Can we talk about the fantastic defensive adjustments from our coaching staff?

hell yes im all for mchale next season. changed my mind about him. they doubled durant this game, another good adjstment.

first game 30pt loss, next 3 games were down to 1 or 2 possesion games. he's doing a good job

and i'll be damned, his smaller small ball is working lol

 

By coaching staff you mean assistants?

I would like to think McHale makes the offensive adjustments.

 

As much as it may seem impressive, Scott Brooks is a terrible terrible coach who makes Houston's defense look godlike at times.

But in this game, Beverley and Asik and Garcia really stepped it up individually. They were amazing.

 

McHale made multiple All Defensive teams. Im pretty sure most of the adjustments are made by him defensively

 

Not to take away from an awesome effort, but Scotty Brooks really sucks.

 

I give him credit for adjusting during half time, but he seriously cannot adjust on the fly during the game. That shows at the end of games.

 

They smothered Durant, a superstar is gonna get his, but man, credit to coach, Garcia defended him perfectly at the end

 

A fantastic defensive adjustment would have been taking Harden out for the last two minutes for tonight's game.

 

ROFLMAO! because its so true.

When he was taken out with 5 fouls they went on a run and went up 7.

But I want Harden to get better, if he can work on his weaknesses this Summer, Lin too, watch out!!!

McHale is a inconsistent as Lin and Harden. I'll give them all another year. With the improvements I'm expecting, McHale will be a fricken superstar coach by the end of next year.

 

Yes! We made it hard for Durant out there tonight. Looked like he wanted to break down and cry.

 

McHale has done well in the playoffs so far. For one thing he is more active, it seems like he is actually coaching to the game rather than the lazy rotations he did in the regular season.

 

I don't understand how anyone can be critical about the Rockets coaching staff after this season. I don't think there have been many coaches with only 1 year and change of coaching experience that are given a young roster of players that have only 80ish games combined starts (Lin and Parsons), no chemistry, no proven stars (Harden as of last year was considered a breakout 6th man player but certainly no all-star)... take all that with a new scheme on offense and defense and pull a playoff birth after missing the playoffs the last 3 years. It's simply amazing. And Harden, Parsons and Asik all having breakout years helped, but you gotta give the coaches credit too. We could've easily been another Utah, or another Pheonix.

 

whoever is the rightful person to take the credit for the improved defense, congrats to you! for so long, the coaching staff thought that the Rockets could simply outscore the opponent and get away with it. 2 full games into the playoffs and no D adjustments had been made. Could be the absence of Westbrook, but it does seem that the Rockets are playing better team D overall and giving more effort. Garcia is a major factor, he is probably the true leader of the team. He could have made a real difference in Game 1/2.

 

Yeah, barring winning the championship, or Durant not being in favor of it, I don't see how Brooks is not replaced by next season.

 

His offense is still non existent

 

I think at the end of the day, you get a lot of practices in... especially with one team in mind, and you slow the game down a bit, the defense is going to be better.

IMO, that is the only thing holding back our defense. The tempo we play at, and chemistry. We have the players to be a top 10 defense eventually.

 

Garcia on durant is key !!!

Garcia/Parsons/Delfino need to be all over him 48min

dont let him get the ball or get in rhythm.. 18 fouls to give

 

nice one OP, i was so stunned by that iso-iso-iso sequence, that i totally forgot about the defensive adjustments they made...on offense it was a terrible coaching display, but they called all the right numbers on D, and we got the win, which is all that counts...i really liked when they got super aggressive on durant, he couldn't even get a shot off at the end!

 

I love the strategy of denying the ball on KD where he has to catch the ball out near the 3 pt line, switching on the picks to free him up so either Parsons/Garcia is on him right when he gets the ball, bodying him up when he does get it so he can't get his momentum going, and having help defenders sag.

If OKC figures out how to swing the ball a couple times, we could be in trouble, but we're definitely taking their KD-centric strategy and crafting a direct counter.