James, Take a Deep Breath: You Got This and You Are Not Alone

One positive way of looking at this is despite Harden trying to build entire apartment complexes, the games have actually been really close. This is including LMA going totally bunkers with those impossible to block rainbow arching balls that almost seem to drop vertically into the bucket.

 

Great Post.

Let's hope that Harden's shooting percentage keeps rising game by game.

He tore Portland up during the regular season. I expect that James Harden to come up big in game 4!

It is your move James.

 

I have always been a law of averages guy.

He is due a few dominant games. If he can make that happen in game 4, I would be pleased. Howard will do what Howard does, and that is completely dominate the interior. It is up to Harden and Parsons to step up. Parsons should just come out and relinquish the best SF talk back to Batum.

 

Why bother calculate this, without free throw data?

Just use stats from nba.com with TS%, or Point per possession.

 

I believe in Harden. He's an elite scorer that has not learned how to adjust to Playoff bball yet. The refs are not giving him that contact move in the lane like he's getting in the regular season. He needs to go away from this shot and play more high pnr with Dwight, dribble handoff and look to open the floor with hitting his open teammates. Once he gets his assists totals up a little, that will open the floor for him to work during some of his late game iso's.

 

http://stats.nba.com/leaguePlayerGe...wsPerPage=25&filters=MIN*GE*20**USG_PCT*GE*15

 

Good post!

All the hate he's getting is a bit ridiculous. He only lead us to the Platt. Not his fault the team looks for him to do everything rather than tun plays on offense. Every other star in the league has is easier due to philosophy and coaching

 

Actually it is his fault since he has hte most pull on the team and can control what the team does at any time in the game, usually results in his selfish ISOs, and good thread, tell this prick he's not alone and he actually has team mates.

 

The biggest issue is that while Harden is struggling, LMA and Lillard have been balling. If they were struggling too it would've been okay.

 

Stop shooting 3s. Fans don't know any better. They say It's efficient and it's cool to watch. Not for me, it's puss ball. Parsons is like 1/10 last game. Smh

 

That's our stupid philosophy. Moreyball won't win you championship

 

Harden, stop hanging out in strip clubs too much and stop partying hard. And start focusing in the playoffs. Nothing is more important than basketball right now.

 

It's actually pretty simple.

The refs aren't calling any fouls on the arms, in the paint, in the playoffs. All of those guys are getting slapped on the arms on drives and not getting calls they get every time in the regular season.

It has absolutely nothing to do with great defense or "playoff intensity". The bigs are helping and hacking on drives with no repercussions. All of these guys set up the jumpshot with the drive and normally you can't play them so closely for fear of being blown by, leaving your big man to help. But, if you can just hack them on the arms, it doesn't matter.

 

We aren't driving. The only person playing ball Dwight Howard

 

I always hated the over reliance on shooting 3's. Driving and dishing makes a big difference even if you turn over the ball to some extent.

 

Troy Daniels' last 3 definitely helped. Harden is more likely to share the ball down the stretch. I think we will have a good offensive game in game 4

 

then now its aldridge's turn to get cold and start missing his shots. he already ran out of awesomeness and he's already showed all his cards,

while Howard discovered his super human advantage over everyone else being the best center.. thanks to yoda hakeem who woke up the true power of dwight and told dwight to play like the best center in the game because he is.

then now its harden getting back his confidence thanks to KDurants text about him being the best shooting guard in the league.

this could be a complete turn around of awoken powers that Trey Daniels unlocked. now everyone gets their confidence back because if a d league dude can hit the big shots and go for the win, so can all of them. im excited. i hope the team realize these also.