Something Fixable: TOs and Transition D (pt off of TOs)

That should have been fixed after game 3 against Dallas. It wasn't.

 

How much do the Rockets care about fixing it, though?

 

Fixable as a brain and heart transplant.

 

Is there a place where we can find transition defense stats?

I know our turnover has been bad all season. We ranked 28th.

 

Transition D has been bad for a long while now. Does it appearance coincide with Josh Smith's rise in his role on the team?

 

We wouldn't have to worry about transition D if we weren't constantly trying to score before the shot clock reaches 20.

Slow it down on offense, walk the ball up the court every now and then and the turnovers will automatically be cut in half (at least).

This helter skelter offense works great against weak teams during the regular season. Against good teams in the playoffs? Not so much.

 

The Rockets can't change their style of playing. This is their strength as well as their weakness. However the turnover rate can be cut down.

 

I know. This is why I don't think we can win this series.

 

We can and will win the series. They were very rusty last night. No rhythm and timing was off. Trying to do too much at times and that led to TOs. Those things will be fixed tomorrow. I'm sure this was a wake up call to all of them and they will show up to prove it tomorrow and the rest of this series.

You could see the bad matchups the clippers had once Griffin and Jordan went out and instead of us goin in the paint, we were still trying to find the outside shots to get the 3s going to catch up quickly. Gotta dump it inside and let Howard work. Harden cant let Reddick and Barnes guard him so I expect close to 30 from him tomorrow night.

 

Losing the ball wont be as big of a deal if the Rockets find ways to get stops on the other end. I have come to expect that TO's is part of this team's identity for the season. They have avg'd ridiculously high number of turnovers the entire season. But they have created their fair share thereby negating some of those careless decisions.

 

No team plays good transition D. The best way to improve transition D is transition O.

 

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We've been complaining about the transition D for 6 straight games now.
Naturally even a 3v3 break, offense will have the advantage but damn we don't contest at all. Everyone who has bothered to run back just runs straight to the paint. Not giving a care in the world about the two shooters running to the opposite corners.

 

Yeah, every team has 'one of those days'. As the regular season proved, we aren't a team that has long stretches of awesomeness, but then again, we rarely had a streak of bad games in a row either.
We tended to be a team that was 'on' more often than 'off', but when off, looked horrible. No doubts we CAN win on the road, I feel like LA is not an overly terrifying environment.

Take care of business next game up, then split in LA, and we are back in the box seat. Playoffs are hard for a reason, bad games happen.

 

We are okay. We got punched in the mouth and didn't recover in game 1, weren't mentally ready it seems. I think this series is in our favor the longer we can drag it out.

Blake Griffin is one of the top playoff performers so far, how long will he be able to keep that up at this pace?

Lastly, Griffin is very underrated as the Clipper held when CP was out for an extended time.

 

We generally follow a poor performance with a good one.

 

I said more than half of the TOs are, in tennis term, unforced error. EVERY single one of those can be eliminated with just proper focus.

On transition D, every single one of those can be improved with just proper focus.

Rant here... the most frustrating play, even with all the TOs, was when Harden loses Redick in the 3rd quarter in transition. Redick was a basic 0 up to that point due to great defense from Ariza. As soon as he made that wide open 3, there was a feeling that he finally got it going... and sure enough, flood gate open after that.

 

Good point. Like I said earlier, if we cut the stupid turnovers, the transition D will take care of itself. Meaning, we won't have to play it as often.

I still maintain we don't have to push the ball up quickly on every single possession. If we get a good defensive stop and grab the rebound, walk it up the court every now and then. Use some clock if we have a lead.