PJ Tucker leads the rockets in +/- during the playoffs

Big dick Nene carrying us hard against the Warriors

 

When he sits, the worriers immediately make a run almost evrytime.

Hes been absolutely vital to our defense. When he sits we have nothing close to replace him with and start leaking.

It's not just him either. When hes on the court I see other players being in better position, making better reads, better contests, better rotations, etc...

 

Tucker plays old style NBA basketball. Love it!

 

One of the things I love about it is, PJ isn't doing anything gimmicky or dirty. He isn't trying to be a "bad boy" type player. He is just going out and playing great defense and if Durant makes it, PJ respects the shot and comes back to play even harder the next possession.

 

That's for sure right here. No fake tough guy routine. He just wants to play ball and compete.

 

Shump is in the positive? You wouldn't know it by Clutchfans reactions. I think Shump has been playing well enough in this GSW series.

 

It's who they replace him with. Gerald Green. He's replaced Tucker this entire series and he's the worst player in the playoffs right now.

 

He played great in games 3/4, at home. Game 2 on the road, he came out and launched 4 or 5 threes within a few minutes, and bricked them all. Really hurt us early on in that game. Hopefully it’s a confidence thing and it continues, but it could have been based on the home crowd

 

He's been absolutely vital to us. He battles so hard defensively and hits big shots. There's a reason Phoenix and Toronto fans love him.

We've criticized ourselves short power forwards for years. You think we would've learned after Chuck Hayes that defense isn't about how tall you are.

 

I like to put the number of minutes played as well when citing +/-, because that tends to give perspective. More minutes tends to average out spiky scores, and vice versa.

Tucker plays the most minutes of anyone. For him to be leading the team in +/- means he's doing incredible things. Rivers also plays the most minutes off the bench (often around 25 min per game.) His +/- has stood the test as well. Nene plays fewer minutes, but he's always positive when he's out there, and it has been adding up.

These guys are showing an incredible amount of heart and also an incredible amount of skill.

 

Shump was wide open when he shot those shots. He has to shoot them. Any points he gets is bonus. It's the hustle that I appreciate. Shump is not perfect, but when he is on the floor with CP, Rivers, PJ and even EG, he adds to the overall effort.

 

Rockets gave up James Ennis for nothing...he could contribute against GS..he had decent game against GS when played.

 

Yeah this has some to do with it. For instance, gerald doubled Draymond on a contested drive (from behind), instead of properly switching, leaving curry wide open from the corner 3.

Like that's simply, flat out, bad bad bad recognition and defense.