Truth!

It’s not some deep stat, even Charles Barkley made fun of this regarding Harden, who does know more than most but admittedly doesn’t watch the sport that closely, metrics wise. I don’t think the game plan was to be down 15 to 20 points every game, lol.

@@jagdeepsingh723 Chuck knows his basketball. And I think the Warriors knew the game/series was a marathon vs a 40 yard dash. Eventually Harden was going to wear out. I remember everyone criticizing Harden for not showing up in crunch time, during those series. It's hard to show up when your legs have no more to give.

it was an exaggeration. the real numbers are not close to that lol. also he had a lot of facts wrong

@@Techno4more At the end of the day, they won. He didn’t really get facts wrong. But here is where I lean more towards you: No one can account for or could have predicted Steph scoring 45 in the 4th quarters of game 5 and game 6. That’s what made the difference.

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Draymond's memory is a little off. The season before we beat them in a game 7 in their building. The following season K.D. gets injured in game 3, they win that game and the next. Warriors win 5 at home, and close out in 6 in Houston.

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Over 20 straight 3s...missed

@@hublotkingcole683 Chris Paul also injured in game 5.

I always felt like it was a fluke. Warriors were shook but I felt like it if they run the series back 10 times, Warriors win all ten

@@hny2396 still gonna choke even a healthy rockets...

@@hublotkingcole683 bro listening to that breaks my heart we really were the best team that year then sold, we should have kept harden and Paul together cause Paul is thriving

*Klay

They had curry kevin durant klay Thomson and draymond green that's all that mattered. Do you think the other teams don't have a dog mentality? What the other teams didn't have is TALENT, and the warriors were STACKED with talent.

Was?

60??? More like 5-20

that strategy is the reason why they went to 7 games & could've lost in 6 back in 2018. Draymond can act like all they had to do was tire harden out like CP3 wasn't the deciding factor but it sounds like his personal feelings are involved when it come to CP

You mean the ones the refs gave them in game 7?

@@subscribo2059 You mean the one that you are still salty about?

@@namesurname7172 I ain't gonna lie i is

@@subscribo2059 Did the refs cause the team to clank all those 3s

@@emerystheimmortal417 do you know what momentum is?

Lol remember Dennis Rodman?

@@Sergdagangsta Dennis sounds like he's fuckin mumbling all the time 😂

He wants that Inside the NBA gig

He doesnt have the most interesting stories hes the only one telling them

@@joecaljapan It's already his

Yeah he confused the 2 series.

Yea facts

Yup, KD got hurt in 3rd Q of game 5 when the series 2-2, but the splash brother took over in the 4th. game 6 was that legendary game where Steph scored 0 pts in the first half but dropped 33 in the second half.

point is when KD went down the series was tied 2-2 anda fter all that talking about "we would've beat ya'lll" here was the golden opportunity and could't deliver

@@hoopsdontlie4010 Up 3-2 with homecourt advantage is different than tied 2-2 without it. What happened in 2019 doesn't necessarily negate or invalidate claims for 2018

So your point was irrelevant we were better

@@MichiganHendough Draymond was gaslighting bro. That was the point.

I was so mad about Chris Paul when he took that extension because Ariza left 😓

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And lost the finals

@@chrisedwards6289 but 3 rings out of 5. Can live with that.

@@chrisedwards6289 lol bro what is this response

Yup go figure the home of AI - San Fran has good intel. People underestimate computer vision and projections.

Perfect example of great drafting...but their GM put his foot in his mouth regarding KD..making him feel unwelcome.

Preach brother. Was saying that back when that team was together

u lost ya damn mind 😂😂😂😂😂. The city loves harden MVP telling him to play robin

So are you saying that this current Suns team could beat that Warriors team that had KD?

CP3 can't ever beat a Steph led GSW. He is not in the same class. Steph is already in the GOAT convo while CP3 is arguably a top 5 PG.

@@gullintanni how is Steph in the goat conversation?

