Toronto tied the series with a good win. Leonard show's why he is the leader of this team with 39 points and hitting a clutch three with 1 minute to go. And good to see Gasol and Lowry stepping and scoring 16 and 14 points, the score 101-96.
Nuggets was able to tie the series as well, winning 116-112. Jokic has a triple double, had 21 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists, while McCollum had 29 points and Lillard added 28 points.
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Again with the intense game of Denver and Portland. Both are really good with their defense. It is not the usual Portland but looks like they are trying to at least handle it all.
If I am the Denver coach, they'd better get some new plays.
Plays for Murray who can shoot inside and outside and also for Jokic for post up plays.
Make the paint as movable as possible for him. The switches should come faster if a double team comes near Jokic. They need to be free and shoot without hesitation.
No worries about the passing ability of Jokic. He can do it even while posting.
If I am the Denver coach, they'd better get some new plays.
Plays for Murray who can shoot inside and outside and also for Jokic for post up plays.
Make the paint as movable as possible for him. The switches should come faster if a double team comes near Jokic. They need to be free and shoot without hesitation.
No worries about the passing ability of Jokic. He can do it even while posting.
And they should practice more in shooting to improve their efficiency.
Blazers are shooting well especially in the 3 point territory and they do it without hesitation.
CJ, Lillard, Curry, and Hood are all good shooters, they have a lot of option and even big man shoots 3, expect Canter I guess.
Again with the intense game of Denver and Portland. Both are really good with their defense. It is not the usual Portland but looks like they are trying to at least handle it all.
If I am the Denver coach, they'd better get some new plays.
Plays for Murray who can shoot inside and outside and also for Jokic for post up plays.
Make the paint as movable as possible for him. The switches should come faster if a double team comes near Jokic. They need to be free and shoot without hesitation.
No worries about the passing ability of Jokic. He can do it even while posting.
If I am the Denver coach, they'd better get some new plays.
Plays for Murray who can shoot inside and outside and also for Jokic for post up plays.
Make the paint as movable as possible for him. The switches should come faster if a double team comes near Jokic. They need to be free and shoot without hesitation.
No worries about the passing ability of Jokic. He can do it even while posting.
In the other hand, Curry's presence this coming game will be the game changer as KD and the rest playing in a good shapes.
He wasn't playing last game, he needs to step up in game 4.
Durant will remain their top scorer, I think he will make 50 points in game 4 or more, lol.. but even though he will make more but
with less support from his teammates, they will loss again. Warriors are a great team, they don't loss back to back games much, they'll win tomorrow I guess.
Game 4 coming tomorrow, I think the Warriors will play more defense here as they will try to make this series 3-1
Defense will be the big factors for this game, both teams have superb performance in terms of offensive attacks, but the defense will bring the win, I'm sure a lots of adjustment will happen seeing that the whole team of Houston is no longer relying with hardens capabilities but they are also participating and really playing as a team.
In the other hand, Curry's presence this coming game will be the game changer as KD and the rest playing in a good shapes.
Curry has somewhat a lot of loose strings to tie this year. Not just his shooting percentage was down but his fouls committed, but un-characteristics of him.
Curry's performance were down during the playoffs, that's what I notice, maybe some injury bothered him, like his usual ankle injury.
That makes him less effective in defense that's why he committed more fouls, I guess.
Gordon is the big factor in their win, first two games he was a non factor but this time he exploded thus opening the game for Houston, and of course Tucker contribution on the defense as well.
He is very reliable as a shooter, he needs to shoot more especially in the 3 points line so the defense of the Warriors will not only be focus on Harden.
Game 4 coming tomorrow, I think the Warriors will play more defense here as they will try to make this series 3-1
All it took for rockets to win was getting Eric Gordon to 30 points and play like a maniac and making curry miss all his shots on the over time. This doesn't really look that good for rockets on paper, they had to really pull the plug on the fourth quarter and they could but they failed, this was a needless overtime for them.
Warriors is still the best team in the league but every single day it shows a bit more clearly that if Durant leaves one day (which I believe he will, it doesn't feel like he will retire here) then warriors dynasty will end, they can't really be that good without Durant, they will be alright of course but not this good and certainly not the guaranteed finals again, I even think rockets will be better than them if Durant leaves. This is going to be a very tough free agency for warriors, they have to do whatever it takes to keep Durant.
