Does defense win championships Only 4 teams in the history of the NBA have won a championship without a Top 10 defense. All four of those teams had one the year before. The Warriors are looking to become the first team ever to win a ring without a Top 10

Draymond Green Guys who score at an elite level but doesnt quite compete on the defensive end theyre just really losing value in this league of guys where everything is fast trying to get downhill everybody is playing off close outs

- The Brooklyn Nets playing some of the worst defense in the history of basketball

Jason Timpf on the Colin Cowherd Podcast Against the Top 10 teams in point differential in the NBA the Lakers are getting outscored by 13 points per game which is good for 28th in the league behind only the Wizards and the Nets

Rookie Carmelo If you consider yourself a great player then you should have one of them rings It's some people out there that had tremendous careers but when it all comes down to it when people look back in the books and you don't have a world championship by your name it don't mean nothing

The Warriors fail to get a shot to go and the Knicks win after being down by as many as 21 Points

Draymond Green talking about Chris Paul retirement A lot of people say because CP3 didnt win a championship he is not a winner When you compete against him what he did with teams was one of the ultimate winners you just need so much luck and things to go your way in order to win a championship