GT Rockets - Warriors

[Marchesk]

The Beard versus greatest offensive team in history.

[Celtics 1825]

Beard ain't even playing

[Marchesk]

Beard ain't even playing

What? No more streak? I don't care about this game.

[Marchesk]

Commentator (not Jackson): Houston is still an elite team. :lol

No, they're not remotely elite this season.

[Celtics 1825]

What? No more streak? I don't care about this game.
"Flu like symptons" apparently

Maybe he's worried that the Warriors will end his streak :oldlol:

[Marchesk]

15-0 Rockets, Warriors missing everything.

[Celtics 1825]

Eh a 12-0 lead against the Warriors is like a 12-10 lead vs any other team. They can destroy any lead in just a couple of minutes.

[Bronbron23]

15-0 Rockets, Warriors missing everything.
Warriors missing everything lol. Rockets defence is elite right now if your watching

[brooks_thompson]

'Flu-like symptoms' always means hangover. Always. I figure it's the coach's way to hang the player out to dry a little bit among his peers. They all know what it means.

And what's the deal with these Saturday night games? I don't like them. Give me a Sunday doubleheader every time.

[brooks_thompson]

Holy crap, the Rockets D and then that Chris Paul pass



....and then that Gerald Green buffoonery

[Marchesk]

That was a beautiful pass by Paul. 16 point lead. Well, it was when I started typing.

[Marchesk]

Curry and Cousins two first quarter fouls.

[Celtics 1825]

20 points in the 1st quarter???






From the WARRIORS?!?!? :biggums: :biggums:

[hold this L]

Warriors during some RS games are unwatchable. Feels like kids playing basic hoops game are more in tune for games.

[Marchesk]

Rivers just denied Cousins on a turn around two inch jumper :oldlol:

[r0drig0lac]

This game eliminates any chance of mvp for James _arden

[Bronbron23]

Warriors during some RS games are unwatchable. Feels like kids playing basic hoops game are more in tune for games.
Lol warrior fans in denial as usual. Rockets we're doing the same thing last year in playoffs until cp went down.

[Marchesk]

Game getting out of hand. Rockets offense seems more fluid somehow. Much better defensive effort.

[Marchesk]

CP3 just hit a 30 footer with five seconds left on shot clock.

[hold this L]

Nice to see KD murder this half, or it would be over.

Lol warrior fans in denial as usual. Rockets we're doing the same thing last year in playoffs until cp went down.
Ahh yes, the almost victories.. those really matter go well with your constant :cry: :cry: :cry:

[DMAVS41]

Healthy Rockets will still give this Warriors team a lot of trouble in a playoff series imo.

Hope we see it.

[hold this L]

Well that lead dropped.. hope they start playing ball in the 2nd

[Bronbron23]

Nice to see KD murder this half, or it would be over.

Ahh yes, the almost victories.. those really matter go well with your constant :cry: :cry: :cry:
Didn't say it mattered. You we're acting like the reason warriors we're struggling against the rockets is because it's reg season but that's not true. They struggle against them in playoffs too.

[bigkingsfan]

First five all stars lineup lost of the season.

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Cousins -17

Houstons targetting him almost every possession and Kerrs autist @zz still has him on the floor:facepalm

Kerr has to be the worst ingame coach in the league. These dudes just keep winning off talent

[Mr. Jabbar]

Kerr has to be the worst ingame coach in the league. These dudes just keep winning off talent

reminds me of phil jackson

[bdonovan]

Durant a total defensive liability. I've never seen someone so miserable in handling switches and screens. He caves on every screen. Then he refuses to defend the guy he's supposed to be switched onto. The Rockets keep exploiting this. It's just sad lol.

He refuses to match up with Capella or Tucker or Faried; perhaps afraid they will bounce him around. Leaving them wide open for shots; or forces another Warrior to scramble a man Durant should be guarding, leaving his man open for a shot. (On a last minute 3 ending the Q, Durant refusing to take the charge from Tucker; running out of the way)

I want to be clear here- almost NONE of this shows up in the box score so the highlights obsessed fans or those who think the box score tells all won't be able to figure out any of this.

