It’s fair to wonder how much impact AI would make, but it’s certainly not on par with CP3 for the Rockets.

If CP3 is out for an extended amount of time due to his hamstring, game six is Houston’s game seven. I don’t think we can beat them twice without him. Harden will have to take over and hope for game 2 performances from Tucker and Gordon....on the road. I am way more comfortable taking on CLE or BOS a game or two…

It was also nice seeing Draymond get betrayed in the final seconds by a new interpretation of knee-to-ball contact.

Everyone switches -> Iso ball -> max effort -> x100 -> fatigue -> great teams playing like trash fire

SAY IT TO MY FACE

Bill Simmons: Okay, since you’re a girl, I’ll walk you thru this

hide-in-the-corners-and-watch-James-Harden-dribble bullshit into something resembling what basketball’s meant to be when practiced by more than one person simultaneously

It’s fascinating to me to see how both of these teams, two of the most skilled teams we’ve ever seen, provide antidotes to what makes the other so effective. Golden State’s movement is largely neutered when Houston can switch everything on and off the ball—and do so well. The pockets of space that the Warriors have…

Maaan how many circles are you gonna twist yourself into to avoid saying “the Rockets are a really good team playing an incredibly smart strategy against a juggernaut.”

“And Curry himself, another third-quarter blitzkrieg notwithstanding, still seems somewhat less than fully himself, his motor sputtery and his activity generally low”

That was a back-and-forth game with a lot of great moments and an exciting finish (even including a last second three-point attempt by Curry!). I get that the Rockets are hard to watch at times, but that game was a whole lot more enjoyable than the 41-point blowout/snoozefest two days before. We’re likely looking at…

Martina Navratilova 

I don’t know how every single meeting of NFL owners doesn’t devolve into the “Are we the baddies” sketch within 10 minutes.

I enjoy how every game in these conference finals is like a self-contained entity that has no relationship whatsoever to anything that came before or will come after, other than the simple fact the same people are involved. It’s like watching a Law and Order marathon.

Did you not see the amazing defense he played in the second half or do you think basketball is all offense?

But that didn’t happen tonight, as the Rockets did just enough to pull out their first ever playoff win on the road against the Dubs.

This blog is uh aging well

i too will not play qb for the Browns

Same - I fixed your headline for you.

The “Wade Boggs Challenge” is not for everyone.