The only way to stop LMA is to make him guard for 48 minutes

verysimplejason · Apr 25, 2014

+1. Rockets haven't tried DMO yet. Let him try first before trying some small ball. Portland's at home so they'll be fresher in 4th quarter. Rockets need to play out of their mind to win next game. That's apart from the need to win at least 2 games to have at least a chance for a 6th and 7th game... Everybody needs to "D" up if Rockets is to win any game. DEFENSE is the name of the game in the playoffs. That's what defines a championship team since the beginning of time. No DEFENSE, No chance, No win.

JLOBABYDADDY · Apr 25, 2014

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We have thrown everything at LMA. The bottom line is the guy has made a deal with the devil and has turned into a power forward version of Michael Jordan. We are not going to stop him. We have to force him to guard by default a good offensive player as much as we can. I say if we are going to go down let’s do it playing Rockets basketball. We should bench Jones and start Lin. Go with a line-up of Parsons, Harden, Howard, Bev, and Lin. This forces LMA to guard Parsons on the perimeter. Parsons is so active that staying with him might make a few of those jump shots come up short in the 4th quarter. It would also potentially create driving lanes to free up Harden. We make this move and actually run pick and rolls with Lin and Harden ad nauseam. Make Lillard defend! we haven’t gone at him at all this series. We would have to gang rebound but with effort it can be done. I remember those old Golden State teams with Baron Davis and co. making these unconventional lineups work against “big teams.” Outside of Aldridge the Blazers are not doing much if we can get our whole team going we can out score them.
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I always say, "To kick some, you gotta bring some". This means we have to guard them too. The theory is lovely, he will use more energy on defense. But he will use half the energy on offense. Backing down and shooting over Chandler doesn't take the same amount of energy as backing down and shooting over Omer. You can give him different looks, double from different angles, soft double to make him pick up his dribble before he's ready.

The only two big guys I've seen shoot that baseline turnaround like this were Hakeem and Dirk. Double teams didn't slow them down because the mechanics of the shot are the same. But making him pick up his dribble before he's ready nay throw his rhythm off a bit.

haiti1804 · Apr 25, 2014

JLOBABYDADDY said: ↑

I always say, "To kick some, you gotta bring some". This means we have to guard them too. The theory is lovely, he will use more energy on defense. But he will use half the energy on offense. Backing down and shooting over Chandler doesn't take the same amount of energy as backing down and shooting over Omer. You can give him different looks, double from different angles, soft double to make him pick up his dribble before he's ready.

The only two big guys I've seen shoot that baseline turnaround like this were Hakeem and Dirk. Double teams didn't slow them down because the mechanics of the shot are the same. But making him pick up his dribble before he's ready nay throw his rhythm off a bit.
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That's we're we benefit from Chandler guarding him. When he sees Chandler he is logically gonna think that he needs to back him down and score in the post that requires dribbling. as soon as he puts that ball on the floor you attack his dribble with a guard. Golden State did this for years under Nelson and ran bigger teams out the gym. What's cool about our squad is Chandler is 6'9 with hops and could at least contest the LMA shot somewhat. but on offense no way can LMA stay with Parsons who can shoot the 3 and drive like a guard. at the very least it can free up space for Lin and Harden to attack.

Normalus · Apr 25, 2014

Donuts won't play if it's not a blowout. McFail just afraid to play him.

Best trategy is to play regular season without TT lineup, and then play them in playoffs..no matter TT lineup lost all games in start of the season tho.

Yodels · Apr 25, 2014

It is clear that D-Mo/Howard combo will force LMA to play defense. We can just go to the player LMA is guarding. Can't hurt to try & hopefully D-Mo is up to the task.

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