Blame mike d’antoni not adjusting

as a harden fan its so painful

Draymond is also an overblown role player who isn’t even as good of a “small ball playmaking 5” as PJ tucker, so he can flap his gums for all of eternity about how houston wasn’t capable of beating GSW I don’t really care. He’s Rodman with no grit.

@@LeeGHThomas lol you sound hurt 🤣🤣 I like pj tucker but don’t remember him being a defensive player of the yr like draymond 🤷‍♂️

As a Warriors fan, I’m glad.

Except for in tht cavs finals

He’s great, but hearing “real G’s move in silence” from Draymond Green is so funny

@@Famemusicoffical he's a glue guy and locker room leader. Him and Marcus smart are the same way. If they aren't on your team u hate them. But would love to have a guy like that on yours

I'm a huge Draymond fan...but the dude's a little dirty.

@@GrimeBot-io7ho I like it. It's always a little better when the refs let them play too. Green got a bad rap bcuz of a cheapshot or 2. Most of the time it's not that bad.

I caught that too. Rockets never led the 2019 series - the home team won every game until game 6 when the Warriors closed out in Houston.

Only problem with this is 2019 Golden State was clearly worse than the 2018 version by every metric, regular season and playoffs. Seems much more likely that some timely injuries (Iguodala going down right before the series turned) led to the Warriors having to switch up their gameplan in 2018, which allowed the Rockets to pick up a couple of close games in the middle of the series before the right adjustments were made.

@@Alic4444 and the 2019 Rockets weren’t significantly worse than the 2018 Rockets?

Yeah that's true Draymond doesn't have a photographic memory like Lebron

Alic4444 you sound goofy, harden was underperforming that series while Cp3 was the best and most reliable, they missed 27 threes and still only lost the game by 9 points with no Cp3, it’s obvious who would’ve won

Yeah not smart.

@@therealallpro it became even more common when Darryl said it lol

@@Shortballa11 the rockets won 65 games in 2018, everyone was game planning against them.

@@Tb-gz4qt nah everyone was game planning against warriors

@@Shortballa11 When a team has 4 all stars, you cant really game plan against them too much. Other than leaving draymond open and switching on everything, the warriors can’t be played any other way except tight man to man defence. With the Houston rockets, they actually played in a way you can game plan against them so you’re wrong. That’s why gsw never lost with durant, there was no game plan to stopping the three best shooters of that era.

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Very true, Daryl Morey always finds a way to keep himself as the center of attention.

Don’t forget the clippers , Jerry West is the goat gm

Facts, way different team, way different CP3 as well, him and Capela missed majority of regular season and came back just for the playoffs.

@@Jordan-pj1nz what would have prevented ownership from paying?

And y’all don’t think KD or Steph would have carried the warriors regardless?

#BigFacts Also, I'd have to disagree with the Moray thing. But the harden thing was accurate...and that's on D'Antoni

lol, they were the same team but worse.

Truth is if chris paul dont get hurt rockets win

@@djt8870 That is true. But we will NEVER know. And KD got injred next year. They had a chance alr. Its even and fair and they were up 3-2. Injuries happen everytime. Its part of the game

@@djt8870 Chris paul never makes it to the finals that's the truth

@@dt-lg2oc lol he was just in the finals last year

@@zeroxyzzz Rockets were not as good when KD got injured; only 4th seed. Plus it’s not just Chris Paul’s injury, it’s also that they missed 17 threes in a row in the second half of game 7. 17! They shot 16% from 3 that game, which is incredibly bad shooting luck. And with all that GS only won by 9 points. Dray just can’t admit they got lucky that year.

Man I saw the same thing during this series.. guess i know the game better than I thought

How is he deluding himself by not trading Simmons for end of the bench scrubs?

@@anthonyhands5690 y’all keep saying this but he isn’t just getting end of the bench scrubs kings blazers and Timberwolves have offered him decent players. He wants a top 10 player for Ben and that’s just not happening.

@@anthonyhands5690 end of the bench scrubs? Most of the trade offers were for starters and good young players. Daryl is holding out for All-NBA players for Simmons. You still thinks that he can get a disgruntled Dame, Beal or Harden for Simmons?

