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birdman:
Cp3 was the difference for us. As usual harden gassed out. Painful loss

Bro, I won’t lie that is why I wanted him out.

Even seeing him in costume was annoying me.

Rockets had so many turnovers today which played into our hands but their insane 3pt shooting was papering over the cracks so they did not mind.

At the moment their 3pt shooting dropped back to the mean, the turnovers counted and we were able to gain separation.

I don’t think the strategy of playing weak D in the first Q would work in Houston. We need a decent amount of intensity in the first just to make sure we are close and then we can go gaga in the 2-3-and 4th as we did today.

ipledge10:
maybe I have no human feeling, I want him to stay out of game 7. I don’t care what anybody will say . Rockets exceed expectations, they have played crazy defense, make Warriors look ordinary

They have played great D. Yes.
They made us look like them (ISO). Yes.

But that is not why we lost 2 games back to back.

We lost because of rubbish execution in the final moments of the game.

Hardetayour:
And Paul too. I remember this last second shot he shot over Klay after Klay played great defence, it deflated my spirit.

As a fan, I hope Paul misses Game 7 too.
As an human being, I hope he's alright.

Do you know the difference between this game without CP3 and one with him? He may have pushed them in the 4th and hit big shots that may have kept it close. It is in such moments that I am happy he is out.

Gordon and co can score. The issue is not their scoring which I had said ad nauseam. Even with Harden, the issue is not his scoring (though it is a part of it). It is what CP3 makes them do in the crunch. That is what I hope they miss.

When everyone was calling GSW overrated I kept staring at the scoresheet and seeing 3 and 4 pt losses all caused by bad 4th Qs and wondering why they made it look like we were being blown out. Forgetting that, CP3 was so huge in those 4th Qs that they won primarily because of him.

That is what I hope they miss.

Hardetayour:
Klay is just fired up. That man hardly talks, let him do this.

Klay is a sniper when he's in the groove. Those deep 3's are just sucking life out of Houston.

Onto game 7

He heats up more than anyone else I know.

ipledge10:
This guy don’t understand simple English. I’m not the problem here, go back to your Elementary school, and ask for refund.

Not nice.

Klay has been unconscious today and I am happy KD did not try to ISO us today.

Hardetayour:
Don't sleep on Ariza too. His defence has been rock solid apart from Fame 1 and this.

His (Ariza) D on KD has been good because KD has been trying to do the same things over and over. KD should stop receiving the ball the same way.

Hardetayour:
Don't let it get to you. Paul paid Curry back with his own shimmy too. They're just having fun.

He is referring to Klay saying we are not going home.

Before I would have brought out all the starters. But we have messed up in the 4th so much I won’t be sure till it is 2mins left.

94-79 GSW lead.

Then Curry does something careless for nothing.

If you are going to shoot, shoot. Or else give Klay and get out.

One player can make me so happy and angry at the same time. Curry!

Klay deserves some accolades. He has been the best GSW player today by miles.

89-77 Warriors lead.

Nick Young copping with Harden.

Kerr please bring KD on to ISO Harden so he can foul out. He is on 4 fouls.

7pt Warriors lead. In the 4th.

This is the Q we have messed up in the last 2games. We have to become the 4th Q Warriors in terms of winning.

SmooshCHN:
Why take Curry out? I don't understand Steve Kerr.

And KD should use the pick and roll na..

He wants Curry fresh in the 4th and he does not want him to get 3 fouls.

I hope Harden is tired now. The guy has been magnificent today.

I wish Curry will never rush to hit any 3s. Just gain small separation. Hesitate and jump or use PnR.

You are the greatest shooter alive.

If you see something good you acknowledge it.

Harden has been unreal in this game.

Curry’s 3s keep rolling down and coming out.

Shots should sink.

KD keeps ISOing those 3s. We don’t need to rush it. I prefer a surer 2.

Rockets are 13/28 from 3. This is unreal.

74-70 Rockets lead.

Warriors now 6/20.

Draymond Green and T/Os though. He should calm down.

61-59 Rockets lead.

GSW is 5/19 from 3 compared to Rockets 11/22.

Manutd19:
Sad to see Curry struggling with his shots (especially 3s) in this series. I said before the series Rockets would hurt the warriors with their 3s but didn't know it would be this bad for Curry

This is the best the Rockets have shot the 3 all series long. They were 13/43 last game. They are 11/22 today.

It is the reason they are ahead by 10 apart from the FT disparity.

Eat away at the lead gradually. Don’t try to do it all once.

The only slight issue is easy misses by KD (shots he usually makes) and Steph from 3. Houston have weathered the storm through insane shooting.

If they sustain it, they steal the game. Can they?

I hope not.

61-51 Rockets lead. End of the 2nd.

Couple huge 3s but KD and Curry missed some wide open 2s.

It has been a great shooting night for Rockets.

11/22 from 3.

Manutd19:
They needs to start hitting their shots though. Curry and Klay missing so many 3s

At some point they will. It is the Defence that needs to keep at it. If Rockets launch as many as 50 3s (which is their plan) they can steal this game.

Curry is now the one playing rubbish. He is decent in Defence but zero offensive output. KD has improved but his missing free throws are a bit disconcerting.

52-45 Rockets lead.

SmooshCHN:
Yeah! KD started really slow but I'm sure he'll figure it out. Most importantly, we have to really play that defense.

It was Defense that was worrying me. But I think it was strategic. I guess they did not want to expend themselves in the first Q like they did In game 4. The D has intensified a bit which is encouraging. More of it slowly. We don’t need to fix everything in one Q.

Curry’s shots are air balling. He needs to take a second before shooting. I am happy with the ball movement and PnRs.

You can’t take nothing away from Rockets who have shot so well. I think we are getting some shots that we want but just not hitting. It is encouraging.

48-39 Rockets lead.

SmooshCHN:
Bad defense and bad turnovers.. This isn't good.

Problem is the defense. Defense has been the worst it has been all playoffs conceding 39 in one quarter.

The elephant everyone has failed to address is rebounding has been very poor on the D and KD has been particularly bad in every aspect in this game.

39-22 Rockets lead.

Taken a ton of FTs and 3s. Made 8/12 3s to GSWs 1/7.

SmooshCHN:
Livingston, David West and Looney on the floor at the same time. Damn!! Steve Kerr

They were not rebounding well before it. I think it was for rebounds.

Very suspect Warriors Defence. Not happy with it at all. The ball movement on offense is encouraging but Houston are attempting and hitting more 3s than is condonable. We should not be waiting for law of averages to set in or hoping to use latter Quarters to make up. Don’t allow them give themselves enough lead to accommodate the mistakes they will still make .

Bad start. Houston is playing better D and want to play that their 50 3pts per game. It will be so naive of GSW to let them play that.

birdman:
Unbelievable the amount of hate durant is getting from fans. Make una kuku bench am

He gets most of the credit when we win. He might as well catch most of the flak when we lose.

Fact is, I have been watching film. He stagnates our offense in key moments by going ISO and of course people will remember it when it works and also when it fails. Fact is, it has failed in the last 2 games and the numbers show it. His consecutive 4th Q performances have been nothing to write home about yet he has taken the most shots in those moments. It is something he needs to get out of his system. As a GSW fan when we played against OKC, we won both games 6 and 7 coming back from 13pt OKC leads when KD and Russell took turns to play ISO and missed because we doubled them. A lot of the same frailties have reared it’s head in the past 2games, courtesy KD.

LeElimination game.