WCF: P5 | (1) Houston Rockets vs (2) Golden State Warriors | HOU 3-2

[510TWSS]

Not gonna blame you.

If anything, a player who plays 45mins locking down the opponent's most lethal weapon and a worldwide mismatch got slipped out your mind - I only see that as a compliment to a textbook unsung hero

Correct me if I’m wrong but is MDA putting Gerald Green on Curry for most of when he’s out there? Felt like every time curry checked in, Green did as well and I know he came up with a few good stops on Steph in G4.

Honestly I wasn't sure, because Green only played 15 minutes. Could be true, as a way to give the starters a breathing moment not having to chase around Curry.

It was mostly Harden and CP/Gordon checking Curry, and Ariza checking KD. Tucker spent most of his time on Draymond.

Btw, for a good 5-6 minutes, I think I saw a Kevon/Bell/Draymond/KD/Klay ultra big lineup. Anyone noticed that?

Haha thanks for the insight.

My goodness that lineup gives me spacing nightmares haha. Maybe if I rewatch game 5 I’ll look out for that.

I liked the Shaun addition with the Hampton 4 late in the game. Super duper small to help on the perimeter.

Admit it though, Chris monstar’d Steph’s 3pt ability for a moment there in the 3rd

[inquisitive]

Cp3 will be assistant coach for game 6 which is why he is traveling. He will be giving instructions in game on defense and offense

[Freefloater]

for all who think rockets have no chance of beating the gsw without paul you guys don't have a clue. Maybe yall was paying too much attention to steve keer when he said his team was okay.. . Not buying it he knows his team is in danger thats why he did that lame hack a capela in game 4 lol!!! This is the rockets series to lose and we have the guys to get it done. these guys are hungry. gsw still have to adjust to our defense and style and they clearly havent yet. Rockets have been crap on offense and we still won the last two. We are due atlest one more great game from our role players.. now If the injury happened in the beginning of the series i would be worried lol but at this point we only have to get hot once. If we get hot and maintain our defensive tactics that I'm loving right now, then its a wrap! I feel very confident about our chances. This rockets team has guts and play with alot of grit.

this... the Warriors are done...
the only question is if the Rockets will win the Championship since they are going to face an equally tough and grit team in Celtics...

btw what if gsw beat rockets, how much trouble you think celtics will give them?

[dreadhead_htx]

This kinda reminds me of when when pistons went up against the overpowered lakers. that laker team was clearly more talented but the pistons were talented also and everyone knew they're roledefensively and the better defensive team won in the end. whats surprising is I knew rockets could defend but I didn't know they could be this good defensively.the rockets still have a great chance and they still have the guys that can make this a nightmare for gsw on both ends of the floor. They (gsw) have taken away the pick and roll to capela but other than that Rockets are just taking bad shots or missing open shots out there. we are getting our shots but missing plus .harden has missed 20 straight threes and were up 3-2!!! At some point the offense will swing in our favor and guys will knock down shots

[B-Ball Freak]

Lucky ass Warriors...he probably won't be healthy for game seven too

[ken6199]

Correct me if I’m wrong but is MDA putting Gerald Green on Curry for most of when he’s out there? Felt like every time curry checked in, Green did as well and I know he came up with a few good stops on Steph in G4.

Honestly I wasn't sure, because Green only played 15 minutes. Could be true, as a way to give the starters a breathing moment not having to chase around Curry.

It was mostly Harden and CP/Gordon checking Curry, and Ariza checking KD. Tucker spent most of his time on Draymond.

Btw, for a good 5-6 minutes, I think I saw a Kevon/Bell/Draymond/KD/Klay ultra big lineup. Anyone noticed that?

Haha thanks for the insight.

My goodness that lineup gives me spacing nightmares haha. Maybe if I rewatch game 5 I’ll look out for that.

I liked the Shaun addition with the Hampton 4 late in the game. Super duper small to help on the perimeter.

Admit it though, Chris monstar’d Steph’s 3pt ability for a moment there in the 3rd

Agreed on Livingston. I was shocked to see Cook on the court instead of Livingston out of that timeout, given GS was only down by 2, not 3. With him, they could have run a better play, including Livingston post up a smaller guy if things get desperate in a broken play situation.

That ultra big lineup is in late 3rd / early 4th, FYI.

