damn we barely beat the warriors with cp3 these past 2 games.. don't know where we get the points (and other things) from now.
I'm actually more concerned about the defense than the offense. The Rockets can replace his scoring. EG has to step up. Ariza and Tucker have to take(and make) more shots. Harden must get his jumper working again and be more aggressive early in the shotclock. Green has to chip in with 10-12 points. And Luc will likely be reinserted into the lineup and MUST at least make layups.
Unfortunately for CP he has the worst timing when it comes to injuries even when he was with the Clippers dude used to have injuries in the playoffs quite often from what I remember which kept him from advancing further in rounds. Sucks for Houston fans and CP3 alike
people not going to give EG some credit defensively last night? Harden? Down the stretch they made up for their scoring woes with some key stops.
Well playing 40 minutes a night probably was too much on those hammy's. It's unfortunate. Rockets season will be lost unless Harden and EG really step up. And who on the bench can step up? It's hard to know.
Reporters ask LeBron if he has heard from CP3 and get his thoughts on the Shimmy: "He'll be alright..I laughed and smiled (at the Shimmy) like everybody else did."
We'll find out soon enough, but it's worth noting that the report is that his hamstring wasn't feeling good, which is different from saying that his hamstring diagnosis is "not good."
The difference with that one and half game against the Spurs is that we gave up, the Warriors won't, i also expect our guys to be dead tired at some point, playing with the intensity they're playing is no joke when you play in 6/7, hopefully this happens after we win game 6 or 7 but without Chris i won't get my hopes up. Personally, i'd give some burn to Ryan and Luc in game 6, if they suck again just play game 7 with a 6/7 men rotation again, give everything you can and whatever happens happens, unfortunately we don't have the ass (which is used to say luck in Italy) the Warriors have, it's really incredible they got so lucky again...
I give them credit. But they have to do it again and this time potentially without CP3. That'll wear on these guys physically. Just like how Iggy's absence is wearing out the Warriors players by the time they reach the 4th quarter. If Luc can stay on the floor and give the team 15-20 minutes, that would be a huge boost. It could happen. It happened in Game 2. Harden and CP3 weren't even that good and the team still led by as many as 29 in the 4th quarter.
