[The Ringer] The Western Conference War of Attrition

Good writeup

 

Which shoulder did LMBAM injure again?

 

This is the only thing that worries me. Fatigue.

They run away more on offense, so switching should mean that we use less energy. That should mean that they are more fatigued, correct?
which means advantage us, especially late game.

 

Luc at the VERY least needs to get some minutes tonight.

 

Luc is playing at home. He should feel much more comfortable. I predict he will play and play well.

 

Yeah I hope so. Just one extra body can do wonders for fatigue.

 

He deserves a shot. If he misses a point blank layup, then yank him out. But his minutes could be valuable.

 

This. I think if we go up by 6 or 8 we can put him in for 3-4 minutes.

I think we can also play him if we are trailing by no more than 6 points, just to expand our rotation a bit.

 

so this is why d'antonio played harden and cp3 during blowouts and played ariza 40 minutes per game during the regular season.

to condition them for this series

 

See, this seems contradictory to me. They avg. less mins per game than most other stars in the reg season (might be an old stat), to keep them healthy.

 

Good read, but the author equated GG with Swaggy. GG hoisted some bone head shots, but he made one really big 3 and his defense was great in his 12 minutes. GG was a +14 while Swaggy was in the negatives. GG's defense and enthusiasm at least makes him playable.

 

538 podcast thinks the Rockets will poop out from the heavy rotation...says Luc is critical. Obv, the sooner they win, the better. Good point at the end about the FT disparity. Worriers got more calls and made more intentional fouls.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/lebron-is-tired-the-rockets-may-soon-be-too/ @16:41