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Yeah I think I'm being partially unreasonable after looking at the numbers but I do think Harden needed to be more aggressive especially when the empty possessions we had were when CP was mindlessly dribbling and turning it over. Agree that CP, Clint, MDA, and the defense deserve most of the blame.I can’t slander Harden at all when he was getting doubled and finding guys for open shots in the 4th, along with keeping them afloat way before then. Their problem wasn’t scoring at that point, it was defense and rebounding. PJ’s foot being on the line basically caused a 6 point swing. Paul and Capela are the ones that deserve all the slander. I’ll add MDA too. He should’ve given Nene extended minutes, as Capela was completely worthless in every aspect. I see he finished with 14 boards, but they were the least impactful boards around. Somehow he was a +8, and Capela was a -14, yet Shump shot 50% and was all over the court, while Capela went 3 for 10 and getting bodied by anyone with a pulse.
We are in a good spot to win game 6, fingers crossed, but the variance is a bit higher even though the margin for error works out better for us. We have to completely change our defensive game plan now. GS is gonna get off 40+ 3's in game 6 I bet. They need to lock up Steph and Klay and force Dray/Iggy/Jerebko/whoever else to beat them. No KD to bail them out anymore; we have no excuses for how much easier it is to defend, and even score. Clint BETTER be a factor now. There isn't the hamptons 5 lineup anymore that exposes him. House should be playable now too.
I can stand to be more optimistic and have better takes but I'm really just mad at what happened and I truly feel it's inexcusable. It's crazy cause I know a lot of us saw us playing down to the competition and lowering our intensity. It always happens