How the Houston Rockets Double Team the Post

drk3351 · Post #1 » by **drk3351** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 4:33 am

Hey Rockets fans I made a video analyzing how on defense they double team the post. You can tell their well coached and do a good job. What are your thoughts on how they execute this? and thanks for watching.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2hvfHzJjJ4[/youtube]

rocketsballin · Post #2 » by **rocketsballin** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 1:44 pm

drk3351 wrote:Hey Rockets fans I made a video analyzing how on defense they double team the post. You can tell their well coached and do a good job. What are your thoughts on how they execute this? and thanks for watching.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2hvfHzJjJ4[/youtube]

drk3351 · Post #3 » by **drk3351** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 8:28 pm

rocketsballin wrote:
drk3351 wrote:Hey Rockets fans I made a video analyzing how on defense they double team the post. You can tell their well coached and do a good job. What are your thoughts on how they execute this? and thanks for watching.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2hvfHzJjJ4[/youtube]

Just to be clear I meant on doubling the post. Haven't seen enough of the Rockets to judge the other aspects of their game. But on doubling the post they do a nice job and are precise. Some teams don't double the post right at all.

Nebula1 · Post #4 » by **Nebula1** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 3:23 pm

Overall, the Rockets are playing strong defense with Howard on the floor.

rocketsballin · Post #5 » by **rocketsballin** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 3:25 pm

Nebula1 wrote:Overall, the Rockets are playing strong defense with Howard on the floor.

quatin · Post #6 » by **quatin** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:09 pm

All jokes aside, credit is due. Rockets have been a much better defense team this year, both in actual stats (#3 defensive efficiency in west) and in the eye test.

The most impact has probably been getting Brewer, Smith and Ariza. All good veteran defensive players. A huge upgrade over Lin and Parsons. Harden has also been making an effort to play defense. Lastly, we have Dunn as assistant coach now instead of Sampson. Houston was a good defense team under Adelman and Dunn was a big reason why.

Nebula1 · Post #7 » by **Nebula1** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 8:13 pm

quatin wrote:All jokes aside, credit is due. Rockets have been a much better defense team this year, both in actual stats (#3 defensive efficiency in west) and in the eye test.

The most impact has probably been getting Brewer, Smith and Ariza. All good veteran defensive players. A huge upgrade over Lin and Parsons. Harden has also been making an effort to play defense. Lastly, we have Dunn as assistant coach now instead of Sampson. Houston was a good defense team under Adelman and Dunn was a big reason why.

Bickerstaff gets some credit as well, but I totally agree about the player upgrades. Both Jones and Motiejunas have been better as well and of course Beverley is still a very strong defender at the point of attack.