@@anthonyhands5690 who do you think he can get? all 29 teams know that 76ers are in a tough position and they are just having a field day lowballing them

@@anthonyhands5690 warriors offered Wiggins and their first two picks before the draft last year, they asked for wiseman to be included and got hung up on. Morey is greedy and they’re wasting embiids time

The Spurs beat Lebron in 07 because Lebron carried a team full of nobody's to the finals. They had no chance

Both statements are true tbh

@@datboitrelafool9469 lol while guarding him with the entire team

@@jDiddyi yea I’d have to agree. Just because fans voted Big Z and Mo as all stars once or twice doesn’t mean they were EVER actual all star talent.

@@frankiethefrog1752 Mo was only an allstar because Jameer Nelson was injured. I don’t think Z was an allstar at that time.

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@@jstdun does it grind your gears that much?

Exactly! Everyone in the league knew the Warriors were the favorite to win it, so why not build a team that matches up well with them?

LMAO not just Morey. Many Rockets fans thought this was the way. And yet some of the recent Chip teams that weren't the Wariors (Raps, Lakers, Bucks) all have multiple guys who can handle the ball so it gives their elite player a breather and have high impact roles on other parts of the game. AD clamping on Jimmy Buckets was one of the best defensive jobs in the playoffs in a while. Giannis getting a legit second option in Jrue Holiday so Middleton can be the best third option opened things up for the Bucks and Giannis' game. So Giannis can finally save his 50+ nuclear option scoring games he was due for while the rest of the team was being efficient.

@@t4d0W why’d you exclude the warriors they have multiple guys that can bring up the ball

yeah the following year has nothing to do with it. They win if CP3 isnt hurt

@@donmon808 The thing is : Rockets lost CP3 and lost the series. Warriors lost KD and still won the series. And KD is a way better player than Chris Paul. So injuries offset each other and what remains is : 2-0 warriors.

@@Pigaroulettes That was a different year though. The fact remains that they were up 3-2 the one year in the West Finals before CP went down, and they would've faced a weakened Cavs team for the chip that year. The following year they weren't as good of a team. Maybe they should've beat the Warriors that following year but it's still not the same year. No one denies that the Warriors ruled the West, people just point out that the Rockets would've probably won it all in the 2018 playoffs if CP didn't go down.

@@sgshumblecrumb6046 What people? Rocket fans? If CP and Harden had a history of playoff excellence I would buy this argument, but since they don't I just assume they would have lost regardless.

@@Pigaroulettes The Rockets losing CP was miles more important than GS losing KD who still have Curry, Klay, and Draymond and still a championship team without him, Rockets only other star was James. CP was leading them past them that series and arguably the reason they were up 3-2

Facts

Someone who been to to jail but move in silence 😑yea ok

Jail is not a good reference for that quote

lmao corny

If they were moving in silence, they wouldn't have been in jail. 🤷‍♂️

They took the Warriors 7-game & lost without CP3 in Game 7 2019 Rockets were not as good as 2018 Rockets, bad analogy by Draymond

@@shawncain882 2019 warriors also not as good as 2018 warriors, especially without kd and cousins. cry

@@jamessoften3811, What are you talking about, I'm not crying about anything, I'm a Rockets fan And without KD and Cousins, the Warriors then became the same team that won 73 games in the regular season in 2016 & a championship in 2015 without both KD or Cousins So again WTF are you talking about

@@shawncain882 not really. the team lost many good bench players when kd came. so that team without kd was worse than the 73 win team. and yes, ur crying lol imagine bringing up injuries to cp3 in 2018 as an excuse but when kd went down in 2019 rockets still couldnt capitalize on it. you can say 2019 rockets were worse but that doesnt change the fact that harden and cp3 disappear in the playoffs

@@jamessoften3811 , Bro you're lost on my point/perspective in response to Draymond's comments, but I'm not going to waste anymore of my time trying to explain it, think what you want to think..