Warriors is still the best team in the league but every single day it shows a bit more clearly that if Durant leaves one day (which I believe he will, it doesn't feel like he will retire here) then warriors dynasty will end, they can't really be that good without Durant, they will be alright of course but not this good and certainly not the guaranteed finals again, I even think rockets will be better than them if Durant leaves. This is going to be a very tough free agency for warriors, they have to do whatever it takes to keep Durant.
That is actually true. Warriors kinda struggled these past few games with Durant carrying the team with his insane shooting combined with his crossover moves. Rockets showed an impressive game tonight with Gordon hitting those 3s and Harden making those step backs. But the unsung hero here is PJ Tucker who gave his defensive momentum on the team.
Overall, I do agree that Warriors would win this season but they need to address the issue of Durant leaving the team anytime soon (maybe he may sign with Lakers?). By the way, the last second free-dunk of Curry was hilarious! The bench's reaction was unparalleled!
fail dunk was hilarious with having that kind of chance they could still possibly able to tie or make it on 2nd overtime if they can able to steal rockets ball if curry do able to score it up successfully.
Its too embarrassing for sure on what he have done. lol
Curry has somewhat a lot of loose strings to tie this year. Not just his shooting percentage was down but his fouls committed, but un-characteristics of him. Gordon is the big factor in their win, first two games he was a non factor but this time he exploded thus opening the game for Houston, and of course Tucker contribution on the defense as well.
All it took for rockets to win was getting Eric Gordon to 30 points and play like a maniac and making curry miss all his shots on the over time. This doesn't really look that good for rockets on paper, they had to really pull the plug on the fourth quarter and they could but they failed, this was a needless overtime for them.
Warriors is still the best team in the league but every single day it shows a bit more clearly that if Durant leaves one day (which I believe he will, it doesn't feel like he will retire here) then warriors dynasty will end, they can't really be that good without Durant, they will be alright of course but not this good and certainly not the guaranteed finals again, I even think rockets will be better than them if Durant leaves. This is going to be a very tough free agency for warriors, they have to do whatever it takes to keep Durant.
Harden needs help from other players especially CP3. He isn't playing well in the series. Yes some of them are good in defending like Tucker and Gordon but they need to step up too in the offensive side so that they have a chance to win the series because at this moment, Warriors are the choice to win in this series. Curry isn't playing well too yesterday but the margin is not that many. They win by 5 points only. Warriors is still the best team in the league but every single day it shows a bit more clearly that if Durant leaves one day (which I believe he will, it doesn't feel like he will retire here) then warriors dynasty will end, they can't really be that good without Durant, they will be alright of course but not this good and certainly not the guaranteed finals again, I even think rockets will be better than them if Durant leaves. This is going to be a very tough free agency for warriors, they have to do whatever it takes to keep Durant.
Durant will be a free agent after this season and I think they will try to acquire him for the next season. Durant played really well in the Warriors in the past 3 years. I think the Warriors management will do everything to let Durant stay. Maybe they will do what the Pelicans did to Davis
.Did you see when Harden was injured in game 2, it was Paul who set some plays as he hold the ball so he can make his teammates play better.
Harden can easily be trap if he holds the as he consumes too much time dribbling the ball.
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All it took for rockets to win was getting Eric Gordon to 30 points and play like a maniac and making curry miss all his shots on the over time. This doesn't really look that good for rockets on paper, they had to really pull the plug on the fourth quarter and they could but they failed, this was a needless overtime for them.
Warriors is still the best team in the league but every single day it shows a bit more clearly that if Durant leaves one day (which I believe he will, it doesn't feel like he will retire here) then warriors dynasty will end, they can't really be that good without Durant, they will be alright of course but not this good and certainly not the guaranteed finals again, I even think rockets will be better than them if Durant leaves. This is going to be a very tough free agency for warriors, they have to do whatever it takes to keep Durant.
Harden needs help from other players especially CP3. He isn't playing well in the series. Yes some of them are good in defending like Tucker and Gordon but they need to step up too in the offensive side so that they have a chance to win the series because at this moment, Warriors are the choice to win in this series. Curry isn't playing well too yesterday but the margin is not that many. They win by 5 points only. Warriors is still the best team in the league but every single day it shows a bit more clearly that if Durant leaves one day (which I believe he will, it doesn't feel like he will retire here) then warriors dynasty will end, they can't really be that good without Durant, they will be alright of course but not this good and certainly not the guaranteed finals again, I even think rockets will be better than them if Durant leaves. This is going to be a very tough free agency for warriors, they have to do whatever it takes to keep Durant.
