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the spurs have always had great success with staying put and letting that one guy try to beat you.
the pick and roll is going to be tough to guard as the rockets have bigs that can move, shoot and pass.
id expect harden to go nuts but not many people else.
what do you think the rockets will try to do to defend the spurs? or will they even try, and only focus on out scoring them as fast as possible?
rockets shoot the most 3s BY FAR, the spurs being the best perimeter/3 point fg defense in the league.
should be fun
spurs in 6
I don't think it's a matter of doing anything special to defend the Spurs. It's a matter of how many easy buckets the Rockets will give them thru turnovers or mental errors. The Spurs are good for taking advantage of errors.
The Rockets can not shoot the three like they did against OKC. Key stat between the regular season and post season...
Regular season - Rockets averaged 14-40 three point shots per game.
Playoffs - 9 for 34 per game
So they are making less and taking less 3's per game.
I don't think it's a matter of doing anything special to defend the Spurs. It's a matter of how many easy buckets the Rockets will give them thru turnovers or mental errors. The Spurs are good for taking advantage of errors.
The Rockets can not shoot the three like they did against OKC. Key stat between the regular season and post season...
Regular season - Rockets averaged 14-40 three point shots per game.
Playoffs - 9 for 34 per game
So the are making less and taking less 3's per game.
the rockets will put beverly on parker and try to hide harden on green. they will leave ariza alone with leonard. im interested to see how well danny green shoots if thats the case. ariza is a competent defender, but the rockets will start to double team kawhi at some point. ariza cant handle 1 on 1 with him. leonard was the best player in the 1st round, im hoping he continues that dominance.
they are only taking 34 from 3, but the #2 team is only taking 29. that margin has narrowed some, but i think its a factor of who they were playing as well.
parker was kind of renewed towards the end of the last series, i expect that will regress some. manu was terrible in the last series, i expect that will change as well.
the rockets will put beverly on parker and try to hide harden on green. they will leave ariza alone with leonard. im interested to see how well danny green shoots if thats the case. ariza is a competent defender, but the rockets will start to double team kawhi at some point. ariza cant handle 1 on 1 with him. leonard was the best player in the 1st round, im hoping he continues that dominance.
they are only taking 34 from 3, but the #2 team is only taking 29. that margin has narrowed some, but i think its a factor of who they were playing as well.
parker was kind of renewed towards the end of the last series, i expect that will regress some. manu was terrible in the last series, i expect that will change as well.
How good is the Spurs' bench? Will they hang with Gordon, Williams, and Nene? ...and the return of Dekker?
I like what Mills brings to the table. What about the rest of them?
As I said, the Warriors will stifle the Jazz with defense. They are a great defensive team 1st, an efficient & fast-paced offense 2nd. No lead is safe against them because of how great they are on both ends of the floor.
Utah is unusually reliant on its wings to initiate offense (Hayward primarily, Johnson off the bench). The Warriors have the league's best set of primary wing defenders & they are going to make life very hard on Utah's offense. Don't expect Utah to: a) keep making shots, or b) to spend much of this series with a lead.
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