Three reasons the Golden State Warriors dominated the NOP in game four

NEW ORLEANS, LA - MAY 06: E'Twaun Moore #55 of the New Orleans Pelicans loses the ball defended by Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors during the first half of Game Four of the Western Conference Semifinals of the 2018 NBA Playoffsat the Smoothie King Center on May 6, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LA - MAY 06: E'Twaun Moore #55 of the New Orleans Pelicans loses the ball defended by Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors during the first half of Game Four of the Western Conference Semifinals of the 2018 NBA Playoffsat the Smoothie King Center on May 6, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) /
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Having a player no one on the other team can stop

On the surface, this may seem kind of redundant since this pretty much applies to any game against any team. If that’s what you’re thinking… well you’re right.

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Any team in the NBA will have a terrible time if they go into the game thinking they can stop Kevin Durant. Durant is one of the most talented offensive players the NBA has ever seen, so no team in the league really has anyone that can stop him from getting to any spot on the court whenever he wants.

But the Pelicans still manage to standout in a crowd of 29 teams, all of which are those who can’t stop Kevin Durant. This is because they literally have no one on their roster who can even come close to slowing him down. It’s quite ridiculous.

We have seen Nikola Mirotic and Jrue Holiday both attempt to guard Durant throughout the series. As one may guess, that hasn’t worked at all.

Mirotic has very slow feet and is overall not a great defender, and Jrue Holiday is seven inches shorter than Durant– well five inches if we go by Durant’s listed height of 6’9″, but we all know how accurate that is.

Both players have no chance of sticking with KD, for very different reasons, both of which going to show just why Durant is such an unstoppable player. That combination of size an quickness is what makes him unguardable.

In last night’s game, Durant had 38 points, nine rebounds and five assists. The Pelicans saw Jrue Holiday was getting tortured by Durant and decided to try letting Anthony Davis guard him.

This line of thought makes complete sense, as Anthony Davis is one of the best defensive players alive. He should be able to slow down Durant, right?

That was super not-right.

Take a look at this tweet by the Ringer’s Shea Serrano.

The Pelicans have zero chance of guarding Kevin Durant and in turn, zero chance of winning this series.

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