The key to a championship- Harden's off the ball movement

Yup, it's pretty funny the delusional narratives that people build around Kobe. It is what it is.

 

The Prince is more reliable than Ariza, but he is also coming back from an injury. Our problems are much deeper than what they seem. Tucker and Luc will be over working in the playoff,s unless Trevor wakes up.

 

Well Ariza was above the break (straight away) where Gordon usually positions himself (Ariza in the corners).
Gordon didn’t play last night. Thus the change. With Gordon receiving the ball as Harden or CP3 get doubled,
Gordon will either shoot or attack the rim with possible kick outs to an open 3-point shooter if the defense rotates.

Ariza is not as good a dribbler as Gordon. But I hear you saleem. This is what Ive been cautioning CF’s,
I love Gerald Green but just iso and PnR might be defended better in the playoffs. Having another player
able to give you consistent numbers out of something like a post up.......worth trying. Melo posted
up Gerald Green last night as if he wasn’t standing there and dunked it. That’s what I wanted from JJohnson.


My hope still is that the Rockets crush the competition in the first two rounds 4-0 or 4-1 and allowing
the players to rest. Another reason why I am not big on playing hard all the way through to the last
game of the regular season. Get use to taking it easy a week before the playoffs or so. Because
the #1 seed often sits for a week while waiting for the close of the #4 & #5 seeds battle to a
game 7 of their series. Get use to “the rust”

 

It would seem that one team had everything to play for, while the other really had no reason to go all out.That is never the case in the playoffs.

We've already shown we can be the [STRIKE]Sonics[/STRIKE]Thunders this year. Let them think they won some kind of huge battle last night.

 

This, and I think it has to do also with the personnel, Golden State has the luxury to have 4 good ball handlers who can create their own shot, we have arguably only 2 who can do it, with some flaws. Next offseason will be huge and adding of course a third elite star will be the priority

 

lol I love how people sleep on Gordon, who I guess can't create shots now.

I also would LOVE it if Golden State relied on THOMASON and Dray to create their own shot.

They should do this a lot against Houston!

 

The biggest value CP3 provides isn’t when Harden is also on the floor. It’s when harden sits down to catch a break for a minute. At that point, do you want Pat Bev running point or CP3?

We can all quit waiting for Harden to run around without the ball because it isn’t going to happen. As much as I prefer a motion offense, the Rockets run isolation and it got them this far.