Harden ISO is what shifted the momentum back in our favor, with the 2 huge 3s. It's not always a good thing, but when the player ISO'ing is on fire, let him shoot.
At this point, Portland is just being stupidly stubborn (or stubbornly stupid) with their defense of Harden ... and disrespectful ... lulz Harden is averaging 40 ppg against POR over the last 13 games, dating back to 2014
Some ppl are posting just to post Team is no.1 in the league and some ppl want us to run a sexy offense... Pls, u dont have to post everyday to pad your stats, who do u think u are lebron?
they might have to start resorting to doubles and traps all game, they really have no one that can do even a decent job of checking him
called it back then. This team NEEDS to move their asses, especially james. PJ hit clutch shots at the end , the team needs to get involved you can't do that when you're iso-ing all the ****ing time.
Too much isos by cp3,harden and jacking up quick shots by Green. Horrible officialting by refs especially a tech after cp3 gave an emoticon I get it hes a hometown hero but quick shot insertion today shows that Eg very valuable, especially being our third playmaker of the bench.
iso ball is the rockets only chance against the warriors. it's why they're 2-0 over the warriors this year when harden plays. iso ball is what the cavs did to beat the warriors in 2016. slow the tempo down and turn it into an ugly half court isolation game.
the rockets are over doing it. also aside from lebron and kyrie, the cavs didnt have as many weapons as the rockets do. moving the ball some and letting those guys get off makes ISOs EASIER. its amazing how much our assists per game as dipped from earlier in the year. this madness has got to stop people. we need to take advantage of all this talent we have.
i hope all the iso ball is being done in order to not reveal the brand of ball they plan to play in the playoffs. Its better if iso ball is our bread and butter that is used at times thru the game opposed to our only option
aside from harden and cp3 the rockets don't have high grade weapons. they're still role players, not superstars. those weapons are completely reliant on harden and cp3 creating a shot for them.
The problem I have is how we play iso sometimes, often lately, not necessarily iso itself. It’s also prone to not give us the same results it has all year with Harden being TO prone, more pressure in the playoffs, more contact allowed and teams study you. You have to hope we can adjust.
You win more regular season games with elite ISO Ball but you could also lose valuable games. It surely does not help the category Team assists as the ball movement of others than the guards is not crisp. Live and die by the ISO.
Win 80% of the games being too dependent on 2 superstars taking turns on ISO Lose 20% because coach and everyone else refuse too lazy too stubborn to step up
ISO ball is everything for the Rockets. But James Harden should be smart enough to know when to use it, and when to drive and take a three point shot.... i think the because the games mean nothing he did what he did last game, but he has to wise up or we would be toast against GS.