Durant will be a free agent after this season and I think they will try to acquire him for the next season. Durant played really well in the Warriors in the past 3 years. I think the Warriors management will do everything to let Durant stay. Maybe they will do what the Pelicans did to Davis
. All it took for rockets to win was getting Eric Gordon to 30 points and play like a maniac and making curry miss all his shots on the over time. This doesn't really look that good for rockets on paper, they had to really pull the plug on the fourth quarter and they could but they failed, this was a needless overtime for them.
CP3 is the lacking piece here, he is under performing in relation to expectation. The guy is averaging 16 points the last three games and he is making $40 million a year. Good point right there! Its very evident that the Rockets struggles a lot to win this series.
While CP3 has always been their missing piece. I remember when he got injured in the playoffs last year, the Rockets couldnt even pull a W compared when CP3 is playing. So, I have to agree on the word "underperforming". I know he could play better than what he have been showing us from the last 3 games.
Im afraid this could only be their win against GSW.
All it took for rockets to win was getting Eric Gordon to 30 points and play like a maniac and making curry miss all his shots on the over time. This doesn't really look that good for rockets on paper, they had to really pull the plug on the fourth quarter and they could but they failed, this was a needless overtime for them.
This is not good for the Rockets as they can't always make Curry have an off night, eventually he will explode and this could be a nightmare for the Rockets if he do. CP3 is the lacking piece here, he is under performing in relation to expectation. The guy is averaging 16 points the last three games and he is making $40 million a year. 
Portland and denver series look to be the most exciting playoffs of them all so far. With overtime and their star players going at it like nobodys business. It is going to be tied tonight just to prolong this one. Jokic will make certain the way he has been playing as of late with triple doubles coming to him so easily against the blazers. He just loves to work them on the inside.
Nurkic showed up for the game and doesnt look like he has a cast on so probably had a steel pin put in his leg to keep his leg together. Glad to see him on the bench to support them sitting next to his team mates for this home game.
Nurkic showed up for the game and doesnt look like he has a cast on so probably had a steel pin put in his leg to keep his leg together. Glad to see him on the bench to support them sitting next to his team mates for this home game.
All it took for rockets to win was getting Eric Gordon to 30 points and play like a maniac and making curry miss all his shots on the over time. This doesn't really look that good for rockets on paper, they had to really pull the plug on the fourth quarter and they could but they failed, this was a needless overtime for them.
Warriors is still the best team in the league but every single day it shows a bit more clearly that if Durant leaves one day (which I believe he will, it doesn't feel like he will retire here) then warriors dynasty will end, they can't really be that good without Durant, they will be alright of course but not this good and certainly not the guaranteed finals again, I even think rockets will be better than them if Durant leaves. This is going to be a very tough free agency for warriors, they have to do whatever it takes to keep Durant.
Warriors is still the best team in the league but every single day it shows a bit more clearly that if Durant leaves one day (which I believe he will, it doesn't feel like he will retire here) then warriors dynasty will end, they can't really be that good without Durant, they will be alright of course but not this good and certainly not the guaranteed finals again, I even think rockets will be better than them if Durant leaves. This is going to be a very tough free agency for warriors, they have to do whatever it takes to keep Durant.
That is actually true. Warriors kinda struggled these past few games with Durant carrying the team with his insane shooting combined with his crossover moves. Rockets showed an impressive game tonight with Gordon hitting those 3s and Harden making those step backs. But the unsung hero here is PJ Tucker who gave his defensive momentum on the team.
Overall, I do agree that Warriors would win this season but they need to address the issue of Durant leaving the team anytime soon (maybe he may sign with Lakers?). By the way, the last second free-dunk of Curry was hilarious! The bench's reaction was unparalleled!
fail dunk was hilarious with having that kind of chance they could still possibly able to tie or make it on 2nd overtime if they can able to steal rockets ball if curry do able to score it up successfully.
Its too embarrassing for sure on what he have done. lol
All it took for rockets to win was getting Eric Gordon to 30 points and play like a maniac and making curry miss all his shots on the over time. This doesn't really look that good for rockets on paper, they had to really pull the plug on the fourth quarter and they could but they failed, this was a needless overtime for them.
Warriors is still the best team in the league but every single day it shows a bit more clearly that if Durant leaves one day (which I believe he will, it doesn't feel like he will retire here) then warriors dynasty will end, they can't really be that good without Durant, they will be alright of course but not this good and certainly not the guaranteed finals again, I even think rockets will be better than them if Durant leaves. This is going to be a very tough free agency for warriors, they have to do whatever it takes to keep Durant.