He refuses to even try to grab certain rebounds; stat-padding only when no opponents are not around.

Durant is not the only problem but he harms the team in ways that the average fan can't discern. Cousins is not closing out and not playing great team D either. The Warriors 4 years ago didn't have half the all-stars but they played as a team. Now they struggle against a Harden-less Rockets with very little in the way of real ball movement (with player movement) and team defense.

There is a reason a team with 5 all stars isn't as dominant as you think they might be.

[Celtics 1825]

A rare moment where Steph's playing well while they're down

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Cousins has no business getting any minutes in a series against Houston specially with Har_en to abuse him even worse on pickandroll

Bell or Looney are far better options along with Iggy

[bdonovan]

The other thing worth noting is Durant rarely does the right thing off the shot attempt. On offense, as a 7 footer he should be trying to rebound or score on a put back. He rarely does; because he doesn't like the physicality. There was one shot where Curry missed and it rebounded way back almost to 3 pt line; Durant was in that position but rather than hustling and keeping the play alive, he was on the other side of the court; so the Warriors played 4 on 5 for the next 10 seconds. He refused to come back. It's just a joke.

On defense, he also refuses to rebound. Sometime it's a live ball and you need someone nearby to pass to; he is cherry picking on the other side of the court for an easy basket. In the words of Stallone, thats not "how winning is done".

The mark of a great player is they improve the overall team; you do this with team offense and team defense; the many intangibles. The more Durant assumes he is the reason GSW is winning rings (he's not), the less he remembers he never won anything with his heroball style of play, the more he regresses. And this style is unfortunately contaminating the entire team.

[4pointshot]

Before the game, it was reported the Warriors were "infuriated" that Harden might not play, because they wanted revenge on the full Rockets team that beat them last time,and particularly on Harden for making that amazing three pointer that won the game. They were supposedly primed for a blow-out win. And now this.

Raptors without Kawhi blew out the Warriors at Oracle
Lakers without James in second half blew out Warriors at Oracle
Rockets without Harden beat Warriors at Oracle

Maybe teams should just rest their main man when playing the Warriors on the road.

[Mr. Jabbar]

Klay what a dumb fvck u are

[FreezingTsmoove]

Rockets are so cringe to watch

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Warriors in 27 mins w/ Cousins -17 in a 6pt loss
:oldlol:

Pretty much the story of the season. Warriors are a much better team without them pretending like Cousins is a good player. Dudes literally cancer. No wonder his teams never do sht and he never made the playoffs:facepalm :facepalm his role shouldnt be any bigger than Bell or Looney

[4pointshot]

Rockets are 3-0 vs. GS this season. I'm pretty sure this is the first time in the Kerr era that any team has beaten the Warriors three times in one (regular) season. Two times is actually not that common, didn't happen at all in 2015-16.

[hold this L]

Warriors in 27 mins w/ Cousins -17 in a 6pt loss
:oldlol:

Pretty much the story of the season. Warriors are a much better team without them pretending like Cousins is a good player. Dudes literally cancer. No wonder his teams never do sht and he never made the playoffs:facepalm :facepalm his role shouldnt be any bigger than Bell or Looney
I was actually worried about this.. I think he will be fine in the 1st and 2nd round, but he needs to be on limited mins afterwards. He's a loser, stats over impact guy. I doubt Kerr has the balls to bench.

He clearly doesn't play well vs Rockets and their style either.

[Manny98]

I said before the season even started that Cousins is going to make the Warriors worse :oldlol:

[hold this L]

The other thing worth noting is Durant rarely does the right thing off the shot attempt. On offense, as a 7 footer he should be trying to rebound or score on a put back. He rarely does; because he doesn't like the physicality. There was one shot where Curry missed and it rebounded way back almost to 3 pt line; Durant was in that position but rather than hustling and keeping the play alive, he was on the other side of the court; so the Warriors played 4 on 5 for the next 10 seconds. He refused to come back. It's just a joke.

