Rockets were the worst 4th quarter team among WC playoff teams

I'm not surprised. I t was obvious watching the games. Aggravating how a team that looked so good could end up like this.

 

I think context is needed to make this point. How many close games did we lose? Were these just the fault of third stringers playing out a blowout?

 

Do you think it's a coincidence that the 4th quarter is also the one that Harden has far and away the least minutes played?

This team desperately needs a 2nd decision maker.

 

We won more than we lost, thanks mostly to Harden's absurdly clutch shooting.

 

that's really a misleading stat. Of course Harden played less in the 4th because of the times he rested when our win was secure

 

Of course it is, the point differential in the 4th is basically a whose who of good nba benches, our worst 2 quarters are the ones where our god awful bench plays most of its minutes, the 2nd and early 4th/blowouts.

 

And because the normal rotation had him sitting the first 2 to 4 minutes of the 4th (and it seemed like the Rockets were a minus in those stretches to me, cause they would give up ground pretty often, but I don't know the hard stats to back up my hunch).

 

wrong, we have more blowout game last season, run and gun with Aisk stone hand.

This season, not so much, ISO H&H win games but not by blowout fashion.