Cp3 is likely out for game 6. Hopefully I’m wrong and he’s good. We desperately need a couple of role players to step up and Harden needs to wake the **** up. He’s now missed his last 20 threes. That’s just inexcusable.
I get that the limited rotation might be concerning with fatigue, but the amount and length of all the time outs and commercials... I watched an entire half inning of an Astros game during a time out and didn't miss any of the Rockets game.
If there's one game you want to try to expand rotation, that's game 6...i think, Ryan at least should be able to shoot on the road, and if we lose well, there's still game 7 at home, it all depends on how Chris is really feeling though, i just can't believe he's going to be perfectly fine after how he reacted tonight during the last seconds of the game...maybe he just got scared but eh...
very encouraging. however, even IF he can play... how many minutes, and at what level? as it is we need everyone playing above their abilities. i wouldn't want to risk worsening his injury by overdoing it in game 6. again, IF he can play, maybe just limit his minutes to when harden and gordon sit. so maybe 12-16 minutes. winning game 6 and having almost a week off before the finals would be a dream. those old guys need rest after playing 40+MPG this series.
I did agree with your post earlier. I now feel Chris Paul's legacy is secure, but Harden's legacy is once again on the line. Get well soon Chris, we need you.
CP3 can literally TASTE the Finals in his mouth. Dude won a game 7 against the Spurs on one leg, you better bet he's going to be there to seal the deal on game 6 against the Warriors.
Just for the record, it's not impossible for the Rockets to win game 6 AT ORACLE without CP3. Yes it'd be tough even with him, but I can certainly consider a plausible scenario where Harden is locked in and is an offensive machine and distributing like last year's Rockets without CP3. This time (assuming Ryno and Luc play), his weapons will hit at an average clip (that's all I ask) and of course we still have the defensive personnel to handle the D side of the ball.
Let's not forget that there have been countless examples of team's losing a key player to injury in the postseason and the rest collectively more than make up for that loss for one game. That one game is all we need for the sum of the rest of the parts to step it up.
