Original title: The 2 major drawbacks of the Rockets' Desperate Five: Players are extremely consuming, and Harden's threat is cut in half
The biggest problem for the Rockets now is that this 5 is small, and this lineup is not impossible. But there are two problems:
The first is a huge consumption of the team, the five players on the Rockets court have to be crazy against players who are one or two sizes larger than themselves, and it takes two or three players to cooperate with the card slot to grab a rebound, and the game will inevitably be tired. This led to the performance of the Rockets players directly after the previous honeymoon period.
The second is too extreme, completely lost the threat of the inside, directly abolished Harden's blocking and feeding pie, so that Harden's threat further decreased, more dependent on the feeling, after losing the block, it completely became a one-on-one pure single, and the consumption of offensive and defensive ends is increasing.
In fact, such a comparison can also show Kerr's level as a championship coach, on the five small, last season's Warriors are the most capitalized to play a season of five small teams, the Warriors' five small players such as Green and Durant, who have both height, movement, and frame. But Cole still starts five positions normally in regular time, one to reduce the consumption of players, and the other to avoid being too targeted by league research.
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I don't believe that D'Antoni has no offensive tactics on the Rockets' side, the key is whether they can adjust in time and don't go off the beaten path. Looking at any team that has won a championship in history, it has won the championship by balanced performance and lineup, and it is impossible for someone like the Rockets to win the championship by going off the rails.
At this stage, I think the Rockets need to make two adjustments, one is that Green replaces House's starting lineup and enhances the height of the starting lineup, and the other is that Harden leads the team to the center, increase muscle offensive methods and means, and reduce consumption.