2019 Western Conference Playoffs - 2nd Round Discussion Thread

[Smallville102001]

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Im not sure he cares about scoring that much.

Your team is likely in trouble if he's heading in that direction because he gives the team that momentum meter boost from consistently hitting his shots.

I dont think any one cares about scoring on GS per say I think that is a big reason for them being good they just want to win but IF Curry gets hot he can get hot.

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Warriors could do well to set some rip/cross rip screens or something when they throw the ball to KD up top instead of making him iso create every time.

Could get Klay going a bit more.

[VDusen04]

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Fouled on three-pointer

Kevin Harlan: "And that is Houston's game."

Reggie Miller: "That's James Harden's game!"

That about sums it up.

[jeebs9]

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Fouled on three-pointer



Kevin Harlan: "And that is Houston's game."



Reggie Miller: "That's James Harden's game!"



That about sums it up.

Noticed how on the next possession. Curry didn't even jump lol.

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[WarMMA]

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Man that stepback is so nasty. You can't even guard it tbh and if you do, he'll get to the line smh.

[ojandpizza]

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I am never not impressed with those little shot put floaters from, like, 13.5 feet away (like Curry's a moment ago). Low key really tricky shot.

Steve Nash had mastered that so well. I miss all of his insane release points on those.


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[TMagic]

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I dont care what anyone says. That Harden step back is as close to an unguardable move that there is.

If you are playing him to take it away, you are giving up so much. And if you try to play it straight up, you just gotta hope he misses on most of those. It's too difficult to get a solid contest that throws him off without fouling.

[Master Live 013]

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So close to a backcourt violation right there for Harden.

[Smallville102001]

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I dont care what anyone says. That Harden step back is as close to an unguardable move that there is.

If you are playing him to take it away, you are giving up so much. And if you try to play it straight up, you just gotta hope he misses on most of those. It's too difficult to get a solid contest that throws him off without fouling.

A big part of it is the calls he gets make it ungradable. If he didn't get so many BS calls you could get closer to him and contest it more.

[jeebs9]

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This line up had matched up really well with this current line up of rivers, shump, Harden, tucker, and Gordon

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[ojandpizza]

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I dont care what anyone says. That Harden step back is as close to an unguardable move that there is.

If you are playing him to take it away, you are giving up so much. And if you try to play it straight up, you just gotta hope he misses on most of those. It's too difficult to get a solid contest that throws him off without fouling.

I think my biggest issue with how teams defend him overall is that he’s a good shooter than you can’t leave open, but he’s not such a dominant shooter that you need to over play every shot and send him to the line for 3 free throws so often. Just get a hand up and make him hit them. Most games that happens he ends up taking too many and missing enough that it doesn’t justify the shot selection. He has the occasional game where he sinks them all and nearly beats you himself, but over a 7 game series he isn’t replicating that 4 times.


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[jeebs9]

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Steve Nash had mastered that so well. I miss all of his insane release points on those.


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[WarMMA]

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A big part of it is the calls he gets make it ungradable. If he didn't get so many BS calls you could get closer to him and contest it more.

I mean you call it bs, but that's the rules. Most the calls he gets on the stepback 3 are defenders taking away his landing space. As a defender, you can't do that or you'll get a foul called on you. If anything, Harden is a master of using the rules to his advantage.

[Smallville102001]

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I mean you call it bs, but that's the rules. Most the call he gets on the stepback 3 are defenders taking away his landing space. As a defender, you can't do that or you'll get a foul called on you. If anything, Harden is a master of using the rules to his advantage.

The fouls he has gotten tonight have been good calls but most the time no just no he gets calls that no other players in the league get. The fact that a guy who shoots basically nothing but Jump shoots leads the league in FTA and by a lot is a joke. He gets like 3-4 FTA a game that no one else in the league would get the calls on. Its why I cant stand him he is like a 44% FG shooter and if he didn't get the bs calls it would be more like 39% and less scoring.

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Even with Houston playing fairly well they're still having a hard time putting the Warriors away.

That's without the presence of Steph and Klay