Can the Golden State Warriors actually win it all?

The Golden State Warriors have been the best team in the NBA this season, but can they win the championship?

There’s no question that the Golden State Warriors are the best team in the NBA this season.  In fact, this part shouldn’t be surprising one bit.  Anyone who’s been watching the Warriors since 2010, 2011 knew that this day couple potentially come.

After winning their 60^th game of the season, while also clinching the top seed in the West and their first Pacific Division title since 1975-76, anything less than an NBA title this season should be considered a failed season for the Dubs.

After the success they’ve had this season, the question is now whether or not they can win an NBA championship.

Going into the last weekend of the regular season, all signs point to the Dubs hoisting the trophy after it’s all said and done this summer.  Or does it?

The last time the Warriors won the division title in 1975-76, they lost in the West Conference Finals to the Suns in seven games.  At least this time around Phoenix doesn’t seem to be a factor in the Warriors quest for their first NBA title since 1974-75.

But how is this Warriors team doing it so well, so quietly, and better yet, so consistently?

It all starts with the Splash Bros., guards Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson.

Curry’s 23.7 points per game average is barely under his current career-best 24.0 ppg average from last year, however he’s been more efficient this year and has been more efficient as his career has gone on.

Aside from efficiency, he currently leads the league in three-pointers (247), free-throw percentage (.916) and steals (149).  Throughout the season, he’s made clutch shot after clutch shot and you would think he’d continue to do so as the regular season draws to a close and the Warriors’ championship run truly begins.

But every superstar has a star sidekick and while Klay Thompson could be a star guard anywhere in the league, his “second-place” role to Curry is anything but “second-place.”  Thompson is on pace for career-best shooting percentages from both inside (.486) and outside the arc (.434) and although he’s averaging three less minutes per game so far this season, he’s more productive during his time on the court.

Thompson proved his worth in his 52 point outing against the Sacramento Kings earlier in the season, highlighted by his single-quarter record 37-point third quarter.  In that quarter, he was an unbelievable 13-of-13 from the court, 9-of-9 from beyond the arc, also a single-quarter record.

Yet, while Curry and Thompson have easily carried this Warrior team on their backs at times, this Golden State Warriors team is probably one of the most complete teams in the NBA.

They’re undoubtedly the best defensive team in the NBA, holding opponents to just 42.3 percent from the court, the lowest opponent field-goal percentage in the NBA this season. If they continue this pace for the final stretch of the season, it would be the lowest opponents field-goal percentage they’ve ever allowed in an 82-game season.

But after winning it all in the regular season (so to say), how do the Warriors stay hot all the way through?

“We could rest guys three or four games,” Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said.

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He doesn’t anticipate resting Curry or Thompson for entire games anymore this season, however even he’ll admit that “it’s not really that tempting, because it’s a game of rhythm and timing and execution.

“So you counteract that with the threat of injury.  I don’t think you can plan with injuries in mind.  Injuries are either going to happen or they’re not.”

In fact, the injury bug could be the only thing that keeps this Warrior team from winning the fourth NBA championship in franchise history, their second in Oakland.

The 2014-15 Golden State Warriors are about to put a close on the best regular season in franchise history and one of the best regular seasons by any NBA team in league history.  They’re the 13^th team in NBA history to reach 60 wins in their first 73 games and of the previous 12 teams, nine of them went on to win the NBA Finals.

If everything continues to go the Warriors way, the Bay Area can forget the “We Believe” Warriors of nearly a decade ago.  They can finally be ready for a potential championship parade.

It’s easy to say “it’s about time,” however it’s better to claim that the patience and the “believing” have finally paid off.

The question, in the end, shouldn’t be “can” they win the NBA title this year, but how many games will it take in the NBA Finals for them to hoist the trophy.  This column is probably jynxing it, but I’ll take the Warriors in five games over whomever they’ll play in the Finals.  This team is just too dominant and, barring injury, has all the momentum to bring a title to Oakland this summer.

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