The Rockets beat the Warriors with grit, and show why having a plan for a non-shooter is ESSENTIAL
The Rockets beat the Warriors with grit, and show why having a plan for a non-shooter is ESSENTIAL
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15 Comments
🚀🚀🚀 such an amazing game!
Real hoops !
Um.. Dillon,Tari and Amen are all first team defensive . Btw Kuminga has Jalen in a headlock .
The Sengun film isolation is a bit misleading.. a team attacking a center in drop coverage isn't some revelation of bad defense, its one team taking advantage of a defensive scheme. The Rockets adjusted in the 4th quarter. This same thing is what happened to Al Horford, an all world defensive center when the Celts played Warriors in the finals, and Steph and Dray spammed the DHOs because he wouldnt step up in drop coverage. Also Mavs attacked Gobert the raining DPOY in Drop. This just sounds like you trying to justify a preconceived label you've attached to a player. He has played this team before and has had great stretches, I expect better basketball breakdowns form you. Jabari was attacked in the post numerous times that's why they sent help, they also cut backdoor multiple times on many players. The reason Sengun wasn't pulled is because without him our half-court offense is worst ever. No one player can be perfect, HE IS A GOOD DEFENDER! liv with it.
I don’t want to hear a word about the refs from the Warriors while they continue to set lead blocks while calling them “screens”
Jalen Green is so underrated on defense. He has been locking people down this season.
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I noticed during the game that the Warriors got away with an awful lot of illegal screens that were moving to impede the defender and clearly was never set. Instead of a foul called on the illegal screener, the defender was called for a foul while trying to navigate around the moving screen
The intense defense played by the Rockets is so consistent.
Subscribed. Good job, Sam.
Why is FVV going over the screens at center court?? I get Curry is amazing shooter, but go under the screen when they're that high and stop leaving your center on an island 40 ft from the basket.
Excellent take 👌
Great video. I do feel like "much better on defense" isn't giving Sengun credit. He's been great defensively this season.
Even in this game he had some great defensive plays. Steph is tough to guard.
I wish you would have shown that block on Steph by Amen.
Or the poster Tari put draymond on.
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