I don't think that's necessarily true ... they beat the Celtics the other night and didn't shoot particularly well - 13/45 28.9%. They shoot their normal 35% from three that game isn't even close. They beat Charlotte by 15 and shot 33% , New Orleans by 8 and shot 31%. They shot 35% in that buzzer beater loss to the Jazz. They are going to put up a lot of points even on poor shooting nights more often than not. (That Phx game was ugly). I think how they defend in the paint and keep teams from getting second chance points are the biggest factors to their success. In a 7 game series , teams are going to work hard on things they can exploit - That switching everything defense might have to be tweaked to keep Rivers and EG off of opposing bigs in the paint as they are a bigger mismatch than Tucker , Harden , Westbrook , Covington , Thabo or even House.
Rivers and McLemore are not efficient smallball defenders because they are not long enough or strong enough when switched to bigger players.
None of them have been terrible really .... but I worry that in a 7 game series teams are really going to try to exploit those three (EG , Rivers , BMac) in the paint. The rest of the rotation can hold their own for the most part. Will be interesting to watch no matter what happens ... I hate the thought that I see Morey gone if they don't win it all or at least make the finals.
Homer gonna Homer, but you know As it is going, its been a not so easy 54 games. This team should develop some chemistry. I hope Houston Can get the 3rd seed. I think a Mavericks vs Rockets 1st round would be neat, and a Clippers match up in 2nd round. I hate to play Lakers so fast in the 2nd round. Rockets vs Lakers in WCF if everyone is healthy. Can they get passed Lakers? doubt it. Clippers in 7 games in 2nd round gonna be hard enough. Cause they would be 2nd seed. Lakers would take on Nuggets in 2nd round after they somehow beat Utah in 7 games. Everyone just knows its gonna b Lakers vs Clippers.
