OKC Stephen Adams is not better than Porzingas, Jianus or AD. Prior to Tuesday’s loss against the Spurs, the Rockets had been one of the hottest teams in the league since the NBA restart, and defense has been their primary ingredient. What has stood out about Houston’s defensive performance has been their ability to limit the production of their opponents’ big men without a true center on the floor. On occasions when the double team is not established, the Rockets’ one-on-one defense forced the opposing team’s big into settling for a difficult shot attempt. This normally happens when guarded by either Harden, Tucker, Robert Covington or Jeff Green — four of the their best post defenders. Davis recorded a subpar double-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds in the Lakers loss. His near seven-foot stature was irrelevant. Davis took eight shots and turned the ball over seven times in 30 minutes of play. Although the Rockets had a superb night on the offensive end, their performance on defense is what led to a 16-point victory. Houston’s defense against Davis was a continuation from their clutch defensive play on Giannis Antetokounmpo, and likely one of the reasons Kristaps Porzingis stated the Rockets are a “weird’ team to play.
They need to grab more rebounds in game 7. Usually the shooting percent is very low in this game. Rebounds decides which team can win
Even though I've started this thread the small ball D has won me over. Our problem the last few losses hasn't been D but it's been O. Last night was the perfect example. We forced a lot of turnovers and there were times OKC looked very discombobulated. CP3 willed them over and that's what great savvy players do but we had our chances to win. It was the Rockets' failure to execute down the stretch that cost us this game. If we took care of the ball and were able to execute down the stretch we could've won it. I know the Westbrook giveth and the Westbrook taketh and he's the most obvious culprit but there mental mistakes from other players including Harden too.
Both Russ and EGo were so inefficient finishing at the rim. But it was the turnovers that killed the Rockets. Russ and Harden had 12 of the team's 22 TO. Very unRockets like.
