Official NBA 2016-2017 Thread - 30 teams, 1 goal. 2 weeks left, so much can happen!!

AllUniverse17 said:
Fast players who play fast. Just too much speed across the roster. Opponents are left with the choice to either play defense harder then they want to, or hope that the shots dont fall.

Oh and a bunch of guys who are starving to make a name for themselves.
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Yea the heat don't hold the ball much, the first game against the Cavs at one point they had four guard and whiteside
 
Sunday's Cavs-Rockets forecast calls for deep 3s
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Cavs vs. Rockets will be a game of 3s
8:46 AM CT

HOUSTON -- It seems everybody has caught up to Mike D’Antoni’s pace-and-space offense, in which players shoot 3-pointers or layups and forget about the midrange shot.

In D'Antoni's mind, this style of play became widely accepted after theGolden State Warriors won an NBA title two seasons ago using those same offensive principles.

Last season, the Cleveland Cavalierswon the NBA title, and they too rely heavily on 3-point shooting.

While not as noted for their 3s, the Cavaliers aren't so different from the Warriors or even D’Antoni’s 3-happyHouston Rockets team.

When the Cavaliers visit the Rockets on Sunday (ESPN, 9 p.m. ET), regardless of who plays, the 3-point shot will be the featured attraction for both teams.

"Cleveland is way up there," D’Antoni said. "They made [25] the other night, they’re way up there."

Those 25 3-pointers the Cavs sank March 3 in Atlanta set an NBA regular-season record for 3s made in a game. Cleveland beat the record that had been held by the Rockets since December. Houston, by the way, still holds the record for most 3-pointers attempted in a single game at 61.

Eric Gordon said. "Most of those are easy plays. A lot of teams still like to shoot a lot of 2s and post up. At the end of the day, it won’t add up to the amount of 3s that you take and make. It’s always a give and take."

Rockets forward Trevor Ariza broke into the NBA in 2004 with the Knicks as a 19-year old from UCLA. Ariza has seen the game change.

"It’s really different," he said. "When I first got into the NBA, it was more the best available shots, whether it’s a 2 or 3. When I was a rookie or a couple of years in, there were more guys who worked on their in-between game. That has changed, and you have to be able to adapt to that."

So how will Sunday’s game look?

In their first meeting Nov. 1, the teams combined for 76 3s with the Cavs hitting 50 percent of them. J.R. Smithand Ariza together took a whopping 21 from deep.

There are two new additions to the contest thanks to trades. Kyle Korver is with Cleveland now and is averaging 5.8 3-point attempts per game, but is dealing with foot soreness. Lou Williams now plays for the Rockets, and he takes seven a game.

So will we see more records set Sunday? Perhaps. But one thing D'Antoni knows for sure is that neither team will be afraid to keep hoisting the long shots.

“Back then, even we were scared,” D’Antoni said in reference to his original pace-and-space teams in Phoenix. “I think it was just us [taking a large number of 3s], and we were scared, although we were winning most of the time. We would be up 20 at halftime and still scared because we didn’t know if it could last until the playoffs.

"Golden State broke through, and now it's mathematically [confirmed], and on the floor, it’s been proven that’s the best way to go."
 
This a pretty good game, Cavs defense doing way better than I thought the would. The Rockets gonna need defensive, it's a shame Dwight didn't work out there.
 
Man Harden mutant powers is flopping, any time he is by the three and you graze him he will flop his body around like he just got shot..:smh:
 
For those who think Love aint shit, keep in think about how many 2nd chance points the Rockets got that they would not have gotten with Love in the lineup..
 
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