Small sample size lmao it was one game

More like 2018 was the real chance the rockets can beat the warriors if CP3 wasn't hurt

2 games

It was one game and the warriors played so much differently than with KD that its not a perfectly fair argument. I remember Looney having like 14 pts out of no where cuz they were playing different

@Jerry KD got hurt game 5 at half with the series tied. So they had a game and a half to prove themselves +…no KD lol

It pretty much did. Plus that’s the whole point the Rockets were close to beating them. Cause either CP3 or Harden got the matchup they wanted and attacked it

It did work tho they just got unlucky with injuries

@@ChillRichard no it didnt. Iggy got hurt and then they won 4 and 5. With iggy they lose 4 and 5.

@@bboywolf Iggy😂😂😂 ah yes, you’re superstar line-up was missing iggy😂😂 man, the Warriors had Steph & KD and you talking about Iggy as to why they couldn’t close out sooner😂😂😂😂

@@ChillRichard he's a finals mvp. somehow you laugh at curry for no fmvp and discredit iggy? how. you sound dumb

Nah it just came down to cp3 going down the series in game 5 🤷🏽‍♂️

@@IvanDiaz-fl6ffexplain the following year genius. KD was out, and Chris Paul was healthy, but Houston still lost.

@@99nikniht just keep it simple they lost without Kd. The what if Cp was not injured ends it right there. They never would've won

@@99nikniht y'all keep forgetting momentum and conficence exists. Just like there is a much smaller chance of the Warriors winning 73 games without the confidence of winning a chip, the Rockets window was the year they lost focus when Cp3 went down. Developing a mental block against your demon, even subconsciously is a real thing.

@@jDiddyi 2019 series was tied 2-2. Then KD goes down. What confidence was Houston lacking when KD goes down, who is the best player on gsw?

I'm a Houstonian & Rockets also, 2019 Rockets team simply weren't as good as 2018 Rockets team, Warriors didn't take their hearts at all If anything seems like the only team the 2019 Rockets really cared about beating & got up for was GS, they kind of slept walked through the regular season against everybody else

@@shawncain882 if the only thing the 2019 rockets cared about was beating the warriors, how do they not do that with kd out? the mvp of the playoffs till that point

@@jamessoften3811, The first thing I said was the 2019 Rockets weren't as good as the 2018 Rockets who had the best record in the league that yeat, was I not clear...

@@shawncain882 so? the 2019 warriors were not as good as the 2018 warriors too. your point?

@@jamessoften3811 ovbiously the Rockets had a smaller margin of error to compete with GS. It's not Rocket science

He didnt say it was a flaw in hardens game….he said they gameplanned to let harden do it all so he would gas out

The rest of the rockets were not talented enough to handle the ball…rivers gordon tucker ariza…these guys are built to stand and shoot 3s…the rockets as a whole were not built on skill but on the principle that if they hit enough 3s they can win the game…that was dantonis system

Nobody could have out “talented” the warriors…their roster was too stacked…the only shot we had was for harden and chris to take turns isoing as they were the only ones skilled enough to breakdown the defense and find shooters

@@stephen3087 read what I said I didn’t say he said that specifically but common sense you can gather that understanding . Every year he’s gassed in the playoffs why because that dribbling and shooting the way he does . Y’all be so quick to not read to understand just want to comment

Also the “standing around” from the rockets was so that they could conserve their energy for the defensive end as the warriors are built on insane ball movement…alot of running around for r defense

It's actually hilarious how lucky GSW have gotten since 2015

Comparing CP3’s impact to Iggy’s is straight laughable

@@bakusbakul4327 im not saying iggy is better than cp3, but no one can defeat the hampton 5. Plus, iggy in playoff is a defensive-finals mvp level. His iq and defensive prowess is second to none.

As a Rockets, I still must agree with you, Iggy getting injured helped Houston & CP3 in particular a lot

Iggy wasn't as statistically impactful as CP3, but Iggy's defensive presence was, remember Iggy won a Finals MVP for his defense on Lebron

2018

They did beat the Warriors but not in a best of 7 game series. They brick'd all those 3s at home and that was their own downfall.

