For the record, we Portland fans feel the same way about your stars. We have no answer for H&H; they're a terrible matchup for us. Dwight did fine (although foul trouble messed with his game a bit), but I don't expect to see Harden play that badly again this series. He's far too good.
This will not work. Harden's problem in G1 was settling for too many 3 PT and long jump shots. His best game is : Pause after the pick and roll to see if his defender will foul him or not, and then moving towards the basket and stick his arm out for a foul and then force a layup. He is a good shooter but also a streaky one, and shooting more 3s and long 2s are exactly what Portland wants.
Uhh yeah...... Well lets see, Harden has played a total of 7 playoff games with the Rockets... Last year he was banged up in the playoffs, and was double teamed.... he still averaged 27 points a game with bad ankles. To say that year 1 of the Howard/Harden merger will define their legacy and the legacy of McHale and Morey is just stupid.
I'm not going to take nothing away from LMA. He will work us over. But in that game he was in a shooting zone from the field. Making 2/2 3's and one of those was just crazy and it still when in. I don't see LMA going for 46 again here. I'll say 20 - 25 max.
