You do realize that they can do the same thing to Harden, right? Seriously though, the Rockets have a size advantage over the Warriors and I feel that this is what they need to exploit - especially on the boards. In every playoff series thus far the team that won the rebounding battle won that series.
Warriors had 5 players with blocked shots in game 1 I think. Rockets only had one (harden) I think that is the problem...they are all long...none nearly as good as harden...but harden can only be in one place at one time. Wishim we had 5 hardens.
Hmm, not sure where you got that info, but in game 1 the Rockets had 4 guys with blocked shots (6 total blocks), and Harden wasn't one of them. Josh Smith had 3, Howard 1, Capela 1, & TJones 1. The Warriors had 3 guys with blocks (3 total).
stay at home against their players. On transition defense, don't ever leave Curry alone. In fact, never leave him alone. Make the others beat you from the perimeter.
Rockets need to go big when GS goes small and punish them on the boards. Harden, Brewer, Ariza, Smith, Capela would be a pretty big lineup. Make them hit a bunch of jump shots. GS had 20 points in the paint when Dwight was out, and 22 overall. We need rim protection. The combination of Smith and Capela can give us this. Did you guys see Capela d up Curry last night? Dude was pretty good actually. It was on more than one occasion too.
Body up Klay Thompson and he'll be a non-factor. Curry can never be left alone and must be doubled which will create openings, but as a defense we have to concede something. Our team actually came out on fire defensively in the beginning with bodies flying everywhere and not leaving Curry alone. I just think that somewhere along the line that caused us to get into some cross match-ups that we weren't always ready for. I really, really hope that Dwight is okay, as he was erasing every plus they had on the interior before he got injured. Please be okay, big guy .
