Mike DAntoni is a Genius, Harden, Paul Playing Heavy Minutes During Blowouts Wins is Paying off Now

And what do you know...there's a method to his madness. These people are professionals for a reason.

 

One injury would blow this theory away and make him look like a fool

 

#TeamRhythm over #TeamRest.

We have come full circle.

 

so what does kawhi being out for the spurs make them look like? they're the masters at rest right

 

Playing scared you’re gonna lose anyway.

Had to go all out cause of the stakes

 

Love Nick's comment paraphrasing Van Gundy about Steph:

"He's the only player in this league that when he's great he's great. But when he's not great he's hurt"

 

i started that rest vs rust thread thinking it would be 50/50 but almost everyone wanted rest.

after they got rest and looked like preseason form in round 1 everyone switched over.

we are a rhythm team. it was clear that it took like 4 games in round 1 to get it back... and both losses to the warriors were after extended breaks. this team needs to play every other night to stay sharp and be at their best.

 

good observations!

 

90% of what we attribute to strategic brilliance is accident. My favorite from last night was CP making his second free throw. When D'Antoni was asked about the thinking there, he basically laughed and said there was no time to think it through.

 

Not sure I buy that theory, maybe theRockets are more used to heavy minutes but our guys looked tired on offense too, just wanted it more. I still would like to see MDA trust Joe or Mbah for a few minutes. Rudy T used to test bench guys and if they performed played them later in the game. Ryno has checked out though, he’s just not a player anymore and has quit.

 

MDA has got to go more than 7 deep in Game 5. I don't want our guys to be gassed by Game 7 if we get there. Best case scenario is we can get an early lead allowing MDA to use Luc, Joe or Ryno for a few minutes, and of course Gerald Green. I would love to see Gerald/Luc/Joe/Ryno combine for 30 minutes, and Capela be effective enough to play for 30 minutes. Then you can spread the other 180 minutes evenly between Harden/Paul/Gordon/Ariza/Tucker, for 36 minutes apiece. However, we may want to use the Tuckwagon lineup more, so Tucker may need to go 42 minutes while Capela only goes for 24, or something along those lines.

 

What he is not saying was I trusted my players, especially my stars to make the right decision. CP3 failed and I’m glad we didn’t pay for it.

 

More like Luc isn't 100% and they killed Anderson's confidence so they had no choice.

 

thats great...
me sitting in my living room watching was like 'wtf! u bounce that off the back iron and let that last .5 second dribble away...' ....fundamental....
nice to know MDA was on top of it... smh....

 

What if the game was close, then would it even matter.

 

I don't think the minutes have anything to do with it. Benches always shorten in the postseason, and it's only been the Warriors with an embarrassment of talented players that have had the fortune of going deep into their bench in the playoffs. A lot of that, as we're learning, is because they haven't faced competition that has really exposed their bench, and before last night, we really hadn't either. But last night changed everything, and I hope we keep this up. Looney was a liability on the floor, Young was a joke, and Bell was abused on D. Livingston was the only serviceable bench player and Kerr was forced to keep those others on the bench - if we keep playing with the same level of intensity, I suspect those guys will continue riding the bench.

 

The whole quote was what if he missed the second one completely and they get to inbound. If they fouled on the inbound, what if they get off a shooting motion at the three point line. Or what if...