You’re Head Coach: What are your keys to Winning Game 3?

On defense, keep containing Splash Brothers and Nick Young. They will have different role players step up but we do as well. We have deeper bench than them this year.

 

Release our secret weapon road Ryno.

 

No Ryan Anderson is the key

 

Attack Curry and don’t let Klay shoot.

Durant is due for a bad game.

 

Capela got out muscled by Donkey. Need to get our bruisers in the paint and dominate the boards

Spoiler

 

Don't act like the officiating won't bend more towards what we saw in game 1.

Ticky tack fouls on Ariza and Capela.
Flops by Curry and Draymond that refs bite on.
Offensive holding (15 yards!) by Draymond and their bigs to get Klay Thompson WIDE OPEN.
Aggression by GSW (fouls on the hands of our players on the threes, Swaggy P being allowed to mug anybody on the ball) that they let slide.
Aggression by the Rockets that they forbid.

The key will be making shots in spite of all this. Going at Curry over and over as if he was the eyebrow of the final boss in Fist of Legend.

Make no mistake we will be dogs in Game 3. But we've got a real shot now. I'm excited to see what happens.

 

initiate offense earlier, this memo is mainly for Harden. Then I will count their fouls, if any of them doesn't have at least 2 personal fouls during the game, it mean he didn't play tight enough defense, coach should call him out. I know this sounds stupid, but it measures team's intensity better than any other things that I have observed.

 

1. Have even more motion than there was, today. It was great that, whenever Harden or CP3 passed the ball, that new ballhandler immediately tried to penetrate in and find an open shooter. Don't just get the ball from Harden/CP3, hold it for a second, and then throw it back to them. That completely resets the play.

2. Don't get discouraged if GS makes a burst on offense. You know they're capable of that. You know they're NBA players (and really good ones, at that). Teams go on runs all the time. Just control what you can control.

3. Play even smarter than today. There were times where Harden regressed to isoball, jacking up a shot that killed or halted momentum. Do what got you here, but do it smarter.

 

<Hakeem voice>They need to fo-cussss</Hakeem voice>

 

Make them play defense for 24 seconds. Give Durant all the jumpers he can get.

 

My keys is same thing that was mentioned. Off the ball movement on offense. It creatures more havoc and it makes defenders spend more mental energy. In a game you have mental fatigue as well as physical. Physical fatigue amplifies mental fatigue. In our old offense nobody moved off the ball thus the people on them didn't have to think or work. When they dont have to do this they can lock in more on everything.

Eric Gordon MUST be on the way he was today.

I would love the Rockets have CP3 take it up the court and try the team to set an on the ball and off the ball screen at the same time, one with harden + ariza or tucker and Capela sets an off the ball screen for Harden to get open and Capela roll to the bucket. CP3 passes to Harden and harden drives for Capela.

 

get scrubs to fish for double t's with green donkey. much better if 2 scrubs can take turns in getting double techs and get donkey ejected.

also someone needs to "miss" a really hard pass to reggina miller's ugly face. come to think of it, he also looks like a donkey.

 

Team defense. Cutting and slashing on offense to open up shooters. That is all. Worked tonight.

 

So you guys did not get your wish, play Joe Cheese on Durant?

 

Yeah, he'll be the aggressor the next time if the Warriors play flat.

He seemed off today. He didn't howl like a madman with his dunk. If he has that vibe, leave him alone.