Game Debrief: What Went Right And What Went Wrong?

Great game by the Old Man- he completely controlled the game by dishing out all those assists in the first.
Luke was hitting from everywhere!
Ayton was great and was dependable on both ends.
Hachi hit a bunch of jumpers.
Defense was pretty good, even though we didn’t box out enough.

 

Team just came out and took care of business. Everyone stepped up. We looked good from beginning to the end.

definitely gave me hope for the series.

 

played great defensively. i think durant negates that, but you still have to go out and do it against who they have, and we did.

outstanding game from lebron on both ends; not surprised.

was semi-surprised by kennard, but only because it was a gaudy 5-5. he's not a guy who's afraid of the spotlights, and that's great.

houston did well on the offensive boards, as expected, but i think a lot of that is just stuff we'll have to deal with--they're more athletic, and several of them weren't about us being in bad position or anything.

the only real room for improvement was the turnovers (that stretch in the late second was bad and unnecessary) and the missed FTs (c'mon...).

anyway, great to get a game 1!

 

That first offensive series to start the game had me thinking, "oh nooooo". We definitely had problems controlling the ball, hope we can improve that. I see a glimmer of hope here, see how I feel after Durant comes back.