Nick Wright -"Rockets only team that believes they can beat the Warriors."

The Rockets are the only team who can realistically beat the warriors anyways. No other team understands GS the way Houston does, and no other team can deconstruct them the way Houston can.

 

Jeff Biglydick is crucial with swtiches.

Biglydick >>> melo

 

Hey Nick, I thought Morris was coming to the Rockets?

I'm sure that Westbrook and "Playoff P" believe they can beat the Warriors.

 

Good god thank you. I have been trying to explain this to people here for 2 days that we didn’t all of a sudden change our offensive game plan. We had 1 guy dominate the ball and orchestrate the offense.

That isolation Paul has on DC was a thing of beauty.

 

Well, we have dominated the regular season series 3-0 and had them down 3-2. They certainly won't seem invincible to our guys.

 

We've got one more game against them in March.

 

Thanks for the correction!

 

The Rockets are one hell of an enigma. Best team in basketball? Rockets are 3-0 against them. Teams they should unquestionably beat? Frustrating losses.

It's weird feeling that other teams are going to be the Rockets kryptonite in the playoffs while every other team is afraid of Golden State the most.

Of course, the early 90s Rockets bodied the Bulls all over the place but always seemed to have trouble with the Sonics, so specific team matchups do matter as much as standings.

 

Exactly n also james didnt have what cp3 has right now. I always thought clint was the most important piece on this team. Cause he unlocked both clint n cp3. With clint back I believe harden would play just the same. Remember he only play one game with him. The lakers. N that was won. It was cause harden was streak chasing.......n put me on record. Harden streak will end with a triple double..book it I'm on record

 

Whether or not they're afraid of us, we've had history of going toe-to-toe with GSW and that is enough for me. Westbrook can torpedo OKC if he ever wants to try and take over a game in the playoffs. Denver is a pretty good team but they don't have any alphas on the team. Portland, if everything breaks perfectly, might take a game or two from GSW.

 

Gentleman sweep that is at worst.

 

The GSW are going to win it all anyway...

but Bob Myers should be up for worst GM award.

He got mesmerized by the shiny car... Boogie... when there was absolutely ZERO room for it, and there were probably more utilitarian options available... or no option at all and wait for the buyout market.

I mean, Boogie will probably come through a game or two in the playoffs and it will seem like "see, told you!!" where the reality is they probably wouldn't have needed him to come through in the first place absent him being there instead of one of those other choices.

The Rockets and any decent team is going to run PnR to death with him. Imagine if the Rockets run a guard guard PnR to get Curry switched to either CP3 or Harden, and then run the PnR with Capela.

It's insane what they'll do to their defense, when they could just have Looney out there, who is better defensively and crazy efficient offensively.

 

They ran the same stuff... but how often did CP3 decide to back it out and take a step back 3?

I love Harden, but I think he’s at his best diming folks up.

 

I think OKC has a good shot at taking out GSW as long as Westbrook doesn’t go Westbrick.

 

Can’t dime folks up if they are bricking

 

CP3 having 17 assists proves you right. Harden may be 37% with that step back 3, but when he misses, it creates long rebounds and chances for fast breaks going the other way. It just seems ill-advised and tends to get the offense out of rhythm. Then if Harden is off completely that game, he'll begin to sulk first and take over the 4th with hero ball that's, as of late, been unsuccessful.

I miss the triple double Harden, and personally want this 30 point streak to end so we can really focus on getting others involved... as was evident against the Warriors Saturday.

 

Or if you are deciding to take a step back instead. They weren’t bricking for CP3...

 

Rocket role players actually hit open shots.....it’s almost shocking when it happens for an entire game.

When shooters don’t go 1-12 the entire team looks better.

 

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