breakdown:

The Warriors are possibly a 70 win team that coasted this year. The Jazz are possibly a 60 win team that was too injured to get there. That's still a 10 win difference, and even larger in reality (16 !). It's going to be close or a blowout. Quin Snyder doing well in his first post-season coaching sojourn going up against Mike Brown (as Steve Kerr is out due to health problems right now). Brown is a defensive focused coach as well, and I can imagine that these teams are going to try to give no quarter.

I expect there to be some bad fouls and some loud fans. But Utah is going to have to try to overcome that. In the previous round they played a team of stars in a library. That's not going to be the case in this series.

Both teams get rebounds, block shots, hit threes, and space the floor.

Fan Map:

I love how the Clippers had a larger distribution of fans, but population density matters here, and the Dubs are one of the most popular teams of all time.

Assumed Starters:

• PG: George Hill vs. Stephen Curry
  
• SG: Joe Ingles vs. Klay Thompson
  
• SF: Gordon Hayward vs. Kevin Durant
  
• PF: Boris Diaw vs. Draymond Green
  
• C: Rudy Gobert vs. Zaza Pachulia

Bench Rotation:

• PG: Raul Neto vs. Shaun Livingston
  
• SG: Rodney Hood vs. Ian Clark
  
• SF: Joe Johnson vs. Andre Iguodala
  
• PF: Derrick Favors vs. David West
  
• C: Jeff Withey vs. JaVale McGee
  

Injures / Absences:

• PG: Shaun Livingston (GSW, Questionable)
  
• SG: Alec Burks (UTA, OUT)
  
• SF: Matt Barnes (GSW, Probable)
  
• PF: Derrick Favors (UTA, Questionable), Kevon Looney (GSW, OUT)
  
• C:
  

GO JAZZ GO!

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