This is a great point. Rockets were also one of the worst in terms of team turnovers for the playoffs too. We have some obvious issues with our regular season strategies being much less effective in the playoffs, that much is clear. This is just another thing to add to the list.
Among player who averaged at least 45 passes per game in the regular season, Harden had the worst Pass to BadPassTOV ratio. A bad pass turnover every 22.2 passes made: Code: Player TEAM PASSES MADE AST POTENTIAL AST BadPassTO Pass/BadPass ratio AST/BadPass Ratio PotentialAST/BadPass Ratio 1 James Harden HOU 49.5 7.5 13.8 2.23 22.2 3.4 6.2 2 Russell Westbrook OKC 60.1 10.8 20.8 2.37 25.4 4.6 8.8 3 Devin Booker PHX 45.6 6.8 12.6 1.78 25.6 3.8 7.1 4 Trae Young ATL 55.3 8.1 15.3 2 27.7 4.1 7.7 5 John Wall WAS 56.1 8.7 15.7 1.84 30.5 4.7 8.5 6 Luka Doncic DAL 57.6 6 11.7 1.7 33.9 3.5 6.9 7 Chris Paul HOU 50.8 8.2 15.6 1.45 35.0 5.7 10.8 8 LeBron James LAL 54.2 8.3 16 1.54 35.2 5.4 10.4 9 Walter Lemon Jr. CHI 47.3 5 9.2 1.33 35.6 3.8 6.9 10 D'Angelo Russell BKN 52.1 7 12.5 1.44 36.2 4.9 8.7 11 Jrue Holiday NOP 60.4 7.7 13.9 1.66 36.4 4.6 8.4 12 Dennis Smith Jr. NYK 52.5 4.8 9.2 1.43 36.7 3.4 6.4 13 Rajon Rondo LAL 55.5 8 14.4 1.49 37.2 5.4 9.7 14 Damian Lillard POR 53.6 6.9 12.3 1.43 37.5 4.8 8.6 15 Kyle Lowry TOR 62.5 8.7 14 1.65 37.9 5.3 8.5 16 Stephen Curry GSW 50.4 5.2 9 1.33 37.9 3.9 6.8 17 De'Aaron Fox SAC 56.4 7.3 13 1.43 39.4 5.1 9.1 18 Elfrid Payton NOP 55.4 7.6 13 1.39 39.9 5.5 9.4 19 Ricky Rubio UTA 55.7 6.1 11.1 1.34 41.6 4.6 8.3 20 Draymond Green GSW 58.6 6.9 11.4 1.39 42.2 5.0 8.2 This list will be skewed towards players who are more aggressive with their passes, which isn't always a bad thing. Still, it is indicative of the fact that Harden is not exactly an "efficient" passer.
A couple different sources: https://stats.nba.com/players/passing/ http://www.nbaminer.com/player-turnover-details/
Probably been said already, floater from 7 to 10 feet in the lane (from rim) with either hand. This was the difference between the Utah series and Warriors series imo. Rockets went into each Utah game with a mindset of being run off the 3-pt line and needing to avoid Gobert near the rim. So floaters and free throw line shots were a big staple of the Rockets/Harden-CP3 offensive attack. In the Warriors series the floater seemed abandoned with the belief that the rim was open......Warriors protect the rim well as a group (Durant/Draymond/Iggy/Klay/Looney) in the playoffs. The floater was available all game, every game in the series.. Draymond leaps to where Capela will accept the lob on the side of the rim Capela is rolling from, once Harden picks up his dribble. Capela needs to back pick Draymond as a means of grounding Draymond enough to clear the reach of Draymond Green (if it can be possible for Capela to out jump/reach Dray). IMHO. And yeah continue to nail/practice mid-range shots off the dribble. Those abandoned CP3 as well in the Warriors series as he seemed to fear the trailing defender blocking his shot.
cont’d from post #51 FG% for (Warriors/Rockets) series was: Warriors (.470) vs Rockets (.451) Rockets made up a lot of ground with a 37% (3P%) vs Warriors 35% (3P%)......but Iggy was the difference in the games played. Iggy scored: 14 pts (gm 1), 16 pts (gm 2), 16 pts (gm 3), 7 pts (gm 4), 11 pts (gm 5), 17 pts (gm 6). 9.0 FGA’s/game. In Portland series Iggy averaged 4.7 FGA’s/game. Something like 3 points a game. Iggy diving to the rim from the 3-point line killed the Rockets, especially lobs at rim as he dived from corner 3. Some easy floaters could have countered the easy baskets the Warriors were getting. Can’t ask guards to block out SF’s!!! Not consistently. Rockets only lost by 11 points for the series. stats per basketball-reference.com
