Game 3 tactics.

[fishonjazz]

Yep.

Thirded

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[El Hespíritu]

You are doing good things on this board.

 

[Douchebag K]

Won’t you have to watch to see if they’re doing it though?

*keep watching if they’re doing it.

Drongo

 

[Keefe]

Great ratbag, @Douchebag K

Get stuffed.

 

[Strutter]

From what I understand the reason we are employing the embarrassing gimmick defense is because we are scared of harden shooting threes and stepback threes in particular.
Why are we so afraid of that again? Harden shot 36.8% from three this year. That's ok but nothing to freak out about. I'm fine with him taking and making threes at a 36/37 percent clip. That's what he shoots against defenses that play him straight up.
Against the jazz and their gimmick defense in the playoffs harden is shooting 44% from three.

The rockets as a team shot 36% from 3 in the regular season.
Against the jazz gimmick playoff defense they are shooting 39% from three.

Doesn't seem to be working.

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So I agree with you here, but to help with context, he shot around 40% in the last 20 games and probably around 44% in the last 10-12 games (too lazy to do math again). So I don't think our defense is necessarily responsible for him shooting better, but clearly it's not helping all that much either (while causing problems elsewhere).

 

[Strutter]

I actually do have an answer for this situation. Houston is not that much better than Jazz actually. We beat them twice in the regular season. The problem we ran into right now is we are too afraid of foul trouble with Harden. If we have to lose by over 20 points per game, let the foul come. The key problem is Harden, we let him get into the paint freely and does what he wants to do there. That creates open shots for other players. We need to play Jazz basket ball and not Houston basket ball. Use Grayson Allen, get to Harden's body, be aggressive, let the foul comes. See who is afraid of body contact. That will change the game.

The playoffs are always a bit of a different animal, but I do agree with that game plan overall.

 

[fishonjazz]

So I agree with you here, but to help with context, he shot around 40% in the last 20 games and probably around 44% in the last 10-12 games (too lazy to do math again). So I don't think our defense is necessarily responsible for him shooting better, but clearly it's not helping all that much either (while causing problems elsewhere).

Fair enough.
Basically we are ****ed

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[Jazzta]

I think UTA will get better... if any, 'cause will be difficult do it worse.
Despite what we saw, I still trust the rear-defense SociopathEyes and the Blurred Lines designed in the shadows.

I am a man of Faith.

Bienvenido Hespiritu, I am also a man of Faith.

 

[dong2ha]

we will shoot better at home. will win game 3


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[SCS]

Rage quit both remaining games. Sim to offseason.

 

[Yieldmonger]

Can anyone explain why the jazz are favored by 3 points? There has to be something to it.

 

[elan_prodigy]

Also.

I am in a huge gambling slump so will throw a few hundge on the Rockets tonight, that'll **** em.

 

[RJF]

Game 3 tactics? Win.

 

[The Thriller]

I’d like to see us go small at some point. Go with: Mitchell, Allen, Jingles, Royce, Favors. Force the rockets to actually defend us finally.

 

[homeytennis]

Use both Ekpe and Bradley and tell both of them that they have six fouls each and use them so that Harden is picking himself up off the floor during each infraction.

 

[reignman40]

I’d like to see us go small at some point. Go with: Mitchell, Allen, Jingles, Royce, Favors. Force the rockets to actually defend us finally.

A rotation of those guys and Rudy and see what it does. Basically just eliminate Crowder and Rubio on the floor together or less minutes altogether...

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[reignman40]

Can anyone explain why the jazz are favored by 3 points? There has to be something to it.

Maybe they assume the rockets won't shoot 80% from 3 on the road??

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[Jingled]

Jae's getting the start tonight instead of Favors.

 

[reignman40]

Somebody needs to bring this as a "head on a stick" as Harpring calls it.

 

[dong2ha]

let’s win this


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