sure those guys could shoot a little better. but you have to give at least a little credit to the opposing team's defensive scheme. Plus, I don't see the rockets putting up a much better defensive effort than that, and you won't get a better game from Harden.
How sweet would it be if the Spurs end up with the number one seed, and Kawhi ends up winning MVP after we meet them in the western conference finals and then end up beating the Spurs 4-2 while Harden clowns all over Leonard? What a wild roller coaster of deja vu that would be.
8 more assists a game is nothing to sneer at, nor is Kawhi's defense. It is very close, but Harden still has the edge. This was the best game of Kawhi's career. Don't forget that...
over/under the 4 tnt crew members giving the mvp award to kawhi tonight on inside the nba. 3 over or under?
Guys harden is a top 5 nba talent. He has some nights where he is the best player in the world. We lost the game. Dont over react.
Push Kenny, Chuck, and Ernie will all jump on the Kawhi train. Shaq will stick with Westbrook "cuz he's avershin uh tribble dubble Ernie"
Some of us overreact because we know how violently the narrative swings away from Harden when something like this happens.
Harden had a good game overall but this way FAR from his best game and not even in his top 10-15 games of the season. He was sloppier with the ball than usual, he didn't rebound as well as he can and in transition he wasn't as deadly as he has been. He shot the ball well from downtown. He wasn't the reason we lost. As for shooting from 3; the Rockets shot like 27% from 3 outside of Harden. The Rockets overall shot 35% from 3 which is borderline for the Rockets magic number. I haven't looked as closely at it but I believe the Rockets as a team shoot 36% from 3 on average. Also the Rockets only attempted 39 shots from outside the arc. The Rockets also took more mid range shots than usual. The Rockets were not bad (other than the last 4 minutes) and would beat most teams with their performance tonight; but this wasn't a great game by the Rockets.
This is gonna hurt Harden's MVP bid badly. As much as we'd like to believe that there's an objective basis for MVP, it's really all just narrative and this game gave Kawhi a head to head win against the lead candidate with a pretty two-way highlight to play on ESPN over and over again. Kawhi is insane and while I still think James is the MVP, he really is a close 2nd now.
We woulda won that game with a healthy anderson swishing 3s. I believe he is vital to our offense. If his back is bad than we are screwed. Other than that there is nothing important about this game. We are 3 seed regardless
I don't want to hear shiiiit about K.Leonard stealing mvp from harden. *** mvp. See Olajuwon/ DRob. All that matters is the playoffs. Win or go *** ur self
I don't think this is true. While I agree that Kawhi is the leading MVP candidate as of now, Harden also gained some momentum over Westbrook with this game. As long as Harden separates himself from Westbrook it's a good thing, because it would be truly unfair if Westbrook wins MVP. At least you can make a legitimate case for Kawhi. Westbrook has none, other than that overrated triple double average.
you could definitely argue that some guys could have shot better. but you could also argue that Harden won't shoot as well either. Basically, they were a very good version of themselves tonight and it wasn't enough. I don't remember seeing a better performance from harden against a great team, (except obviously at the end). but he was not more sloppy than usual tonight. That spat of turnovers he had has been very typical of him this year. I'm not blaming the loss on him. He was great. my point is: some aspects of this team will be better on a given night, but some will also be worse. I wouldn't be comfortable saying they could play a lot better than this against a great team, other than expecting a ridiculous effort from three, which is unrealistic. I also don't think you could see much better defensively, but you could certainly see worse.
Yeah dude I didn't even mention Westbrook in my post because I don't think he should even be in the running anymore. The Thunder lost 3 straight with Westy bricking horrible shots late. The triple double thing is cool and all but stats alone won't get you MVP.
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=246652&page=2 lmao they linked this entire thread and are peeping.