Harden was missing shots at the last quarter but thanks to his teammates that showed hassle and defense down the stretch especially gordon and tucker, Rockets showed what the real meaning of team defense up to the overtime without a doubt because Steph Curry was scoreless in the 4th quarter and only averaging 30.4%FG in game 3.Warriors is still the best team in the league but every single day it shows a bit more clearly that if Durant leaves one day (which I believe he will, it doesn't feel like he will retire here) then warriors dynasty will end, they can't really be that good without Durant, they will be alright of course but not this good and certainly not the guaranteed finals again, I even think rockets will be better than them if Durant leaves. This is going to be a very tough free agency for warriors, they have to do whatever it takes to keep Durant.
What I see in this series would be so exhausting to the rockets because they are all out in the whole 48 minutes.
All it took for rockets to win was getting Eric Gordon to 30 points and play like a maniac and making curry miss all his shots on the over time. This doesn't really look that good for rockets on paper, they had to really pull the plug on the fourth quarter and they could but they failed, this was a needless overtime for them.
Warriors is still the best team in the league but every single day it shows a bit more clearly that if Durant leaves one day (which I believe he will, it doesn't feel like he will retire here) then warriors dynasty will end, they can't really be that good without Durant, they will be alright of course but not this good and certainly not the guaranteed finals again, I even think rockets will be better than them if Durant leaves. This is going to be a very tough free agency for warriors, they have to do whatever it takes to keep Durant.
Warriors is still the best team in the league but every single day it shows a bit more clearly that if Durant leaves one day (which I believe he will, it doesn't feel like he will retire here) then warriors dynasty will end, they can't really be that good without Durant, they will be alright of course but not this good and certainly not the guaranteed finals again, I even think rockets will be better than them if Durant leaves. This is going to be a very tough free agency for warriors, they have to do whatever it takes to keep Durant.
That is actually true. Warriors kinda struggled these past few games with Durant carrying the team with his insane shooting combined with his crossover moves. Rockets showed an impressive game tonight with Gordon hitting those 3s and Harden making those step backs. But the unsung hero here is PJ Tucker who gave his defensive momentum on the team.
Overall, I do agree that Warriors would win this season but they need to address the issue of Durant leaving the team anytime soon (maybe he may sign with Lakers?). By the way, the last second free-dunk of Curry was hilarious! The bench's reaction was unparalleled!
All it took for rockets to win was getting Eric Gordon to 30 points and play like a maniac and making curry miss all his shots on the over time. This doesn't really look that good for rockets on paper, they had to really pull the plug on the fourth quarter and they could but they failed, this was a needless overtime for them.
Warriors is still the best team in the league but every single day it shows a bit more clearly that if Durant leaves one day (which I believe he will, it doesn't feel like he will retire here) then warriors dynasty will end, they can't really be that good without Durant, they will be alright of course but not this good and certainly not the guaranteed finals again, I even think rockets will be better than them if Durant leaves. This is going to be a very tough free agency for warriors, they have to do whatever it takes to keep Durant.
Warriors is still the best team in the league but every single day it shows a bit more clearly that if Durant leaves one day (which I believe he will, it doesn't feel like he will retire here) then warriors dynasty will end, they can't really be that good without Durant, they will be alright of course but not this good and certainly not the guaranteed finals again, I even think rockets will be better than them if Durant leaves. This is going to be a very tough free agency for warriors, they have to do whatever it takes to keep Durant.
That is just a 5 point lead with a lot of seconds remaining.
They are one of the teams with a high opportunity to get a bucket in just 5 seconds with their offensive power.
They are one of the teams with a high opportunity to get a bucket in just 5 seconds with their offensive power.
Didn't understand too what they did. Yes they will lose but it's way better if they fought til the last second like their usual. The failed missed uncontested shot by Curry looks like crashed their morale. Yes they lead the series and no things to rush but that's not the usual GSW we know.
On the bright side, even Curry does have an off-night, they still managed to get closed to the Rockets.
Portland Trail Blazers and Denver Nuggets quadruple overtime during their Game 3 series, that's what we want to see. Intense game until the end. And unpredictable who will win.
Almost a 5th OT if Jokic able to drained down his 1st attempt at freethrow during the final seconds.
A big respect to both of these team! Game 4 later on. Expecting a closed and intense match again.
I dont get it.
Why the hell this players are just surrendering a road to the Finals just like that.
First it was Spurs against Denver who just let go of just a small lead. Get that foul and make them do the freethrows and try to shoot the ball in just a manner of seconds and do it over and over again until the last buzzer sounds.
Are they still for the goal of a championship or are they just really confused with what to do?
