I think many of the uh "experts" were hoping for a repeat of last year's finals but this time with a healthy Love. Throughout the season they were hoping for the repeat to show that GS could whip Cleveland even with a healthy Love.
Actually, the Cavs were up 2-1 against OKC last year even without Love, and Game 4 was in Cleveland. But the Cavs were doomed when Kyrie Irving went down for good late in Game 2, and backup PG Dellavedova had to play too many minutes at his frenetic pace. He was hospitalized for dehydration after Game 3, and wasn't the same after that. Without Irving, and with Delly limited (plus no Love), they were basically were just a shell.
They were all falling over themselves about how GS was a team while OKC was just two terrific scorers and a bunch of role players.
While GS is still a great team, if Curry isn't scoring, they're in trouble.
The series still isn't over, but Westbrook has certainly dominated his matchup with Curry. Many times it just comes down to that.
Westbrook was just classic last night. Talented as hell, but undisciplined. He had a succession of horrible possessions where he was simply out of control, tried to do it all himself, and turned the ball over. A few of those gave GSW what they needed to put enough distance between them and OKC to hang on.
Still think they close it out in OKC, though.