@@RiruKrypto_ the refs screwed the rockets up that 2nd half

I know that’s hella weird and I’m a warriors fan and I felt that way when Kevin was playing because of exactly what you said, he slowed the offense down and made it “stale” no ball movement, no flow of the offense, a lot of people felt that way if you talk too them about it

Thank you. The numbers fully back that up, too. In the 2017-18 regular season, the Rockets beat the Warriors 2/3 games. The time they lost? Durant was out. In the 2018-19 regular season, the Rockets beat the Warriors 3/4 games. The time they lost? Durant was out. And, obviously, the Rockets tied the Durant GSW in the 2019 playoffs through 4 games and 3 quarters, and then lost the 4th of game 5 and game 6 without him

There's no kd in 2019. Injured

Rigged

warriors were missing kd and cousins. game 5 it was pretty much tied when kd went out, and steph been playing awful all series. no excuses for james harden and cp0 not to win the series. not to mention in game 6 steph had 0 points in the first half but somehow the warriors were still up at halftime.

@@jamessoften3811 boogie barley played that year and that team was worse than the team from the year before. And that was the year before Steph had 0 points at half

@@jaytheactivist8520 no steph had 0 points at the half in game 6 2019. check it urself

@@jaytheactivist8520 2019 is where steph had 0 and cooked the rockets in the 2nd half

@@ThaTruth223 you talking game 6?

And they still lost the next year with CP3 🤷‍♂️

@@harrizzaini7324 yeah but they didn’t have the same team and they were not up 3-2 and they barely lost game 7 were both sides didn’t score 80.

@@right8630 Well, just like draymond said, KD got hurt when they met on 2018. Yet, they still lost. 🤷‍♂️

they lost cuz the belittled mid range and the basketball Gods wasnt havent it. refs werent gonna bail Harden out in the playoffs and if those 3s arent droppin how u gonna stop a goldent st run?

then they swept Portland, plus you can make the argument If Klay doesnt tear his ACL they beat Toronto.

Its one game

@@bsimmonds1733 Oh, they beat Toronto for sure. People ignore that the warriors were on fire up to Klay's injury. Game 6 Klay was on full-motion, Steph's threes were falling, Dray was playing phenomenal defense... it was up to that play, that Danny Green injured Klay. It all fell down. The whole Oracle arena shut down, Steph fell on the floor and didn't get up, and it all felt so horrible... never ever had I seen such a mood-changing moment in sports (aside from Hayward's injury in opening night). The Warriors lost the finals right there and then, not when the game finished. Had Klay not been injured, they would have won game 6, and with their championship experience, they would have beaten Toronto in game 7. No one can change my mind about that.

How do you beat someone with no defense?

@@bsimmonds1733 that can be argued. But its not like the Raps then didn't have the ideal lineup to go after the Warriors. Kawhi was a closer and Nurse had a small ball lineup ready if he needed to take out Gasol. In the playoffs outside of Spoelstra, Nick Nurse is probably one of the best trying to fight lineup schemes with his own brand of small ball in the playoffs.

Him or Ben?

@@Charsi_Escobar daryl morey

@@claytonbrinkman9019 he did sign some pretty brutal contracts, at least he was able to get out of Horford’s deal 🤷🏻‍♂️

@@Charsi_Escobar Yes. That was nasty. The Australian is the problem. Other teams want to nickle and dime us.

I won’t even lie to you I think harden is a better player than Steph this just my opinion but mane if prime harden had the pieces golden state has omg give harden Klay and Kd and dray (not Brooklyn harden)

Yup

Nope

@@jasondaley718 I agree

No it’s not, he still has to hit a high pressure shot during those free throws. They just could not stop harden whatsoever so they knew the rest of the rockets team wasn’t good and they had to capitalize off of them.

Strength in nunbers was a great motto for Warrior's ball

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Yeah Ariza left and the defense suffered