DubTheVanDamage wrote:Game 3 was so ugly because the Rockets bench rolled over and died in garbage time -- otherwise, Game 2 was actually worse as the Warriors were put away earlier.
If the Rockets could have finished at the rim in Game 3 (admittedly most shots were contested), the game never would have gotten out of hand.
The Rockets simply have to shoot well to win, they cannot leave points at the rim and at the line. Their role players have to be a threat from the three point line.
If the Rockets win Game 4, they are back in the driver's seat. I'm amazed so many people are ignoring that. Looking forward to Tue.
Game 3 was pretty much on the same scale as game 2. Game 2 was still a competitive game till that Eric Gordon desperate heave on Draymond, but credit to GS bench they didn't "roll over" in 4th quarter to keep the margin around 20.
Floopy said this could be one of those weird series every every game is a blowout, I can certainly see that. I mean, for two teams with this offensive power, I wouldn't even call a 20pt game a blowout - because either team are capable of having that red hot stretch to blow the game away. GS being favored is mainly on KD being the constant + Curry and Klay as the wild cards, while Harden/CP/Gordon are all sort of wild cards in terms of performance stability over multiple games, and having such a constant is so important in the playoffs that it offsets all the slim advantages Houston seemingly have in depth (short rotation, and Luc unplayable), center position (reduced Capela due to mismatch), and HCA (it's just one game). GS's ability to switch to either way on offense, between iso and motion, is also a big plus.
If they don't take this 41pt blowout on the chin and bounce back on Tuesday night, I am ready to embrace another loss. 3 years ago we got blown out in LAC by a combined 60 points in game 3 and 4, seems like our tradition... Can still hope for another '16 GS-OKC, '15 HOU-LAC home team comeback, protect gm 5, steal gm 6 with some miraculous performance (Klay 11 threes, Josh the Goat Smith), and go do or die in gm 7.
