Wait .. . what happened last nite I think when I turned to find the Rockets they were up like 5 with a little more than a minute to go Rocket River
Yeah, I dreaded seeing him hoist those 3's in the corner after his first season here. Brewer is a terrible shooter. He will inevitably come back down to earth as we approach the playoffs.
Replying to my own post, but whatever. Harden is 28-6 in his career with triple doubles. An 82.3% winning %. In fact, the overall winning % since 63-64 in triple doubles is 76%. The top guys typically are higher than the average, with the average brought down by the random role player triple doubles which are more likely than average to be in losses. So the fact that Russ' teams win 80% of their games when he has a triple double, basically should be expected.
Even when OKC loses in embarrassing fashion, they get off the hook. Amin, on The Jump, says this OKC team feels like the 8th seeded Knicks that went to the ECF. Stephen Jackson thinks OKC still has another gear in the playoffs.
"Tough finish for Carmelo Anthony: He missed three straight potential dagger 3s with OKC up three and a few minutes left, then with OKC down two with 20 seconds left got trapped in the corner with no timeouts and threw the ball away on a drive. Aminu split free throws and Melo had a chance to atone on a pull-up 3 but missed long. Portland takes what probably ices the three-seed from OKC, and the season series 4-0."
Boys this were the Thundercoaster goes downhill and slides off the tracks. Next up Spurs, Nuggets, Pelicans, Warriors, Rockets.
Missing out on the "Melo sweepstakes" was the second most important move of the offseason. I honestly rather have GG at this point than Melo. Good job Morey.
Paul George is overrated he doesn't have a clue how to win. He's like that player with a lot of skill but no knowledge when to use it