HOU/OKC Game 5; McMillan Firing; TOR/BOS and MIL/MIA Series Outlook

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Nate Duncan

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4.5 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2020

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Lu Dort’s struggles, Harden’s brilliance, and ejections highlight Game 5. We discuss what OKC can do to jump start their offense after a miserable outing. Then a look at Nate McMillan’s firing in Indiana and whether it was justified. Plus the Kristaps Porzingis torn meniscus. Then almost 40 minutes worth of analysis on the TOR/BOS and MIL/MIA series in the East. Starting September 8, Dunc’d On is exclusively ad-free four days a week, and we’re offering new bonus content as well. Sign up for our presale and get one-time only pricing as a Founding Member, plus get locked in at that price going forward. Please read this letter about what you’ll get and why we are doing this, plus this FAQ for your more specific questions. With Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA) and Danny Leroux (@DannyLeroux).

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0:00.0	Welcome back to dunked on we got a day of games to talk about here focus mostly on
0:05.9	OKC and Houston. So let's get started on this day. We saw the return of Russell Westbrook
0:12.5	and we saw three days off for a game that was initially scheduled for Wednesday and we also saw
0:20.7	that things seem to have changed a little bit in the series or your main takeaways.
0:26.5	The most important stretch of this game came into beginning of the third quarter. OKC got out
0:32.3	to a deficit with shooter off the floor at the beginning of the first quarter then made
0:36.5	their way back built to lead and then eventually Houston led by three at the end of the first half
0:42.0	48 to 45 neither team scored much offensively the each missed a ton of shots and then the rockets
0:48.2	absolutely blitzed the thunder though that puts too much of it on the rockets though they did
0:52.9	play really well. OKC also turned the ball over and then godly amount in those first six minutes
0:57.3	and then so it looks like it's going to be an exciting game in a two two series and then six
1:02.9	minutes basically into the second half the game is functionally over because the rockets have a
1:09.1	have an 18 seven very 17 point lead and then a shooter. OKC's best offensive player so far in that
1:14.8	game is eject. Yeah shooter was dominant when he first came in made three of his first four
1:19.4	three was starting to cool off a little bit but did have 19 points and almost certainly is still
1:24.2	going to lead them and scoring were recording this with the rockets up 29 and three minutes left
1:30.2	in the game here so that was a concern but for OKC the other concern is the man who is actually going
1:37.3	to lead them in shot attempts for this game. Yeah I mean the theory behind playing LudoR
1:43.7	significant minutes is that he is the best player they have to guard James Harden. Now if that is true
1:48.7	Harden also had a wonderful game which I fear will be overshadowed by everything else that
1:53.4	happened in this one. Harden 31 points 11 to 15 from the field 4 of 8 from 3 5 to 6 from the line
1:59.8	5 assists 3 turnovers and they were dominant offensively not dominant offensively they were good
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