WCF: P4 | (1) Houston Rockets vs (2) Golden State Warriors | Tied 2-2

1993Playoffs · Post #61 » by **1993Playoffs** » Wed May 23, 2018 8:46 am

Major props to Houston, its basically a pick ems now. They need to win game 5.

Idk if i can see them ending GS season in Oracle. But i may favor them in a game 7 at home

baldur · Post #62 » by **baldur** » Wed May 23, 2018 8:53 am

kevin durant's hero balls and one on ones will be the end of the warriors, apparently.

metalinguss · Post #63 » by **metalinguss** » Wed May 23, 2018 8:53 am

I think whoever wins G5 wins this series.

FlatearthZorro · Post #64 » by **FlatearthZorro** » Wed May 23, 2018 8:57 am

baldur wrote:kevin durant's hero balls and one on ones will be the end of the warriors, apparently.

You're probably joking, but Durant's been great, he's had 1 bad game, imo. Thompson and Durant both struggled offensively in game 4. Curry struggled as much as Durant, too.

Spanish_Laker · Post #65 » by **Spanish_Laker** » Wed May 23, 2018 8:58 am

metalinguss wrote:I think whoever wins G5 wins this series.

This. Houston needs to play their best game of the season to keep hopes alive.

rale93lfc · Post #66 » by **rale93lfc** » Wed May 23, 2018 9:04 am

Mad Balla 15 wrote:The more I think about it, Draymond Green missing that dunk was the difference maker in this game. Can’t have that happen in such an important game.

8min left in 4th quorter when that happened. Can't blame that play... Warriors were bad in cluch, Trevor Ariza 3pt near 6min mark (in last sec of attack) was HUGE.

Dubious Handles · Post #67 » by **Dubious Handles** » Wed May 23, 2018 9:19 am

If Iggy is out for Game 5 as well Houston has a good shot imo

Hugi Mancura · Post #68 » by **Hugi Mancura** » Wed May 23, 2018 9:34 am

Curry, Durant and Klay all had bad shooting night. It is quite unfair to only blame Durant. Today GSW starter to look like Houston in earlier games where one player dribbled the ball until there was 7 seconds left on clock and they just threw some kind of shot. Houston instead started attacking the basket as soon they brought the ball up. Have to give credit to Houston defense which was very good.

OdomFan · Post #69 » by **OdomFan** » Wed May 23, 2018 10:34 am

Happy for my boy Ariza. Crazy how 08-09 Lakers is about to be 10 years ago soon.

LoneyROY · Post #70 » by **LoneyROY** » Wed May 23, 2018 10:38 am

Say what you want about Harden, but this man is battling as hard as he ever has before in this series (maybe save game 3 :lol:

) on offense AND defense.

I have a feeling he is gonna turn it all the way up in the game 5.

metalinguss · Post #71 » by **metalinguss** » Wed May 23, 2018 10:45 am

FlatearthZorro wrote:
baldur wrote:kevin durant's hero balls and one on ones will be the end of the warriors, apparently.

You're probably joking, but Durant's been great, he's had 1 bad game, imo. Thompson and Durant both struggled offensively in game 4. Curry struggled as much as Durant, too.

As much as I hate KD's one on ones, he should have gone iso on that last play though instead of making a bad pass to Klay who was not at all in position to shoot.

zonedefense · Post #72 » by **zonedefense** » Wed May 23, 2018 11:28 am

I wonder why the Warriors aren`t using the Curry/Durant pick and roll. It was devasting for the Cavs last year.
Kerr needs change his rotations. Curry on the bench is bad news for the Warriors. Young and Cook have no business seeing minutes in a conference final. D´Antoni went with a 7-man rotation...Kerr with a 9-man rotation.

Curry needs to handle the ball...I know that Draymond is a good playmaker but Curry is the engine that runs the offense. The Warriors are at their best when he is in attack mode.
The strangest thing I see when I watch the Warriors on offense is that they are clogging the paint when Durant or Curry are driving. Cutting is nice and maybe one player can go for the offensive rebound but having Green and Bell/Looney/Livingston inside makes it easy for Houston to help on defense.

ITYSL · Post #73 » by **ITYSL** » Wed May 23, 2018 11:44 am

Gotta say I was wrong about Harden, I thought he would wilt again this round. Seems like he has significantly upped his mental toughness.

IMF · Post #74 » by **IMF** » Wed May 23, 2018 11:45 am

How long is Iggy out?

John Murdoch · Post #75 » by **John Murdoch** » Wed May 23, 2018 11:56 am

The league really needed this win from HOU imo. If it were another GSW blowout i think the top heavy discussions would have kept getting louder and louder but now that HOU has shown they win in GS it changes the outlook a lil bit

lambchop · Post #76 » by **lambchop** » Wed May 23, 2018 12:01 pm

zonedefense wrote:I wonder why the Warriors aren`t using the Curry/Durant pick and roll. It was devasting for the Cavs last year.
Kerr needs change his rotations. Curry on the bench is bad news for the Warriors. Young and Cook have no business seeing minutes in a conference final. D´Antoni went with a 7-man rotation...Kerr with a 9-man rotation.

Curry needs to handle the ball...I know that Draymond is a good playmaker but Curry is the engine that runs the offense. The Warriors are at their best when he is in attack mode.
The strangest thing I see when I watch the Warriors on offense is that they are clogging the paint when Durant or Curry are driving. Cutting is nice and maybe one player can go for the offensive rebound but having Green and Bell/Looney/Livingston inside makes it easy for Houston to help on defense.

Well, he took 26 shots and had 2 assists so it's not exactly like Draymond wasn't giving him the ball. I think the reason why the Curry - KD pick n roll isn't that effective against HOU is because they can switch everything quite comfortably. But yea, they could try running it more often and live with the results

cursedsportsfan · Post #77 » by **cursedsportsfan** » Wed May 23, 2018 12:38 pm

I still have the Warriors in 6. Then they win the title without breaking a sweat.

AlciG · Post #78 » by **AlciG** » Wed May 23, 2018 12:50 pm

ken6199 wrote:One thing I learned is, on the night of game 2 and 4, I bought two lobsters from HEB. For game 1 and game 3, I bought snow crabs from Costco. So you better watch out, Golden State, because those lobsters are coming for game 5, 6, and 7.

But where would that game 7 come from if your lobsters are so powerful? :oops:

feynman · Post #79 » by **feynman** » Wed May 23, 2018 1:02 pm

Rockets just need to play fast paced game like they did in games 2 and 4.

commentatorer · Post #80 » by **commentatorer** » Wed May 23, 2018 1:28 pm

I'm surprised Curry missed that 3-pointer so badly at the end.
It was wide-open and he was balanced well enough, and I make those shots easily.
He must have a real psychological problem with pressure.

Who is going to win?