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Watching the DVR, there is one point where Chris Webber is SCREAMING about a moving screen, then the replay shows that James Harden was actually dragging Jordan Bell by the arm, thus screening himself (lol). There's a metaphor there somewhere.
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Rick posted:Watching the DVR, there is one point where Chris Webber is SCREAMING about a moving screen, then the replay shows that James Harden was actually dragging Jordan Bell by the arm, thus screening himself (lol). When James sees an arm he can clamp he just can't resist.
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May 29, 2018 17:45
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Chris Webber also called one of the missed calls on Harden a six-point swing because the Warriors hit a three on their next possession.
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May 29, 2018 18:01
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i think he was talking about the back to back missed calls on 3s
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May 29, 2018 18:37
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Nobody has more game sense than chris webber
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May 29, 2018 23:42
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Pohl posted:Houston should have absolutely won this but they forgot how to rebound and they couldn't score. Morey may not believe it, but it's possible that a team might need something more than crashing to the hoop and contested threes when things get tight. Just a few midrange shots sprinkled in might have been drat useful to open things up, but that is not part of the Rockets' programming.
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May 30, 2018 00:55
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predicto posted:Morey may not believe it, but it's possible that a team might need something more than crashing to the hoop and contested threes when things get tight. Just a few midrange shots sprinkled in might have been drat useful to open things up, but that is not part of the Rockets' programming. So the things Chris Paul does?
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cosmicjim posted:So the things Chris Paul does? indeed might be useful for the other 11 guys to try it just a bit if Crisped Paul isn't on the court
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May 30, 2018 01:45
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predicto posted:Morey may not believe it, but it's possible that a team might need something more than crashing to the hoop and contested threes when things get tight. Just a few midrange shots sprinkled in might have been drat useful to open things up, but that is not part of the Rockets' programming. That's a reasonable common sense thing, and I agree with you in principle, if what you're doing isn't working you should humble yourself and try something else. But the problem lays with the Warriors having such a high expected points per shot and countering with midrange jumpers. Nobody's beaten them more than a game at a time playing like that, and it DEMANDS elite rebounding so that you keep getting the ball until you score (Spurs, Nuggets, Pistons regularly win a regular season game against them like this). If Houston thought they could have won by mixing in 10 or 20 more midrange shots, they would have done it.
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May 30, 2018 01:53
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Dejan Bimble posted:That's a reasonable common sense thing, and I agree with you in principle, if what you're doing isn't working you should humble yourself and try something else. But the problem lays with the Warriors having such a high expected points per shot and countering with midrange jumpers. Nobody's beaten them more than a game at a time playing like that, and it DEMANDS elite rebounding so that you keep getting the ball until you score (Spurs, Nuggets, Pistons regularly win a regular season game against them like this). If Houston thought they could have won by mixing in 10 or 20 more midrange shots, they would have done it. Yeah I’m not saying rely on midrange, or even use them heavily. Did the rockets even take one? Those drives were super hard because the warriors have good defenders who were completely selling out on defending the rim. You need to at least try to keep them off balance.
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May 30, 2018 02:49
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predicto posted:Yeah I’m not saying rely on midrange, or even use them heavily. Did the rockets even take one? Those drives were super hard because the warriors have good defenders who were completely selling out on defending the rim. You need to at least try to keep them off balance. 6:43 2nd: Gordon makes 3, followed by Harden missed 3 Capela makes layup Harden 3 blocked Gordon missed 3 Capela makes layup Harden makes dunk Gordon missed 3 Harden missed 3 Harden missed 3 Harden layup blocked Tucker missed 3 Capela makes dunk Capela makes layup Harden missed 3 Harden missed 3 Gordon makes layup [end 2nd] Harden missed 3 Harden makes 2 Ariza missed 3 Gordon 3 blocked Harden makes driving floater Harden missed 3 Tucker missed 3 Gordon missed 3 Ariza missed 3 Gordon layup blocked Ariza missed 3 Harden layup blocked Green missed layup Capela makes layup Ariza layup blocked Green missed 3 Harden missed layup Ariza missed 3 Gordon missed 3 Ariza missed 3 Harden missed 3 Johnson missed 3 Tucker makes layup Gordon makes 2 Gordon makes dunk [end 3rd] Harden makes driving floater Harden makes 2 Gordon missed 3 Ariza missed 3 Gordon missed 3 Capela makes 2 Harden missed 3 6:28 4th: Tucker makes 3 so it looks like they attempted 4 2-pointers that weren't dunks or layups and made all of them 
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Dejan Bimble posted:That's a reasonable common sense thing, and I agree with you in principle, if what you're doing isn't working you should humble yourself and try something else. But the problem lays with the Warriors having such a high expected points per shot and countering with midrange jumpers. Nobody's beaten them more than a game at a time playing like that, and it DEMANDS elite rebounding so that you keep getting the ball until you score (Spurs, Nuggets, Pistons regularly win a regular season game against them like this). If Houston thought they could have won by mixing in 10 or 20 more midrange shots, they would have done it. Warriors shoot a fair bit of mid-range themselves though. It opens up their game and it's a big reason KD is KD.
