2018 NBA Playoffs Thread

[Lovetohate3000]

Harden doesn’t need to learn anything from Russ. Not one

I don't know man. Maybe if he scowls ,yells and looks angry all the time he could be a good defender like Russ is .

 

[trynafeelmink]

Harden doesn’t need to learn anything from Russ. Not one

Maybe he doesn't need to learn anything from him, but he surely replicated Those bumass pullup threes & shot the same clip

 

[LebronHasMoreFinalsMVPs]

.77ppp > 0.0ppp

 

[yobyellav]

Sounds crazy but Celtics were a better team without kyrie. They blew out the cavs 3 times in the playoffs and with no kyrie they were a better defensive team.

Celts would’ve killed to have kyrie in game 6 or 7 when rozier went 0-10 from deep.

 

[antidope]

Dude don’t get no calls....Just ELITE at finishing at the rim without the benefit of The whistle. This is what it looks like when a guard makes timely drives and focusing on making the shot instead of drawing the foul......3ball not hitting....take it to the rim....and finish...



Also.....

Revenge. Tour. DUMMY

 

[LebronHasMoreFinalsMVPs]

Celts would’ve killed to have kyrie in game 6 or 7 when rozier went 0-10 from deep.

Very true

 

[Hahahaha]

One time for Steph Curry’s defense

Hahahaha Maximus Meridius @erupt

Rockets tapped out after the Refs ****** them over. Game was super over midway through the 3rd.

One thing I don't like is D'Antoni should have gotta T at least, maybe even thrown out in the third AND a bench player should have went in and cursed out a ref. That game was over after a few of those missed calls that led to 3's. At that point you got nothing to lose and need to get your team back in it.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Not posting up is not a hole in a guard's game. Especially when their entire offense is predicated around their ability to break defenders down off the dribble for an open 3, a shot in the paint, or a pass to an open teammate.

Bruh..when you can't get to the rack or hit 3s you need to go to the midrange and the post no matter what position you play. That's the whole point of a mid range/post game.. when that other **** aint working. That not being in their offense is part of the problem. Analytics say you should keep bricking threes tho because it's more efficient

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Westbrook: 0.83 PPP on post ups (40th percentile), 38% FG



Irving: 0.77 PPP on post ups (28th percentile), 41% FG

Harden shot 31% from 3 and at one point missed 18(?) straight

 

[LebronHasMoreFinalsMVPs]

Harden is 6 foot 5 he should be able to post up smaller guards

 

[ill steelo]

Dude don’t get no calls....Just ELITE at finishing at the rim without the benefit of The whistle. This is what it looks like when a guard makes timely drives and focusing on making the shot instead of drawing the foul......3ball not hitting....take it to the rim....and finish...



Also.....

After G1, He was dreadful in the 2nd half of games.

GSW was very beatable last night and he just wasn’t up for it.

 

[hardens beard]

Scott Foster

 

[LebronHasMoreFinalsMVPs]

Harden shot 31% from 3 and at one point missed 18(?) straight

It dont matter cause he crossed looney before he bricked

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Westbrook: 0.83 PPP on post ups (40th percentile), 38% FG



Irving: 0.77 PPP on post ups (28th percentile), 41% FG

We've seen Kyrie post up other PG's and get buckets. I do not care about these pointless stats.



Ya'll gotta stop reaching for any lil stat for help.

 

[MVP]

Harden shot 31% from 3 and at one point missed 18(?) straight

24 straight and 10 straight last night. What's the PPP on that?

 

[wavycrocket]

Revenge. Tour. DUMMY

Gahhh....already dummy

 

[hardens beard]

After G1, He was dreadful in the 2nd half of games.

GSW was very beatable last night and he just wasn’t up for it.

The Warriors did a good job of making him play defense. There was no time to catch his breathe

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Harden is 6 foot 5 he should be able to post up smaller guards

If only the warriors had a small guard who was food on defense for harden to take advantage of

 

[pums]

Harden used to post up more before under Mchale.

Developing a post game can only help IDC what the stats say. Posting up is an added offensive option if he can actually score there.It could take less energy to get to the cup since he gets the ball close.Can draw doubles and hes a talented passer. The thing with harden is he has a low release point and he isnt as tall as other post players so fadeaways are tricky.
Posting up smaller players is still good basketball if the guy knows what hes doing.

 

[hardens beard]

If only the warriors had a small guard who was food on defense for harden to take advantage of

The warriors would just do a pre switch?

 

[trynafeelmink]

Scott Foster

Scott Foster

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

The Warriors did a good job of making him play defense. There was no time to catch his breathe

So they attacked him on defense and let him jack 3s on tired legs? Interesting

 

[MVP]

The Warriors did a good job of making him play defense. There was no time to catch his breathe

And as KD said they knew him dribbling so much early would cause him to wear down. Which happened in every game after game 1.

 

[MVP]

Harden used to post up more before under Mchale.

Developing a post game can only help IDC what the stats say. Posting up is an added offensive option if he can actually score there.It could take less energy to get to the cup since he gets the ball close.Can draw doubles and hes a talented passer. The thing with harden is he has a low release point and he isnt as tall as other post players so fadeaways are tricky.
Posting up smaller players is still good basketball if the guy knows what hes doing.

Exactly.

 

[EddieDoyers]

Funny thing was that when Harden was able to get his matchup with Curry, instead of posting up, he would either spam going to basket inviting Draymond or Looney to help contest shot or dribble around for a good 8 to 10 seconds before settling for a contested 3 pointer.

Poor decision making as I have seen Harden have a post up game, he just didn't use it in this series.