First of All™, I don't think that there are three people outside of Oregon who actually believe that that one win that Portland got against the Warriors during the regular season means that the Trailblazers are better equipped or more likely to beat the Warriors in a seven-game series than the Clippers at full strength. Second of all, In the original post in question, I said:
The pertinent part of that quote was "in the playoffs." In their last five playoff series, Golden State played four injury-depleted teams in a row, and this round, they've got the SAWFT, heartless Rockets. And now, even after sustaining an injury to the one player that they couldn't afford to get injured if they wanted to defend their title, they have inexplicably and improbably fallen into a situation where they will get a favorable matchup in the second round, despite the fact that, forty-eight hours ago, the idea of them having a favorable matchup against anybody without Curry was inconceivable.
There are two teams in the western playoffs that Golden State could have beaten without Curry, if that team was at full strength. They're already playing one of them, and that is a testament to their performance during the regular season. The only way that the other one could have made it out of the first round is if exactly what happened to their first round opponents happened to them. The Warriors getting the Rockets in the first round is credit to them, and their hard work. The Warriors getting the Trailblazers in the second round is luck. It's nothing but luck; they've suffered what is, AFAWK, a temporary injury to their star player, and have somehow ended up in a better position than when they started; how is that anything other than falling upwards?