can the warriors minus KD beat this cavs?

[FabTrey]

i think cavs can hang with them and might even beat them in 7.

 

[Kimo_bud]

Nah last year was a fluke. Cavs is the warriors son

 

[JahFocus CS]

It would be close without KD.

 

[Houston911]

Fukk no

Durant is the game changer

Cavs would win in 5

 

[LurkMoar]

Warriors win in 6, if harrison barnes can hit open shots the warriors would be 3 peating.

 

[Illeye buckmatic]

They barely lost last year so...

 

[FabTrey]

without kd, they going 7 game again - and i guess it's anybody's ball game.


KD really is a game changer for real.

 

[KOBE]

Fukk no

Durant is the game changer

He's taken over every game on both ends while green gets himself into foul trouble every game within 2 minutes of each quarter.

 

[FcKuPaYmE]

No. Klay was allowed to struggle with KD. If he shot the same without KD cavs would be up two easily and would of won tonight.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Fukk no

Durant is the game changer

Cavs would win in 5

 

[DIMES]

Nah in no way. A game like this without KD is a blowout for cavs

 

[e001]

Warriors would still win in 6 or less since they could've signed another max player.

Batum would've been enough

 

[DIMES]

Warriors would still win in 6

No

 

[Freddie.Cane]

They barely lost last year so...

I hear ya breh but y'all would win in 6 if KD wasn't there

 

[godkiller]

No. Durant is the game changer and without him the Warriors don't beat the Cavs. Sounds crazy? The numbers say otherwise. Durant's offensive efficiency before he ever went to Golden State was similar to Lebron's.

If you look at Durant's Box Plus/Minus before before he went to Golden State, which is the second-last statistic above, Durant added only 0.4 less to any final game Box Score than Lebron. So Durant is basically Lebron if he went to Golden State. Accordingly then, the Warriors likely lose without Durant's Lebronesque's contributions.