[TinmanZBoy]

for all who think rockets have no chance of beating the gsw without paul you guys don't have a clue. Maybe yall was paying too much attention to steve keer when he said his team was okay.. . Not buying it he knows his team is in danger thats why he did that lame hack a capela in game 4 lol!!! This is the rockets series to lose and we have the guys to get it done. these guys are hungry. gsw still have to adjust to our defense and style and they clearly havent yet. Rockets have been crap on offense and we still won the last two. We are due atlest one more great game from our role players.. now If the injury happened in the beginning of the series i would be worried lol but at this point we only have to get hot once. If we get hot and maintain our defensive tactics that I'm loving right now, then its a wrap! I feel very confident about our chances. This rockets team has guts and play with alot of grit.

this... the Warriors are done...
the only question is if the Rockets will win the Championship since they are going to face an equally tough and grit team in Celtics...

btw what if gsw beat rockets, how much trouble you think celtics will give them?

the celtics will give any team a lot trouble, they are the best defensive team, they are young and very well coached...

[TinmanZBoy]

Honestly I wasn't sure, because Green only played 15 minutes. Could be true, as a way to give the starters a breathing moment not having to chase around Curry.

It was mostly Harden and CP/Gordon checking Curry, and Ariza checking KD. Tucker spent most of his time on Draymond.

Btw, for a good 5-6 minutes, I think I saw a Kevon/Bell/Draymond/KD/Klay ultra big lineup. Anyone noticed that?

Haha thanks for the insight.

My goodness that lineup gives me spacing nightmares haha. Maybe if I rewatch game 5 I’ll look out for that.

I liked the Shaun addition with the Hampton 4 late in the game. Super duper small to help on the perimeter.

Admit it though, Chris monstar’d Steph’s 3pt ability for a moment there in the 3rd

Agreed on Livingston. I was shocked to see Cook on the court instead of Livingston out of that timeout, given GS was only down by 2, not 3. With him, they could have run a better play, including Livingston post up a smaller guy if things get desperate in a broken play situation.

That ultra big lineup is in late 3rd / early 4th, FYI.

no matter who took that open 3, they would have missed anyway.... this has been Warriors season in a nutshell...remember Curry missed that open 3 in game 4? which was unthinkable .... this is their fate, they are done...

[Marvin Martian]

I can see HOU win in an upset. Harden is the MVP and due for a big game and with Paul out, maybe D'Antoni will extend his rotations.

[baller16]

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[gmoney411]

I can see HOU win in an upset. Harden is the MVP and due for a big game and with Paul out, maybe D'Antoni will extend his rotations.

I could see a Houston win too with a big Harden game. The Rockets have actually played the Warriors pretty well even when neither player was playing all that great offensively. It really seems like they have figured out the Warriors. But Paul is still such a monumental loss for so many reasons.

[Knicks Byke]

Cp3 will be assistant coach for game 6 which is why he is traveling. He will be giving instructions in game on defense and offense

different giving instructions than being the one to execute.

[picc]

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Its astounding how many people just don't get it.

However, that Doc gif is probably the GOAT gif for expressing disbelief. It's PERFECT.

[picc]

GS has done a remarkable amount of choking in the last couple games. Criticism on their lack of end of game chops and being frontrunners (especially Steph) would be a lot less dumb than accusing them of being lucky when they'd already be in the finals if not for Iggy's injury.

[Screwston]

If Harden pulls this out, especially without CP. He's the 2nd best player in the world

[Spicy P]

4 All-Stars, but Iguodala is the difference maker in this series apparently.

[XcalibuR]

GS has done a remarkable amount of choking in the last couple games. Criticism on their lack of end of game chops and being frontrunners (especially Steph) would be a lot less dumb than accusing them of being lucky when they'd already be in the finals if not for Iggy's injury.

They might not be in the wcf if the Spurs were healthy. They are tremedously lucky that a HOF player is injured for their first elimination game.

[og15]

Lucky ass Warriors...he probably won't be healthy for game seven too

Assuming it's a grade 1 strain, which it probably is unless he would be out like 2 months, it is possible that he could be healthy enough, but hard to tell. I've had a grade 1 hamstring strain that I was able to play on competitively in I think it was 3 or 4 days, but it was still tight and I had to really work before playing to get the blood flowing and loosen up the muscles. I did end up re-injuring it like a week later, lol. Obviously took more time off the second time, so I can see why with the possibility of re-injury you keep him out game 6, then if you lose, you have him go for game 7, then if you win, you hope he gets enough rest before the finals start.

[Ballerhogger]

doubtful for game 7 as well . Whelp looks the warriors may have lucked out see if Gordon can conintue because he’s been mvp so far

[picc]

GS has done a remarkable amount of choking in the last couple games. Criticism on their lack of end of game chops and being frontrunners (especially Steph) would be a lot less dumb than accusing them of being lucky when they'd already be in the finals if not for Iggy's injury.

They might not be in the wcf if the Spurs were healthy. They are tremedously lucky that a HOF player is injured for their first elimination game.

Once again my point is proven with this statement.

Warrior injuries are totally irrelevant, purely because of salt/hate. People have lost any and all ability to think fairly or rationally about them. Like, ALL of it.