This is just as good as Hardens attempted Murder of Draymod in the first half. How he wasnt arrested on spot I’ll never figure out

Simple answer is, in Game 2 they made shots, Gmaes 1 and 3 they missed shots. Go watch game 3's first quarter..They missed 7-8 layups alone. This leads to harden and paul trying to get themselves goin to keep things from collapsing and they managed to keep it close most of the second. third quarter their lack of…

Well contested yes, But misses by some usually good finishers in Harden, Paul, Gordon and Capela. All in all, 12 Missed layups is alot, Capela HAS to finish his, and So does Harden and Paul.

Eh, if they dont miss those 12 layups in the first half that they missed (most were makeable) then the warriors probably need another time out. Rockets got shell shocked though, warriors went on a end of 1st run and they seemed to not want to fight back too hard. Game 4 will decide the series.

Pretending that you weren’t before?

Series isnt over, I give you credit for sticking with it though.

Its ok to be wrong. No need to double down.

Yea, they are currently still higher, and using playoff averages i think would help.

Yea, they are currently still higher, and using playoff averages i think would help.

I mean they were number 5 in defense..all season long , and have been top 3 during the playoffs in Defense. So...its not a stretch.

Considering their performances in game 1, this is them reverting to the mean. Looking at their 2 wins in the regular season against GS, tucker, Mba moute, ariza and gordon usualy do well against GS.

I’m actually enjoying this. The comments are great.

Shitty Take,

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.