I think the Bulls showed the blueprint to slow down and beat the Warriors. But can you do it over a 7 game series? It's tough. Again, it's hard to judge the West until the Spurs and OKC gel a little bit. We will know more in March. Gonna be a fun playoffs and that's a beautiful thing.
The D-Rose game winner felt so good since it was against the Warriors. I'm not salty, I just happen to hate the Warriors.
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Called it. Warriors are good because of their amazing depth and the players that fit their system like a glove. That's why I'm not comfy giving their stars individual accolades yet. Curry doesn't strike me nearly as dangerous as prime Nash.
The combined totals of the Chicago starting front 2 36 points, 14-24 from the field, 8-8 from the line, 31 rebounds, 14 assists, 4 blocks, 2 steals and 5 turnovers
Lmao...one game takes precedent over the entire season? Don't be mad because the Warriors waxed the Rockets. Every WC team has a kryptonite matchup.
The rockets' game is to outscore you with mostly (except harden) inferior talent compared to Golden State. Also, Dwight's d doesn't even come into play against Golden State.
^lol wut? About a year too late with your analysis buddy. Nice win against Dallas tho! Good job Memphis! And screw GSW. Great game. Draymond Green is too cocky man! That guy needs to get decked. Hopefully someone throws the people's elbow at him like how Miami did Lance Stephenson
What a dumb decision by Steph, probably just made the decision too fast. Golden State wins this game 9 out of 10 times, Chicago got lucky. And as much as I like D_Rose he just doesn't look like himself, clearly nowhere near his MVP status
the rockets have a good interior d (and some decent individual denders), but overall the rockets aren't a GREAT defensive team, no matter what the numbers has. They hang their hat on the offensive side of the ball. It's just like the grizzlies, they are playing better offensively this year and they are in the top 10 in offense, but they are a defensive team, in the main. The warriors are just better than yall at scoring. Admit it and when the scoring gets out of hand, which it often does with Sheph Curry and Klay Thompson, ya'll can't dial it back and recover. It's no secret that the teams that have beaten Golden State (Spurs, Grizzlies and Bulls) can play superb defense.
Defensively it's just difficult when you don't know Dwight is going to give you. A lot of defense is about trust, but with his knee the way it's been, there are times when he can and times when he can't. Harden has been averaging more blocks than Dwight over the last 20 games or so, does that seem normal to you? Who really in the Houston lineup makes you think of an offensive first player? Harden right, and then who? last year you could say Parsons, Lin, and Jones, two of those guys are elsewhere and the other has played 4 games all season. It's the personnel that determines the nature of a team, you seem to view it as some arbitrary identity, just like Chicago isn't a defensive team now it's only playing 3 good defenders in its rotation.
The real question is, what caused GSW to miss ALL their 3pt attempts after the first half? Rose definitely turned up his on-ball pressure, but that doesn't explain why everyone else went cold. Also, they uncharacteristically bricked a good number of freebies and turned the ball over in crunch time. Are they mentally unprepared for close games? The easy comparison is the Mavs team with MVP Dirk, but even that squad had some playoff pedigree. Unless these guys are absolutely rolling, I don't see them winning gritty playoff games.
