There you go MDA, without CP3, bring out everybody and see what they got. Even Anderson could surprise us with a road Ryno performance.
Even though MDA says he will play 9 players, Harden has to play 40+ minutes IMO.. EGO cannot be left on the floor without a ball handler, that means Luc (or JOE!!!) has to play with EGO. GG just shot that sh-t and continue to scrap. If I see Iso Joe in the post play making it will be amazing.. This might be the game Joe wins for the Rockets..
If Anderson wasn't such a liability for us (while getting paid crazy) coach would have even more to work with, at this point I play JJ and hope he comes through clutch as he has in the past. I'd give JJ a chance over Anderson
what i thought was really key to game 5 was all the timely time-outs that MDA took. i was so happy the way MDA timed them, i was yelling every time there was a time-out because he's just that good at calling it. perfect at giving rest to the key veteran players.
I'd like to see Luc getting sub'd in early in place of PJ, as EGo is getting in these last games. Get Luc while he's still set from warm up. If he was regular season Luc, I'll be all in to start him. He's too insecure though, we can't give up an early lead otherwise I think we may fold and wait for game 7. I want us to scare them in the begining so Durant can be Durant, the soft cupcake he is.
No...... Luc needs to suck it up and trust his shoulder. If it pops out, it pops out...... this is the time that the Rockets need him.
They may HAVE to play IsoJoe just to have a ball handler on the court. Get off to a hot start. The Rockets have actually played very well in the Harden led minutes this series despite the narratives. In multiple games he had the lead going to the bench and the team gave it up. Game 6 is the game to experiment and try to find something that works in case we get to game 7.
I wouldn’t be shocked to see just GG and Luc, just because of defensive reasons. In our switch everything scheme, these two are the only two that can survive. Ryan and NeNe are definite targets, and I would probably lump JJ right there with them.
Love the expanded rotation approach with CP3 out. You need to figure out who is going to contribute on any given night. You cant just pick 1 guy who may or may not pan out. You'll need a spark.
Really hoping coach will run Luc, Anderson and even Ne for a few minutes. Just have this weird feeling the Rockets shock everyone and win this game. Please!!!!!
If the basketball gods have a sense of fairness they will let us have one of those ungodly shooting nights where we hit 22-43 from 3. WE DESERVE THE DAMN BREAK. And f it. Give Ryno some burn. Dude was lighting it up at Oracle the past couple of years.
Amazing to me that D'Antoni got this team to the best record in the NBA, breezed through the first two rounds of the playoffs and is now 1 win away from the Finals and people on here are still complaining about his rotations. We have EEKED out 2 wins against Golden State. We needed every drop of sweat those guys had, every minute they could give. If we traded even one minute of those guys for someone else that could have cost the game. You Play. To Win. The Game! The team knows what's up. Every one on that team is prepared to die on the court. They want it bad. Coach wants it bad. Rest when your dead.
