We shot 15% from three in the game that Mills hit the winner to win by 2. That's about as bad as we could possibly do and that's not losing "badly."Guitarsoup said:
Whatshisnuts said that if the Rockets aren't hitting the three, it's gonna be close.
No. If the Rockets aren't hitting the three, they are going to lose. Badly.
primomosquito said:We shot 15% from three in the game that Mills hit the winner to win by 2. That's about as bad as we could possibly do and that's not losing "badly."Guitarsoup said:
Whatshisnuts said that if the Rockets aren't hitting the three, it's gonna be close.
No. If the Rockets aren't hitting the three, they are going to lose. Badly.
primomosquito said:
We also barely made 30% in the one game we did win.
Guitarsoup said:
Whatshisnuts said that if the Rockets aren't hitting the three, it's gonna be close.
No. If the Rockets aren't hitting the three, they are going to lose. Badly.
Exactly. I think it's going to be an extremely close series regardless.HossAg said:Guitarsoup said:
Whatshisnuts said that if the Rockets aren't hitting the three, it's gonna be close.
No. If the Rockets aren't hitting the three, they are going to lose. Badly.
I said if we're shooting 30% it'll be close. We shot 30% when we beat y'all and 15% in a two point loss. I don't think it's some wild thought to think that us shooting 30% will make for some close games. No, I'm not stupid enough to think that we'll win shooting 15% the entire time, but saying we're gonna get **** on every game if we shoot 30% is stupid.
primomosquito said:We shot 15% from three in the game that Mills hit the winner to win by 2. That's about as bad as we could possibly do and that's not losing "badly."Guitarsoup said:
Whatshisnuts said that if the Rockets aren't hitting the three, it's gonna be close.
No. If the Rockets aren't hitting the three, they are going to lose. Badly.
We also barely made 30% in the one game we did win.
Guitarsoup said:primomosquito said:We shot 15% from three in the game that Mills hit the winner to win by 2. That's about as bad as we could possibly do and that's not losing "badly."Guitarsoup said:
Whatshisnuts said that if the Rockets aren't hitting the three, it's gonna be close.
No. If the Rockets aren't hitting the three, they are going to lose. Badly.
We also barely made 30% in the one game we did win.
The Rockets shoot about 46% of their shots from three.
Do you think that the Rockets can beat a great defensive team in a 7-game series by hitting just 28% from three again?
Hitting 28% from three gives you .84 points per possession on 46% of your shots.
The Rockets scored 1.15 points per possession during the season. That's second in the NBA.
The 76ers scored 1.03 points per possession during the season for last in the NBA.
If the Rockets do that bad from three, they stands no chance against a good team. Do you really disagree with that?
FIFYGuitarsoup said:Four, but they will also say they won a game in spite of the scoreboard.Btron said:
I'm curious after how many losses in this series will the Rockets fans blame the refs and say that league will never let them win because of some weird conspiracy theory?
PascalsWager said:
Opponent 3 pt percentage has been shown to be completely random. So it doesn't matter how good your or anyone's defense is. They shot 28% in the last series but are much better 3 pt shooters over a much larger sample size. They have to shoot MUCH better to get back to their mean.
They're due multiple good shooting games. Not good news for the Spurs.
We're due to beat HOU in the playoffs. Long overdue, in fact.Obi Wan Ginobili said:PascalsWager said:
Opponent 3 pt percentage has been shown to be completely random. So it doesn't matter how good your or anyone's defense is. They shot 28% in the last series but are much better 3 pt shooters over a much larger sample size. They have to shoot MUCH better to get back to their mean.
They're due multiple good shooting games. Not good news for the Spurs.
Aaahhhh, the ol' "we're due" after playing poorly.
I'm sure the Spurs are really scared now. Great analytics.
Bruh, I'm just tryna get it in as often as I can before my son is born lol.Brian Earl Spilner said:
I must be due to have sex tonight.
Good plan. And play with those milk tiddies while you can because once that kid comes, they are probably going to be too sensitive and cracked to do much with them for a while.tbirdspur2010 said:Bruh, I'm just tryna get it in as often as I can before my son is born lol.Brian Earl Spilner said:
I must be due to have sex tonight.
demack06 said:It's such a garbage city. MUCH rather spend time in the DFW than that dumpBtron said:aggie7911 said:
The NBA gods made the Spares good because living in SA and being from there must be a beating.
Right...because the city of Houston is so awesome and badass.