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Lockback posted:Warriors shoot a fair bit of mid-range themselves though. It opens up their game and it's a big reason KD is KD. Post ups from their bench guards and midrange jumpers from an offense only bench big have been a staple, but the Rockets took them out of that game. David West couldn't play. Shaun Livingston didn't do much. My contention since the galactically bad sixers team has always been that worse players need closer shots and against a great defense, it's not exactly a great idea to do something you haven't done at all for the first 90 something games of the season. There isn't a good correllation with contest % and 3p fg%, so statistically any 3p shot from a solid 3p shooter is good, but those things change when everyone is exhausted.
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KD took almost half of his shots this year from mid-range, it's not just bench guys.Dejan Bimble posted:There isn't a good correllation with contest % and 3p fg%, so statistically any 3p shot from a solid 3p shooter is good, but those things change when everyone is exhausted. This is not correct. Teams that tightly contest 3P shots see fewer threes taken as players instead pass out. You are thinking of old sportvu data from 2015 that said there was little difference but also claimed only 10% of threes were contested, it was bad categorization. I'm on my phone now but tomorrow I think I can find better data.
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Yeah it's generally not the best time to break something new out completely. If I was a Rocket fan though I'd hope that adding some elements to the game was an offseason challenge to take on. Harden probably has the strength to be a favorable post matchup against Curry or Klay, and it would sure help when exhausted to lean on that and a way to get to the line a lot too. Obviously it does not fit the efficiency model the Rockets are going for but it might be nice to have as a plan C.
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Rick posted:Yeah it's generally not the best time to break something new out completely. If I was a Rocket fan though I'd hope that adding some elements to the game was an offseason challenge to take on. Harden probably has the strength to be a favorable post matchup against Curry or Klay, and it would sure help when exhausted to lean on that and a way to get to the line a lot too. Obviously it does not fit the efficiency model the Rockets are going for but it might be nice to have as a plan C. I don' think that's the best strategy against GSW though. When you post against them it shrinks the floor which gives Green or KD time to double. And they are really good at scheming ways to keep Draymond close to the basket if the floor isn't super-spread. GSW has trouble against teams that can pull Green away from the hoop and then drive to the basket. Even Klay will take a dribble in and shoot a rhythm shot if his 3 isn't falling. Ariza and Gordon can do it. I'd assume Tucker can too, but his ball handling has always been iffy to me.
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Considering how loath Golden State was to switch or in any way leave the Rockets shooters I don't think they would send the double at Harden in the post--I mean if they didn't throw the double at AD in the post they probably aren't going to throw it at a Harden who will be significantly worse at it.
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Spite posted:I don' think that's the best strategy against GSW though. Eh, GSW only has real trouble on those plays when Iggy isn't on the court. Even then, it depends on the match up.
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Lockback posted:KD took almost half of his shots this year from mid-range, it's not just bench guys. I'd like to see it if you can find it, do you remember where it was written?
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Dejan Bimble posted:I'd like to see it if you can find it, do you remember where it was written? This does a pretty good job of explaining it: https://fansided.com/2017/03/20/nylon-calculus-quantifying-impact-length/ They also talk about how the NBA stats page on defended shots is likely flawed (I think its gotten better, but not sure). Basically, you can't just look at %'s and say defense doesn't do much because better 3pt shooters are taking shots earlier in the clock, and thus are more likely to move the ball. This plays out in stats: All teams are within 2% of average in opponent 3P% https://stats.nba.com/teams/opponent/?sort=OPP_FG3_PCT&dir=-1&Season=2017-18&SeasonType=Regular%20Season That correlates with the idea that you can't do much about shooting %s However, look at how team's opponents (who statistically are all about average 3P% teams) attempt 3s: https://stats.nba.com/teams/opponent/?sort=OPP_FG3A&dir=-1&Season=2017-18&SeasonType=Regular%20Season That's a 50% spread, with teams basically +/- 20% from the mean. And generally you get what you expect here, teams with long arms and well discplined defenses (Milwaukee, Utah, Spurs, Heat) are in the top-10. I don't think its right to assume coaches/players will always do the optimal thing, but I do think it makes sense that they will do the obvious one. If shooting contested vs open 3s didn't matter, they'd not put so much effort into generating them. Same with defending, but where the numbers pan out is the ability to stop teams from taking shots they know are not good. 3pt'ers are inherently different than drives, because it's a lot harder/more risky to pass out of.
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Lockback posted:This does a pretty good job of explaining it: That's good stuff and squares with common sense, that long defenders playing tight affect shots, I'm glard to see it's in some numbers.
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