This is very very important. You just cant play good on both ends against a team this good without being dead tired because they move soo much on offense. 3 min to start the 2nd and 2 min to start the 4th At the very least. he just has way too mcuh responsibility on offense for us to just drain him before the game ends. Dont buckle under the pressure and just ride him. Play the long game.
LeBron did play 48 minutes last night. But he rested a lot on offense in the third quarter. Rockets need to let some else create offense to get Harden some rest. Let Gordon or ISO Joe create some offense.
Not only this, he needs to play stellar defense against KD, Klay, Steph, all who will force switches onto Harden...
Harden doesn't have a gas tank like lebron lol playing all 48 would be a bad idea. We all know gas tank is bad and its a frustrated Harden when hes tired
if Harden wants to be the king, he will need to play like king..gotta pull a lebron james tonight..carry cp-less rockets to the finals
If they lose he can rest all offseason. He needs to be out there 48 minutes unless he is playing bad.
It's pretty ****ed up...and we were worrying about how to get everyone playing time in the playoffs. I never thought I'd see us running a 7 man rotation but it is what it is.
We were always 10 deep. But Nene was never going to be a good matchup against GSW. Ryno has disappeared. And LMAM is hurt. We could even go 9 deep if it weren’t for Ryno and LMAM. Not sure this is MDA’s fault. Be positive. Good things are coming.
1. Mike D needs to take EVERY TIME OUT . .. . IF there is a minute to go in the 2nd .. .and you still have times outs. . . TAKE ONE!! . .. TAKE THEM ALL 2. I think we need to slow it down to a crawl when Harden is not in the game IF he out 3 minutes. . . . . we want only about 5 - 8 possessions at most. . . . . Rocket River
Well you could do that if you didn't have a $20M scrub taking up cap space while contributing Nada, zilch, zero
Harden is a career 9-2 when playing 46+ minutes, 2-0 in playoffs. He's 2-0 at 48+ minutes In the two losses, Toney Douglass played 35 minutes in one, and Francisco Garcia play 34 in another
wow that's actually pretty crazy. But then again he never had to play without a real PG before. We actually don't have another ball handler at this time.
Harden has more drives than anyone in the playoffs. By a huge margin. Gotta be exhausting, and he's not being rewarded with free throws. Also has 45 drive assists. Next closest is 24 (Rozier). http://stats.nba.com/players/drives...on=2017-18&SeasonType=Playoffs&PerMode=Totals Playoffs- 21 drives per game. 5% foul rate. Regular- 16 drives per game. 11% foul rate. #1 Harden- 339 drives in 578 minutes. 5% foul rate. #2 Lebron - 303 drives in 735 minutes. 7% foul rate. #3 CP3- 212 drives in 517 minutes. 0.5% foul rate. fouled once. #12 Durant- 116 drives in 598 minutes. 7% foul rate.
How many TO's did Harden have in those games? This is not a flippant questions, I'm genuinely curious. I would be absolutely fine with Harden playing the whole game, I just think Harden goes dumb when he doesn't have rest. If Harden is allowed 8 TO's the rest of the team can't get any. Rockets can win with Harden having high TO's