On defense, he also refuses to rebound. Sometime it's a live ball and you need someone nearby to pass to; he is cherry picking on the other side of the court for an easy basket. In the words of Stallone, thats not "how winning is done".

The mark of a great player is they improve the overall team; you do this with team offense and team defense; the many intangibles. The more Durant assumes he is the reason GSW is winning rings (he's not), the less he remembers he never won anything with his heroball style of play, the more he regresses. And this style is unfortunately contaminating the entire team.
KD wasn't the problem last night. It was Boogie by a massive margin and to a lesser degree, Klay and Dray.

[Gotterdammerung]

KD wasn't the problem last night. It was Boogie by a massive margin and to a lesser degree, Klay and Dray.
Agreed.

Durant isn't the problem although he did change the culture from the 2014-16 years.
:durantunimpressed:
The Warriors have much bigger problems than KD: Draymond Green is no longer the same impact player for one. Cousins for another has not even regained his old dominant form, and this is exacerbated by his lack of leadership and intangibles.

[warriorfan]

Let KD walk

[hold this L]

Agreed.

Durant isn't the problem although he did change the culture from the 2014-16 years.
:durantunimpressed:
The Warriors have much bigger problems than KD: Draymond Green is no longer the same impact player for one. Cousins for another has not even regained his old dominant form, and this is exacerbated by his lack of leadership and intangibles.
The problem with Boogie is even when he used to dominate, there would be games he would be 40/15 and the time he was on the court, the opposition would extending the lead the most. His raw numbers don't tell the story on why he fails so much in his career.

[Marchesk]

Let KD walk

Sign and trade KD for AD?

[bdonovan]

KD wasn't the problem last night. It was Boogie by a massive margin and to a lesser degree, Klay and Dray.

Yes I acknowledged Cousins was a major factor. But there are other causes we shouldn't dismiss. In my view, this notion that this player or that player needs to be playing better is too tactical. There is a larger problem here and that is at a system level- the team offense and defense of the Warriors is not what it should be. Everytime the Warriors lose, someone looks at the stats and goes "This player should have done better"; the next time they lose they say "THAT player should have done better". And so it goes on and on; even though reality is that players will have off-nights and it's impossible to perform at a high level every day.

Therefore, my point is that we have to look a little deeper into overall dynamics that are holding GSW back. IE: not enough ball movement on offense. poor rotations on defense. Unless we get to the larger, systemic issues in what's going on- we will keep playing this pointless "whack-a-mole" with who 'didn't play well enough today' and completely miss the bigger picture. Which is they are not playing as a team. (and there are certain people who are undercutting that system the most)

[bdonovan]

Let KD walk

I would be open to it. I would certainly get a good laugh from all those fans who ignored KD all these years or put him somewhere in their top 10; and then suddenly, when he started winning on GSW, suddenly said he was the 2nd best players in the game definitively, even though his game hasn't changed at all. Let's say he drifts off to the Knicks and plays 50-50 out there. How many will stick with their conviction he's the 2nd best player in the game? Very few. They will then move on to Giannis or whomever is winning.

[warriorfan]

I would be open to it. I would certainly get a good laugh from all those fans who ignored KD all these years or put him somewhere in their top 10; and then suddenly, when he started winning on GSW, suddenly said he was the 2nd best players in the game definitively, even though his game hasn't changed at all. Let's say he drifts off to the Knicks and plays 50-50 out there. How many will stick with their conviction he's the 2nd best player in the game? Very few. They will then move on to Giannis or whomever is winning.

Not trying to be spiteful but it will be slightly amusing if Durant signs with a team like the Knicks in order to disprove his critics; when really he will be only reinforcing them after he turns back into OKC KD.