NBA on TNT and NBA TV analysts Greg Anthony and Stan Van Gundy are picking the 64-win Phoenix Suns to win an NBA championship this season.
Picking the Suns to capture the franchise's first championship, NBA TV analysts Greg Anthony and Stan Van Gundy provide breakdown of Phoenix's strengths, weaknesses and who most stands the way of this deep and talented team winning a title this year.NBA TV analyst Greg Anthony put Phoenix’s 64-win season in a historic perspective that really shows how dominant the Suns were through 82 games.
“I find that hard to believe they could in this short amount of time,” Van Gundy said. “I see Phoenix in the finals. The finals are always a tough challenge, but if I’m betting, I’m taking Phoenix.” “They proved everybody wrong and built that confidence to create that dynasty,” Anthony said. Golden State won two more titles in 2017 and 2018.Anthony added that Golden State started building momentum toward that run of excellence when pushing the Spurs to six games in the 2013 conference semifinals.
Anthony feels likes Milwaukee handled the adversity of being down two games in capturing the franchise’s first title in 50 years very well. He acknowledges Dario Saric going down Game 1 with a torn right ACL hurt the Suns as they struggled matching Milwaukee’s size. “I think last year’s finals taught them a lot and I think that’s why you’ve seen the level of consistency they’ve played with all year,” Anthony said.
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