[Seuss]

GM/Coach has one day to get his gameplan up. Here's a gameplan template.

Offensive Plan:
Defensive Plan:
Overall Focus:

#7 Golden State Warriors:

PG: Bob Cousy
SG: Baron Davis
SF: Kevin Garnett
PF: Shawn Kemp
CE: Amare Stoudamire

BENCH: Jamaal Mashburn, Jason Richardson, Stephen Jackson, Samuel Dalembert, Billy Owens

#2 Phoenix Suns:

PG: Jason Kidd
SG: Anfernee Hardaway
SF: James Worthy
PF: Jermaine O’Neal
CE: Alonzo Mourning

BENCH: Jerry Stackhouse, Alvin Adams, Dan Majerle, Steve Kerr, AC Green

[Seuss]

Offensive Gameplan: Attack! Attack! Attack!
Warriors have a very challenged defensive team. My first plan would to have Anfernee take Baron in the post and see what we can get from him. Attack Cousy with Kidd as much as possible. If they really think Kemp is going to guard JO, I would most likely feed him quite often. I definately want to try and get them in foul trouble, theirbench is lacking. It could really cost them if guys like Amare and Baron, who can't slide their feet.

Defensive Gameplan: Zone?
With their very evident lack of outside shooting, I would definately play some zone.
Force Garnett, Kemp, Cousy, and Baron to jack long jumpers. We as a team are good enough to rebound. Those long shots will lead to long rebounds for Kidd to ignite the fastbreak. I think zone defense will be a huge key.

Overall Focus: Get out the way!
We will be running that team off the court from the get go. I might try a 3 guard lineup of Stackhouse, Penny, and Kidd to turn up the horse power. Maybe go small ball if the zone is working really good. Small lineup of Kidd, Penny, Stackhouse, AC Green, JO. Obviously, we'll pushing the ball down their throats. I think the deciding factor is we have guys capable of playing some defense.

[Sharpie]

I'm not sure if Jermaine O'Neal and Alonzo Mournign are great running big men, but the Warriors are just too weird for me. Are they really going to start those three 6-10 and over guys?

[IceMan23and3]

Seuss, you gonna have D'Antoni coach them? lol! I know you hate him as AC and Kerr won't see any minutes. However, you just have to hope that Majerle gets so drunk before the game that he has to get his stomach pumped as he goes on to nail 9 threes.

[BadBaronRudigor]

I don't see Golden State playing up to its talent. All it's front court players need to use the same space to be most effective. Phoenix should win this.

[Sunsfan81]

I think this would be a close series. The PGs are legendary playmakers. It doesn't get much better than Cousy and Kidd. I give the Suns the edge with Penny over Baron Davis who is a bit out of position, I'd rather have him playing PG. Garnett can play SF, and he's better than Worthy, but I'd rather see him at PF. And Amare is better off at PF than center. I think the Suns are a bit better defensively. Neither bench is that good, but Stackhouse is better than anyone they have, although Mashburn is pretty good. Then I like Majerle and Adams more than the rest of the Warriors bench, I mean they have Stephen Jackson, one of the dumbest players ever. I think the Suns with homecourt would win a close series.

[Diophantos]

Unlike Baron, I'm actually a fan of Golden State's frontcourt. KG and Amare are good shooters out to 18 feet, and all three are above-average ball-handlers for big men who can receive passes and take a couple of dribbles to the rack. I especially like KG at the 3 against Worthy--Worthy will have a lot of trouble scoring on KG and KG will get his turnaround jumpers at will on the smaller Worthy.

Kemp can do a good job on Mourning, but will likely struggle offensively against Phoenix's shotblockers. And Amare doesn't have a great history against Jermaine O'Neal.

GS's backcourt, while talented, doesn't match up well with the bigger Phoenix backcourt. Kidd will back of Cousy and play him for the drive and pass, Penny can do a solid job on Baron and has to really attack him at the other end to make up for the KG advantage on Worthy.

Phoenix's bench is also somewhat better. Steve Kerr is a big head-scratcher pick for the Suns, but they don't have to play him with Penny, Stack, Majerle. GS's bench has more head-scratchers, and they actually have to play (Jackson, Dalembert)

So I think KG can really handle Worthy on both ends, but I'm not sure it's enough to overcome Phoenix's other advantages.

[Marcus13]

Wow- thats a tough call. Great matchup