Triples333 wrote:bondom34 wrote:Triples333 wrote:His usage% is 44% lol which would totally blow away the highest ever mark. He already looks gassed honestly. Last night he was hands on knees gasping for air at times. Harden's numbers are sustainable and Kawhi's are also besides the efficiency. Westbrook no chance.
Not addressing anything else, but I'm not sure where you get this from.
A few things stook out to me last night from the last quarter alone (I just re-watched the game a couple hours ago). He was leaving balls short (front rim) or just way off to the side in the 4th quarter, he was slower than normal fighting around screens, their pace slowed down significantly last night from their prior games, he turned the ball over 4+ times in spots I don't think he normally would have (again only 4th quarter here since this is when I thought he looked winded), and after his best burst of the 4th where they passed the ball right to him and he blew by Griffin for the layup, he spent the next defensive possession with his hands on his knees crouched over on the near side of the court (then after the timeout with a minute or so left following his 4th turnover in 6 minutes he just knelt over his knees for air again until a camera got right in his face and he punched it away). Did I just make that one sentence? Whoops.
That being said in the final minute with it being so close he drew from within and made multiple huge plays. But overall in that quarter he was really really struggling and showed a lot of fatigue to me. I think that tonight against the Warriors if they can keep it close he should be able to ride off adrenaline again, but over the course of the season he is going to show really serious signs of fatigue and a drop in his game unless they drop his usage a lot.
He literally does that every game. So I'm guessing you just don't see him much? Because last night he was great late game, and I've honestly never once heard anyone say he looks tired, let alone 4 games in, let alone when Harden is playing equal mpg as him. Its really just an argument that makes no sense.
Also:
http://stats.nba.com/game/#!/0021600064/?ID=4&StartRange=21600&EndRange=28800&RangeType=2He had 4 rebounds and 1 assist with a 15.9 net rating.
He always has 4th quarter TOs, that wasn't abnormal at all. Also, every player rests their hands on their knees, and I know 100 percent for sure Russ does, that's just a strange thing to note.
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So, him struggling really didn't happen at all, which is why that's such a weird thing to say.