LOL that's all you got? Ranger smack talk on an NBA playoff thread?aggie7911 said:demack06 said:It's such a garbage city. MUCH rather spend time in the DFW than that dumpBtron said:aggie7911 said:
The NBA gods made the Spares good because living in SA and being from there must be a beating.
Right...because the city of Houston is so awesome and badass.
The ranger spare fan. Lulz
OKC was the best rebounding team in the NBA. We dominated them on the boards.tbirdspur2010 said:primomosquito said:
We also barely made 30% in the one game we did win.
Happens when you play the best 3 point defense in the league, tbh.
Y'all ain't gonna get the looks you're used to, and had better be damn efficient on the ones you do. Talking Golden State level execution. If y'all do that, I'll gladly tip my humble cap to impeccable play.
Dallas thinks they're better than HoustonDSAg44 said:
Austin - hippies
Dallas - yuppies
Houston - necks
San Antonio - cholos
That sums up our state pretty well. Go spurs!
Brian Earl Spilner said:
Ugh. These tipoffs are crapon the East Coast.
Brian Earl Spilner said:
Ugh. These tipoffs are crap on the East Coast.
primomosquito said:OKC was the best rebounding team in the NBA. We dominated them on the boards.tbirdspur2010 said:primomosquito said:
We also barely made 30% in the one game we did win.
Happens when you play the best 3 point defense in the league, tbh.
Y'all ain't gonna get the looks you're used to, and had better be damn efficient on the ones you do. Talking Golden State level execution. If y'all do that, I'll gladly tip my humble cap to impeccable play.
You guys defend the three well, but just because the stats say so doesn't mean you'll be able to affect us if we get hot, hand in the face or not. Lou Williams actually seems to shoot better with a hand in his face.
OKC had to go away from their big guys because Penes Kanter couldn't guard a 12 year old.primomosquito said:OKC was the best rebounding team in the NBA. We dominated them on the boards.tbirdspur2010 said:primomosquito said:
We also barely made 30% in the one game we did win.
Happens when you play the best 3 point defense in the league, tbh.
Y'all ain't gonna get the looks you're used to, and had better be damn efficient on the ones you do. Talking Golden State level execution. If y'all do that, I'll gladly tip my humble cap to impeccable play.
You guys defend the three well, but just because the stats say so doesn't mean you'll be able to affect us if we get hot, hand in the face or not. Lou Williams actually seems to shoot better with a hand in his face.
In other words, we made OKC change how they play. Thanks for the compliment.Guitarsoup said:OKC had to go away from their big guys because Penes Kanter couldn't guard a 12 year old.primomosquito said:OKC was the best rebounding team in the NBA. We dominated them on the boards.tbirdspur2010 said:primomosquito said:
We also barely made 30% in the one game we did win.
Happens when you play the best 3 point defense in the league, tbh.
Y'all ain't gonna get the looks you're used to, and had better be damn efficient on the ones you do. Talking Golden State level execution. If y'all do that, I'll gladly tip my humble cap to impeccable play.
You guys defend the three well, but just because the stats say so doesn't mean you'll be able to affect us if we get hot, hand in the face or not. Lou Williams actually seems to shoot better with a hand in his face.
Spurs' method against DAntoni is to let the PnR get theirs, but to never leave the other guys. If Ariza, Ryno, Bev don't get good looks, it is hard to get them going. This particularly frustrated Shawn Marion back in the day.
Get those shooters frustrated and they start making mistakes. They tend to get lazier on D or make stupid fouls/turnovers.
That's why Nash and Amare had incredible series against the Spurs, but the Suns still lost in ~5 games.
I imagine this will happen in the Rockets series as well. Harden may average 35-40ppg. You may see some big games by Capela or Nene. But unless the shooters get hot, Harden putting on those great performances won't matter as much.
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In other words, we made OKC change how they play. Thanks for the compliment.
I'm good with giving Harden wide open threes. .347 for the season and 24% for round 1. As long as Harden is shooting under 38% from three (a mark he has only topped in one season, back in OKC) his three point shooting is below the Rockets' season points per possessions mark. Spurs will likely dare him to jack threes.Quote:
You keep saying the same things....it's well established that the Rockets will have to shoot well to win the series. Go under picks, Harden has wide open threes.
When the Spurs have two elite wing defenders, it is much more difficult to just blow past them. Spurs typically don't double off against a team like this to leave shooters open very often.Quote:
Crash on Harden when he blows by whoever is guarding him, either Ryno or Sweet Lou or E Gordon or Ariza or Beverly will have an open three. Obviously, if they're all cold we will have a tough time winning.
