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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
On December 03 2013 13:43 AxionSteel wrote: Teamliquid Streamer Gordon Hayward abusing the crap out of Harden's woeful defense tonight. Tried to hide on Burks at times but he went off as well. Did drop 37 himself but whatever!! Harden tried to tech expand at the same time; vulnerable to counter attacks. | ||
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Itsmedudeman
United States19229 Posts
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
Must be a quiet night when TD is trending on Twitter. | ||
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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ketomai
United States2789 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.minus.com/ioLc0vdLjmF4N.gif) How long till crazy english bounce passes are the norm? | ||
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AxionSteel
United States7754 Posts
On December 03 2013 15:36 Jerubaal wrote: Harden tried to tech expand at the same time; vulnerable to counter attacks. I think it's more of a case of Harden having very low APM on the defensive end! | ||
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
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DystopiaX
United States16236 Posts
On December 04 2013 11:57 zulu_nation8 wrote: this orlando philly game is kinda crazy I want to say that NOLA-CHI went to 3OT but no one cares about either team anymore | ||
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
On December 04 2013 12:09 DystopiaX wrote: I want to say that NOLA-CHI went to 3OT but no one cares about either team anymore Hey, Chicago is two games out of 3rd place. | ||
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usedtocare
United States243 Posts
On December 03 2013 16:05 Itsmedudeman wrote: Damn, Blazers beat the Pacers. Gotta give em some respect for that. But they are legitimately good... | ||
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AppleSauce123
Denmark148 Posts
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Doraemon
Australia14949 Posts
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seiferoth10
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Scarecrow
Korea (South)9175 Posts
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Doraemon
Australia14949 Posts
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Yang Wenli
United States2283 Posts
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
BBallBreakdown had a good video on them. Matthews is playing waaay above his level right now (dude is shooting 51% from 3) but LMA is below his so it kind of evens out. Last year they were a heavy 3pt shooting team, but they just weren't making them. Now they are. Their defense is mediocre at best, yet they're #2 in opponent 3pt %. It might not be because they're actually good at 3pt defense, it just might be the teams they've played so far. Their transition offense is #2 in the league, but they aren't great at defensive rebounding, blocks or steals, which is normally how you get transition points. Most of it is just that they take a ton of pullup 3's in transition, so they don't really need as much of a head start as a normal transition team would. Their transition defense is also very good, but as a top offensive rebounding team, it might just be an anomaly. As the season moves on, they'll have to deal with teams adjusting to their 3pt shooting (especially in transition), their shooting %'s normalizing and fatigue from playing their starters so much. At this point, I think it's pre-mature to call them a contender. Weak bench and poor defensive scheme will hold them back, especially as some of the shooting comes back to earth. I think I'd still put them in front of the mess of the Rockets, but I think I'd still take OKC, Spurs and Clips. I will say the Rose Garden or w/e it's called now is a damn tough place to play. | ||
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PureLuckz
United States137 Posts
Did the majority of the teams in that conference decide to check out while Lebron and co. are teamed up? Is the draft class so amazing that teams are competing to lose instead of competing to win? This conference right now is a disgrace to any competitive sport. Has it ever been this bad before? | ||
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DystopiaX
United States16236 Posts
basically the teams that want to tank are tanking, all the teams that didn't want to tank have suffered various setbacks. I expect NYK and CLE to improve especially, and Washington hit .500 and traditionally start out slow for whatever reason. On December 04 2013 15:28 Jibba wrote: BBallBreakdown had a good video on them. Matthews is playing waaay above his level right now (dude is shooting 51% from 3) but LMA is below his so it kind of evens out. Last year they were a heavy 3pt shooting team, but they just weren't making them. Now they are. Their defense is mediocre at best, yet they're #2 in opponent 3pt %. It might not be because they're actually good at 3pt defense, it just might be the teams they've played so far. Their transition offense is #2 in the league, but they aren't great at defensive rebounding, blocks or steals, which is normally how you get transition points. Most of it is just that they take a ton of pullup 3's in transition, so they don't really need as much of a head start as a normal transition team would. Their transition defense is also very good, but as a top offensive rebounding team, it might just be an anomaly. As the season moves on, they'll have to deal with teams adjusting to their 3pt shooting (especially in transition), their shooting %'s normalizing and fatigue from playing their starters so much. At this point, I think it's pre-mature to call them a contender. Weak bench and poor defensive scheme will hold them back, especially as some of the shooting comes back to earth. I think I'd still put them in front of the mess of the Rockets, but I think I'd still take OKC, Spurs and Clips. I will say the Rose Garden or w/e it's called now is a damn tough place to play. it's cause their new defensive scheme revolves around not allowing 3pt shots at all, even if it means giving up open midrange jumpers or even shots in the paint. Their offense reminds me of NYK last year where they got off to a hot start cause everyone was making their 3s. Effective in the regular season but once playoffs reach and opponents are both more focused and have more time to scout their offense they won't shoot as well. Agree with you regarding their defense, other than their stellar 3pt defense everything else is mediocre at best. I think they're a legit regular season team but I don't think they'll be a deep playoff threat. | ||
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