On Henderson, are you saying we let him have that mid-range jumper? He made so many of them! Off the screens. Credit to their team for executing pretty well on those...
Kidd-Gilchrist, not Henderson. Henderson was supposed to be contested on every shot. Give some credit to Henderson for making some tough jumpers as well.
This could be very key when the Rockets get to the playoffs. Just another defensive wrinkle the Rockets can throw at a team, especially if the Rockets roll out a line up like Harden/Brewer/Ariza/Smith/Howard with Harden PG on offense and Brewer PG on defense.
PnRs (other than with the C) would be worthless because of switching in this lineup. Incredibly valuable, considering the PnR is the #1 offensive option for decades. I think I can count on one hand 6'9+ players that can guard PGs consistently. Brewer, Giannis, um...? Anybody want to help me out here?
I really like the lineups with Brewer and Ariza at the same time. Both long, active defenders who are good at jumping passing lanes and getting steals. We could put out a lineup of Bev-Brewer-Ariza-Smith-Howard. That could be such a good defensive lineup!
When Harden gives the effort, the lineup would be just as strong defensively. Which is a great, great sign. Man, just gets me giddy!
Big game tonight for Smith against Davis...I'm curious to see if he can do anything to slow the brow down.
Bumping this thread with respect to Dwight. I should have realized this, but it is unheard of for Dwight to have 5 missed rotations. I cannot believe I did not recognize that something was clearly off. This would have been great to know, since it was at the beginning of his slide.
