Game Debrief: What Went Right And What Went Wrong?

I'm starting to doubt your talent analysis skills.

 

For once

 

This was a must win game and the team found a way to win

Rockets helped by shooting by going 5-28 from the 3 line 18%

Rui 21 pts 6 reb 2 ast 1 blk nice to see him get some rebounds

DA 7 pts 16 reb 1 ast 1 blk

Jake 7 pts 5 reb 1 blk

Smart 7 pts 7 reb 1 ast 2 stl 2 blk

 

strong game from lebron; liked the game-long concerted effort to get him the ball in the post.

smart set the tone defensively, and tbh, reaves had a very good game defensively (tons of deflections/disruptions, good work boxing out), and even rui did a good job there.

going back to letting ayton play sengun mostly without help was good, as was attacking the sheppard/sengun tandem in pick and rolls and isos.

without durant, houston's offense is just fatally flawed, so that helped us. and we finally stopped with the live ball turnovers that led to breaks. only 10 turnovers was the key. meant we got to get houston into the halfcourt, where they're actually pretty easy to stop. this is part of why game 5 was so incredibly frustrating to me.

anyway, i'm pleasantly surprised by the series outcome. good coaching overall, good execution in games 1,2, and 6.