It's hard to see the rockets defense holding up in the playoffs. I don't think Harden has another gear then what he's been all season. Their defensive rating is misleading because they have such a dynamic offense that other teams give up when the rockets go on their inevitable run. That won't happen in the playoffs against the better teams who will grind it out.
It'll be interesting to find out if I'm wrong though haha. Like in baseball, run production value is essentially limitless even though people value pitching, defense and run prevention seemingly more. Flawed analytics.
Which lineup is better:
Lowry + Derozan + Carroll + Patterson + Ibaka
Vs
Wall + Beal + Porter + Morris + Gortat
Vs
Harden + Beverly + Ariza + Anderson + Capella
Vs
Paul + Reddick + Mbah a Moute + Griffin + Jordan.
Because those are the lineups that get the most minutes in the playoffs for each team.
I'd personally rank Houston 4th on that list.
Also rank the benches I guess.
JV + Joseph + Tucker + Powell
Mahinmi + Jennings + Oubre + Bogdanovic
Nene + Harrell + Gordon + Williams
Rivers + Speights + Crawdaddy + Felton
I'd probably actually rank the clips last on this list, and the rockets first for what it's worth, but they might even go 8 men deep in the playoffs with that team.
In a 7 game series I think Houston could easily compete with any of those teams. And I don't think the Clippers are constructed well with 2 bigs that can't shoot. CP3 is stuck in an awful situation. I definitely take Houston over the Clips. The other two maybe, but Rockets are def right there.
I agree def Rockets on this list. I think they're better than people give them credit for. Also I think Westbrook deserves MVP over Harden. I just think D'Antoni is playing to his team's strengths and love what he's doing. He should win COY in my opinion if you're not giving it to Brett Brown
Haha ya I'd give to either DantonI or pop. Pop is kinda a God every year though.
Where did I say all the other teams are accurate lol.
Boston is in first place in the east right now and I think they could lose in the first round.
Because all you did was build a case against houston. Ofc Isaiah Thomas is going do be a fucking defensive liability. You try guarding people that literally have 6"+ on you every game.
Try guarding people when you have 2 really slow front court players in your most used front court and an elite offensive combo guard who doesn't play defense consistently. (Ryan Anderson, Clint Capela and James Harden). Capela is promising defensively, but hes very green in the league, and cant make up for andersons incompetence. Ariza and beverly can only do so much for that team defensively and then the bench takes over and u have defensive sieves on your bench. They're ranked 17th in defensive efficiency ahead of a few teams I think have better defensive players and compositions.
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