mook
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If you have NBA broadband, you have access to all 82 games the Rockets have played this year. I really didn't watch any Rockets games this year (except when playing the Blazers). For a high scoring team, they just weren't that fun for me, with all the fouling.
So I started this thread to maybe ask for suggested games to watch to get a better idea of the competition.
To start, I watched the Spurs game this morning and was kind of shocked at how close SA was to beating this team with Duncan/Parker benched for most of the second half. I mean the Spurs were winning against Houston's starters with under 3 minutes in the game!
The takeaway from that one for me was:
1. Houston really, really sucks at defense if you make a few extra passes. If you use 22 seconds of the clock, inevitably Harden kind of wanders off somewhere and the rest of the team scrambles to catch up. The Spurs' passing always makes defenses look bad, but I was kind of surprised by it in this one. Kind of hoping Mo and Damian take fewer three pointers at the beginning of the possession.
2. Dwight is more mobile. I wouldn't describe him as crafty by any means, but he had much better footwork around the rim than I remember. Lopez has his hands full.
3. Parsons really is their Batum. Long stretches of wondering where he went, then suddenly you look at the box score and go, "Oh." He ended with 20/7, and I didn't even know it.
4. We'll have to weather the storm with Dwight. Houston was playing 4 starters more than 35mpg (2 of them at 40minutes). Dwight racked up 20/17rebs, but only played 31 minutes. Their two studs will play 70 minutes per game, while ours will play 80 mpg. That could be all the difference.
Feel free to post your own takeaways from any Rockets games you happen to catch before the playoffs.
So I started this thread to maybe ask for suggested games to watch to get a better idea of the competition.
To start, I watched the Spurs game this morning and was kind of shocked at how close SA was to beating this team with Duncan/Parker benched for most of the second half. I mean the Spurs were winning against Houston's starters with under 3 minutes in the game!
The takeaway from that one for me was:
1. Houston really, really sucks at defense if you make a few extra passes. If you use 22 seconds of the clock, inevitably Harden kind of wanders off somewhere and the rest of the team scrambles to catch up. The Spurs' passing always makes defenses look bad, but I was kind of surprised by it in this one. Kind of hoping Mo and Damian take fewer three pointers at the beginning of the possession.
2. Dwight is more mobile. I wouldn't describe him as crafty by any means, but he had much better footwork around the rim than I remember. Lopez has his hands full.
3. Parsons really is their Batum. Long stretches of wondering where he went, then suddenly you look at the box score and go, "Oh." He ended with 20/7, and I didn't even know it.
4. We'll have to weather the storm with Dwight. Houston was playing 4 starters more than 35mpg (2 of them at 40minutes). Dwight racked up 20/17rebs, but only played 31 minutes. Their two studs will play 70 minutes per game, while ours will play 80 mpg. That could be all the difference.
Feel free to post your own takeaways from any Rockets games you happen to catch before the playoffs.
