Gordon is grossly underutilized, and it's more his fault than anybody. All he usually does is stand around and shoot 3's, nobody forces him to do that. He is a legit versatile scoring option when he is actually attacking the defense and making things happen instead of only shooting. He also has repeatedly shown the ability to be a top notch defender, another thing he slacks off on in the regular season. He's usually far worse than Harden on the defensive end, and doesn't catch the heat for it. In that conference finals against GS, he was playing like a legit 2 way star, defending well and attacking the rim. We see flashes of it a couple of times a season. I don't expect him to bring that kind of heat on the regular, but 80% of his shots being 3's and terrible defense we usually see is beneath him.
We have to admit .. . that for once. . . . he was getting someone the calls he should always get He is often hacked. . . the difference is tonite they called them Rocket River
yep, in the first 20 games or so of the season when Russ was kinda struggling and Gordon was injured the guy Russ played the most minutes with on the 2nd unit without Harden was Rivers. I don’t think they are a good compliment. Working out the rotations is tricky but having Rivers more with Harden and Gordon with Russ is the way to go I think
Instead of applauding Morey for being smart enough to lock up a guy who most wouldn't think could drop a 50 piece, we're saying we wish he wadn't locked in to a contract so we could trade him...smh. The dude is a PERFECT addition of shooting, scoring and defending when he's healthy. Glad he's under contract long term. Russ is turning the corner, Gordon is turning the corner, once Harden gets it going this could be special..
I think people were mad and complaining a few days ago that we signed Ego too late to trade him this year Rocket River
And most say you're done by age 31-33. Hell, a lot of players are in their prime at this point in their careers. Thank you so much Eric Gordon.
That's my concern, I feel like this was a one-off because he never gets those calls otherwise. Not to mention there was just a massive free throw disparity to begin with.
If he could just lose like 5 or 10 pounds... really wish he were a little more consistent, hopefully he starts to be.
Utah oughta be ashamed of themselves for giving up 50 to EG and losing to last night’s Rockets squad. I guess the Rockets aren’t the only team capable of “playing down to the competition.” Portland revenge game on Wednesday...I’m gonna need them to get slapped up
Basketball reference data base has it as only the 4th 50+ point game with 22 or less FGA. http://bkref.com/tiny/NpoOV Joining Willie Burton, Adrian Dantley and Kevin Martin. That was an efficiency masterpiece. Have to say I’m pretty surprised Harden isn’t on that list. I upped the FGA to 25 just to see how many more names make the list. http://bkref.com/tiny/cVXjb With that criteria, Harden leads the way with 3 50+ point games with 25 or less FGA.
Harden makes certain players better than they are offensively. Tucker, Capela, BMac, GG, Ariza, etc.... the 1-dimensional guys. When it comes to jiving with players that can actually flat-out play, like Ego or CP3, he gets in the way. Kills their rhythm. Then you have Russ who has a similar effect... made Oladipo look like a scrub. Gotta find the happy medium. Dare I say... CP3 was RIGHT.
Super happy for him, the guy busted his ass from the first game he has been here, this moment is well deserved.
How many teams in NBA history have had multiple players score 50 in the same season. I'm sure it's happened, but how many times in the 2000's? I'm sure Russ could still do it this season as well.
