I could argue Durant kept the game close, and If Klay doesnt break free In the second half they lose. No team expects to stop durant, you have to stop the other guys from contributing. Rockets did it well first half as did the warriors. Second Half rockets didnt react well and let Guys who they shouldnt have get going…

Isolations and PnR’s are exactly how you beat them. A switching defense like GS and Houston are built to disrupt Ball movement, cutting and passing. its why Curry couldnt get open. They switch everything all the time in a psuedo zone. its why Sometimes Chris Paul got stuck on durant(who did as well a job as a 6ft guy…

Its a good thing they has a defensive lead assistant to come up with that and luckily, that guy helped the rockets have a top 5 defense this year.

The Rockets will live with KD taking mid range shots, you have to, any team has to. He’s not gonna shoot 70% every night.

Hot take.

Warriors being above their season averages shooting wise(and they only had 9 turnovers). Means they did better if only slightly than norm. Rockets were above their turnover average for the playoffs and had several guys play well below their norms(mbah moute missed 3 Point blank layups lol). Ryan anderson is back to…

People like to say other wise but the shooting stats show the warriors actually played well compared to the rockets who shot poorly outside of Harden and Paul and it was mostly a game until that Klay 3.

I expect at some point in this series the rockets will attempt to switch off ball as well so Currys off ball movement wont be so impactful

Linares showed that Loma can be timed, I have to wonder. Loma seems like the brave type I hope he doesnt attempt to get MIkey Garcia in the ring, He’s one of the best at Timing faster guys with devestating power shots. If Mikey catches loma like Linares, he wont get back up.

Are some of these guys actually nerds, or were they just Dorks. Nerds are usually Achievement and goal oriented. Geeks and dorks arent. Then theres also the fact that in high school yea people care about looks, and smells something alot of geeks and dorks neglect.

Warriors bench is weaker this year. Rockets have a 6th man candidate and 2 way player coming off theirs, and a couple of guys who can come in the game and blow it up by being on fire.
Warriors have some Young guys who have played well, and some tall scrubs.

They did play without any focus or intensity. The other part is they defended to shut down Donovan mitchel and completly forgot that Joe Ingles can make open shots...All game long.

forgot the obligatory “How boring”

forgot the obligatory “How boring”

Exum’s been waiting on this since last year when this happened :

Dont Forget that Westbrook probably should have been suspended by the rules due to his Antics in the previous game. NBA bought some more advertising with the fine and tech.

Either way, Westbrooks hero ball is fun to watch when its working, its frustrating when its not. Its annoying how the narratives change, Last year…

“his hands were almost ninja like”

Marvin Harrison will fuck you up.

Yea, Maybe this playoff series will change him, maybe not. But Chuck and Shaq are actually spot on in their analysis of his performance . With some Similar things Yao used to get criticized for. He too often is indecisive when he gets the ball and doesn’t DEMAND it enough.

When he gets the ball in the post he needs to…

He’s Soft. Thats it. Harden is actually rated as a good post defender( and has been playing good D this series, something he can do when he needs to). But Towns is Soft. he doesnt want to Bang and Dominate down low he wants to play outside. He’s not the Anthony Davis everyone thought he’d be. AD will take it to you…

Agree on alot of things...I listen to coles albums like two or three times and never again. When I listen to someone like Kendrick I can come back to it months later no problem. Usualy the whole album, vs J Cole I have a handful of songs. I would enjoy J cole on some old Kanye beats, Pete rock or Dj PRemier. Hell, a J…