I'm of the opposite theory- Cavs/Warriors AGAIN for me would be a stale tiresome rerun that we don't need to see. It's been done to death.
I'm ready for some new blood- I'd be all-in on HOU/BOS because it would feature new blood and something refreshingly different.
To be fair I doubt he’s been close to 100% the past two games and they still wonBrutal for the Rockets. I can't imagine him being close to 100% even in game 7.
Call me crazy, but I think that Andre Iguodala being out of the Warriors' lineup is a bigger loss than Chris Paul being out of the Rockets' lineup.
You can tell just how much the Rockets are abusing the Warriors' depth players. Looney, West, Bell, etc. They're so outmatched when on the court. The Warriors love to switch everything but that's killing them with Iguodala out of the lineup.
Call me crazy, but I think that Andre Iguodala being out of the Warriors' lineup is a bigger loss than Chris Paul being out of the Rockets' lineup.
You can tell just how much the Rockets are abusing the Warriors' depth players. Looney, West, Bell, etc. They're so outmatched when on the court. The Warriors love to switch everything but that's killing them with Iguodala out of the lineup.
It would be a real kick to the nuts if their first home loss was game 7It's all up to LeBron now. He's totally gassed but the great ones always find more to give.
I think the Celtics are winning this series though. It's been a war of attrition and IMO their best players have a little more left in the tank.
It's going to be tough to beat the Celtics in Boston but there's no way I'm betting against LeBron in game seven.
LeBron is just incredible, GOAT.
I don't understand why Nance isn't more of a fixture on this team though. He brings a ton of energy and rebounding and defense.
LeBron is just incredible, GOAT.
I don't understand why Nance isn't more of a fixture on this team though. He brings a ton of energy and rebounding and defense.
Oh you're definitely crazy. The Rockets only go 6 or 7 deep to begin with and now just lost their second best player, who runs their offense when Harden is sitting or in his own little world like he has been recently. Iguodala is a good player and important to the Warriors success but he's their fifth best player. He'd most likely be the primary defender against Harden but Draymond, Durant, and Klay are all great defensively and Livingston isn't bad either when he's in there.
You're crazy. Torre and Kannel were talking about that exact point this afternoon on the radio, in fact they'd been saying for the last ten days that aside from Curry or Durant (more Durant) the Warriors could lose anyone else and maybe even two players and they should still be able to walk all over the Rockets.
I'm just loving the fact that the narrative now has gone from "How bad/fast will the Warriors knock out the Rockets" to "well NOW the Warriors will walk all over the Rockets"...because one their key players got hurt and GS hasn't been able to get the job done with that superteam lineup against a healthy Rockets team. And people forget Mbah a Moute's been recovering from an injury and hasn't played much, and he was huge defensively all year for Houston.
Bottom line is D'Antoni deserves credit. After that blowout in Game 3 he changed their whole defensive structure, slowing the game down, clogging the lanes, and making life miserable for the Warriors, who aren't moving the ball like they used to and they're being forced to play the Rockets iso game. He'll have to come up with more strategy for the next game or two, but again, he and his team deserve credit.
But losing Iguodala more critical than CP3? Come on man.