[Chronicle] How to beat the Warriors? It starts with discipline

They good. we bad.

 

The key to beating the Warriors is ball movement , and playing smart, team ball . We've done it in stretches . We need to be mentally locked in to move the ball and communicate on defense .

I'll take turnovers if they come as a product of gambling for easy offense in certain situations . We actually turn the ball over more when we play selfishly .

 

Re-Match!

The key to victory is simple, don't let them score more points than us.

BOOM!

Series Win!

 

Discipline takes time to develop. We aint got no time.

 

We are a Battier level player short.

DD

 

Discipline is an ok word for it . Focus is probably a better word . The rockets aren't completely undisciplined . We don't gamble on offense that much . We don't have a lot of turnovers going for Hail Mary fast break attempts , we don't really gamble for bad steals all that much .

What kills us is our lack of focus and commitment to playing good team ball . We go in and out of moving the ball around on offense and communicating on d. When we do those two things we are a very good team . Some of it corresponds to energy and getting your body moving ( why the coach loves brew) but a lot of it is just being in the zone and a moving the ball quickly and making decisive action .

When harden gets the ball on the move off the catch , when Howard runs the floor and we zip a pass to him 2 feet from the hoop . When we run pick and roll with Dmo and he quickly and under control reads the d and fires a pass for a 3 or goes to the rim to score . This is when we are at our best . Our second unit did this a lot last playoffs . Smith making great AND simple passes . Brewer running the floor , terry always in the right spot offensively . We just haven't done it consistently this year . These last two games against bad teams , we've done it pretty well . This is why I've got a little hope . Not becuase we beat them , not even becuase of by how much we beat them , but how we played .

If we can maintain focus and bring a teamwork , communicating , and moving the ball mindset we can play at our best , our best is quite good .

 

Rox obviously can't afford a slow start or loosing by 10 by halftime

 

For the Rockets to get unexpected results of winning, they have to do something that's unexpected- not playing Brewer and Terry for the most part. Play McDaniels and Goudelock instead.

 

good read. esp. jvg's part.

good coaches, right or wrong, at least have ideas (and often times good ones). cant say that about jbb.