This Golden State Warriors is an All Star Team, The Rockets really need Contribution from everyone. Clint Capela Shot Blocking, Rebounding has not shown up. James Harden looks Concussed with the Flu, Asthma Flare Ups. Jekyll and Hyde offense, too much dribbling. Chris Paul is injured again. Ariza is quite terrible on defense, inconsistent shooter. P.J Tucker is not included in offensive schemes in these 2 losses. Eric Gordon Shooting is up and down, mostly down in the playoffs. Luc is injured, Ryan is hated by Harden and Paul and injured ankle, no more playing time for him. Capela is not included in pick and rolls anymore, he doesn't want to play hard on defense as a result.
We did not choke. We knew that the Warriors when healthy were better than this team unless we we're completely healthy and focused.
true...but not 40pts better... We had the #1 seed....but the Warriors are the better team...no question. Their injuries kept them out of the 1 seed.... The addition of KD is everything for them...
I'm sure the Warriors fans didn't say the Warriors were chokers when we where beating them by 30 in game 2.
Choke City... The Rockets were the 2 seed playing against the 3 seed Suns. They were up by 20 points in Game 2 with under 10 minutes left in the 4th quarter, and the Suns came back to win. Last night's game was pretty embarrassing. But not even close to the same thing.
Durant is literally their best player, and the biggest reason for their dominance the last 2 seasons.
20 of the 40pts came from trash time, their bottom of bench squad is much better than ours(led by Ryan Anderson) ,but that shouldn't really count. We also led them by more than 20 points in the 3rd quarter of G2 as well, that's just how today's NBA works, too easy to get blow outs.
Getting beat (no matter by what score) on the defending champions’ home court to go down 2-1 is not Choke City. I don’t think some of you guys could have survived the roller coaster of the 94 and 95 playoffs.
How are they choking? GS is the favorite and the better team, that’s obvious. Should they be losing by 40? No. Are they expected to win this series? No.
I highly doubt. They don't seem to have what it takes. Now they have a lot talent to pull it off but the mentality isn't there.
This is stupid.... choking would be losing to Utah in the second round. Losing to the Warriors would be losing to a superior team. No choking in that. Ban OP.
Choking would be up big in the 4th quarter then melting down and losing; or up 3-1 in a 7 game series and end up losing 4-3.
I said Rockets in 4 then Rockets in 5 but now I really dont see this squad putting together another 3 wins against this fully loaded and well oiled worriors team. Dont want to be a doubter but I think this is too much to ask from this team unless Harden(we all know he alone aint enough, 41), CP3 and EG goes absoluty bananas. Buuuut I still hope coach has an ace up his sleeve and will suprise the Worriors!
