Nick Wright: Are the Warriors mortal if Steph Curry continues to Struggle?

How do? He gets switched onto harden or paul and they dance on him or drive into him for 20 seconds. Fight through a switch a few seconds and then park in the corner.

 

trying to push 230-260 lb dudes out of the way, plus the elbows, and forearms, people leaning on you. The rockets would keep trying to switch, so he might have to do it 2 or 3 times a possession.

 

Perhaps. But what's their other choice? Switching obviously didn't work. I'm just trying to think of what they COULD do differently so we are prepared.

 

That's part of the beauty of the rockets offense. If they switch, you get Curry on Harden/CP3/Gordon. If they don't Curry gets tired, or you pick and roll more. Pick your poison. How do you want to get beat.

 

Warriors displayed how to beat this in Game 1 with Rockets starting the offense later in the clock. Steph in G1 was holding on to Ariza with dear life to not switch on to Harden. This ended up causing shot clock violations after delayed or multiple tries to switch.

So the Refs are the only ones who can stop the Rockets punishment on Curry.

 

There’s a trade off.

Don’t switch and then it just becomes old school pick and roll with harden or Paul getting into the lane with the defender on their hip or behind them.

If the big steps up to stop the penetration lob to Capela. If the big sticks to Capela, the ball handler will finish it. Someone else helps, dish to the open man.

It’s not like not switching solves their problems.

 

any player from 29 other teams pulling this ridiculous crap in the opponent's arena would have been T'd up for taunting. but this douche = money for the league. expect the officiating to get brutal for us in game 3.