Now it is GSW against Houston. That is just a 5 point lead with a lot of seconds remaining.
They are one of the teams with a high opportunity to get a bucket in just 5 seconds with their offensive power.
They just let go a possible 3rd win which could make them comfortable for the next game without much tense.
I know they Curry and Thompson have been off night but yet there is Durant and Iggy who have been shooting great.
Me as a player would be mad at myself for not doing anything if I got a chance.
Why the hell this players are just surrendering a road to the Finals just like that.
First it was Spurs against Denver who just let go of just a small lead. Get that foul and make them do the freethrows and try to shoot the ball in just a manner of seconds and do it over and over again until the last buzzer sounds.
Are they still for the goal of a championship or are they just really confused with what to do?
Now it is GSW against Houston. That is just a 5 point lead with a lot of seconds remaining.
They are one of the teams with a high opportunity to get a bucket in just 5 seconds with their offensive power.
They just let go a possible 3rd win which could make them comfortable for the next game without much tense.
I know they Curry and Thompson have been off night but yet there is Durant and Iggy who have been shooting great.
Me as a player would be mad at myself for not doing anything if I got a chance.
The Rockets won against the Warriors in Overtime 126-121.
Superb game from Harden and Gordon. Good game too for Durant but can't get the victory. Now the score of the series is 2-1. Curry also struggled on this game. On the last seconds of the game, Curry made another blooper when he make a dunk but it went on its rim and after that they didn't foul on the last 15 seconds maybe because of frustration but anyway good game for the both of them. Its just the Rockets get the victory.
Wow, I will watch the highlights later on. I am excited to see how the rockets manage to win in this difficult team or the team of champions. Usually though I do like the GSE team for it has a lot of good players but I am always cheering for the underdog. I would like to see another game rather than seeing the same team playing for championships. GSW had already prove its worth so it is time also for the other teams to shine. Superb game from Harden and Gordon. Good game too for Durant but can't get the victory. Now the score of the series is 2-1. Curry also struggled on this game. On the last seconds of the game, Curry made another blooper when he make a dunk but it went on its rim
and after that they didn't foul on the last 15 seconds maybe because of frustration but anyway good game for the both of them. Its just the Rockets get the victory.This is the way I do like to see on NBA. Hopefully celtics also will be able to get into championship game.
The way they are playing now, it's hard to remove the possibly that they will be back in the finals again.
Rockets vs Warriors series could likely be the West Finals because they are the best teams in the West, whoever wins this series can easily dispatch the winning team in the Nuggets and Blazers series IMHO.
They still lead the series so I guess they are still the favorite to win. But as I have said in my previous post, this will be an easy series for them so I believed that they can close out Houston in the next 3 games.
But who ever they face in Nuggets in Blazers will not be a walk in the park as compare to Houston. Will be a tough match up and style of play. But we will see. The game is really very interesting and every NBA fans is very happy specially the OT's game of Nuggets and Blazers.
The rockets against the warriors is no easy series though. As you can see both teams are the best in offense yet it all comes down to how they react to the offense the other team has offered. Though the warriors has the upper edge but the rockets also played their hearts out to get the win.
The Rockets won against the Warriors in Overtime 126-121.
Superb game from Harden and Gordon. Good game too for Durant but can't get the victory. Now the score of the series is 2-1. Curry also struggled on this game. On the last seconds of the game, Curry made another blooper when he make a dunk but it went on its rim and after that they didn't foul on the last 15 seconds maybe because of frustration but anyway good game for the both of them. Its just the Rockets get the victory.
Wow, I will watch the highlights later on. I am excited to see how the rockets manage to win in this difficult team or the team of champions. Usually though I do like the GSE team for it has a lot of good players but I am always cheering for the underdog. I would like to see another game rather than seeing the same team playing for championships. GSW had already prove its worth so it is time also for the other teams to shine. Superb game from Harden and Gordon. Good game too for Durant but can't get the victory. Now the score of the series is 2-1. Curry also struggled on this game. On the last seconds of the game, Curry made another blooper when he make a dunk but it went on its rim
and after that they didn't foul on the last 15 seconds maybe because of frustration but anyway good game for the both of them. Its just the Rockets get the victory.This is the way I do like to see on NBA. Hopefully celtics also will be able to get into championship game.
The way they are playing now, it's hard to remove the possibly that they will be back in the finals again.
Rockets vs Warriors series could likely be the West Finals because they are the best teams in the West, whoever wins this series can easily dispatch the winning team in the Nuggets and Blazers series IMHO.
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