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Just play like you did the previous quarter and end this game. No reason at all to allow a comeback.
Houston Rockets 2017 Preseason Thread - Spurs MyPlayers Take Over
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To be fair, he started 3/3 because harden left him compleeetely wide open. He started running at him in the second half and Roberson was shook then...stepping out of bounds a couple of times or passing it away quickly instead of shooting.
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Excellent
went exactly how i wanted and how it should have. Only thing is, Lou and Gordon have to provide more. Ryno didn't score much, but he was very active and actually played like he's 6'10". Fantastic game from guys all around, especially Harden and Bev. All Adams' tackle did was piss Bev off, the game basically caught fire after that 
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I wish we could have spread that 30 point margin over the 1st 3 games instead of 1
Hope we don't let up but try to step on their necks through constant execution and staying focused all series
Hope we don't let up but try to step on their necks through constant execution and staying focused all series
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I wish we could have spread that 30 point margin over the 1st 3 games instead of 1
Hope we don't let up but try to step on their necks through constant execution and staying focused all series
The amount of focus they had last night was fantastic. They played the passing lanes so well, looking pretty Warriors-like swiping every time a pass was made. And they really made OKC's bugs look very ineffective
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we need to smack the sh*t out of OKC (SWEEP) if we're really talking about playing playoff basketball.
Can't be out here losing to one player with a stagnant ball watching offense like we had with McHale
OKC offense is a carbon copy of Mchale's offense. Straight cringeworthy
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NBA Playoffs 2017: Russell Westbrook says the Rockets' defense can't stop him
Russell Westbrook scored 22 points on 6-of-23 shooting in Game 1 of the first-round series against the Houston Rockets, and while he might be known nationally as the triple-double machine, the only triple-double he was close to notching was with points (22), rebounds (11) and turnovers (9).
The Rockets kept him from taking over the game for the most part as a team with their suffocating defense, and in 26 minutes on the floor, defensive stalwart Patrick Beverley did his part in keeping the MVP candidate in check.
Even so, Russell Westbrook isn't giving the Rockets credit for their performance. Nor is he paying homage to Beverley for his defense -- or at least he's not willing to do it publicly.
"[Beverley] is a good defender for their team, but I don't worry about nobody, how they're defending. I can pretty much do what I want to do," Westbrook told ESPN.
Westbrook's been in the league since 2008, and this is certainly not his first time in the playoffs. He's only 28 years old, but he's been around the block enough to see just about everything defenses are going to throw at him. Still, though, the lack of disregard for Beverley's defense on him, which could be a concern for OKC's playoff hopes, is a bit surprising. Westbrook had just eight points on 3-for-9 shooting and two turnovers when Beverley was guarding.
"I never worry about what other guys are doing; it doesn't bother me. I've seen it all already," Westbrook said.
Westbrook's lackluster game, from a statistical standpoint, could be in part because of his time on the court, and in part because of Houston's defense. He played just 13 minutes in the second half because of the lopsided contest that fell in favor of the Rockets, after all.
As the series moves on, we'll learn more about whether or not Houston can keep the clamps on Westbrook, or if Game 1 was an anomaly for an otherwise MVP caliber series for the Thunder point guard.
Game 2 of the series tips at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday night in Houston.
Russell Westbrook scored 22 points on 6-of-23 shooting in Game 1 of the first-round series against the Houston Rockets, and while he might be known nationally as the triple-double machine, the only triple-double he was close to notching was with points (22), rebounds (11) and turnovers (9).
The Rockets kept him from taking over the game for the most part as a team with their suffocating defense, and in 26 minutes on the floor, defensive stalwart Patrick Beverley did his part in keeping the MVP candidate in check.
Even so, Russell Westbrook isn't giving the Rockets credit for their performance. Nor is he paying homage to Beverley for his defense -- or at least he's not willing to do it publicly.
"[Beverley] is a good defender for their team, but I don't worry about nobody, how they're defending. I can pretty much do what I want to do," Westbrook told ESPN.
Westbrook's been in the league since 2008, and this is certainly not his first time in the playoffs. He's only 28 years old, but he's been around the block enough to see just about everything defenses are going to throw at him. Still, though, the lack of disregard for Beverley's defense on him, which could be a concern for OKC's playoff hopes, is a bit surprising. Westbrook had just eight points on 3-for-9 shooting and two turnovers when Beverley was guarding.
"I never worry about what other guys are doing; it doesn't bother me. I've seen it all already," Westbrook said.
Westbrook's lackluster game, from a statistical standpoint, could be in part because of his time on the court, and in part because of Houston's defense. He played just 13 minutes in the second half because of the lopsided contest that fell in favor of the Rockets, after all.
As the series moves on, we'll learn more about whether or not Houston can keep the clamps on Westbrook, or if Game 1 was an anomaly for an otherwise MVP caliber series for the Thunder point guard.
Game 2 of the series tips at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday night in Houston.
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Wonder if Westbrook gonna come out and get them FGA's to prove a point to Beverley
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boys out here early, in regular season form
playing like they hit the stripper last night
playing like they hit the stripper last night
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Anderson looking extra useless
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Way too many of these "extra" guys on the Thunder are getting off. Simple contesting will keep these guys from scoring.
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smh, we're food against a super stagnant PnR right now, primarily because of effort. and these dudes have a shooter worse than Corey Brewer out there
RWB is not that hard to defend, but he's outpacing us off effort and we're not really locked in and showing focus
RWB is not that hard to defend, but he's outpacing us off effort and we're not really locked in and showing focus
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smh, we're food against a super stagnant PnR right now, primarily because of effort. and these dudes have a shooter worse than Corey Brewer out there
RWB is not that hard to defend, but he's outpacing us off effort and we're not really locked in and showing focus
They're letting Westbrook get all types of momentum. Dude is in rhythm like crazy
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Refs are tripping tonight too
