ANALYSIS/OPINION:
Golden State plays a beautiful brand of basketball. It arguably has the NBA’s sweetest-shooting backcourt ever, Steph Curry and Klay Thompson. The ball and the Warriors move with speed and grace, on slick passes and sharp cuts, often resulting in easy layups or open jumpers.
It’s accurate to call their style of play pretty. But don’t be fooled:
The Warriors are also plenty gritty.
Their fluid offense, pace-and-space with small-ball lineups, can at times obscure their toughness and resiliency — traits more commonly associated with plodding bruisers. Nothing about Golden State is physically imposing.