That's the one thing I feared about relying on the three. Sure, hitting 3-point shots mean you score quicker and better; but at the same time, relying too much on the three just leads to long rebounds and overall funky shots. I always am someone who is about going for two-pointers if the three isn't going very well. Especially in Game 6 of HOU-GS, Steph Curry and company were hitting threes from almost anywhere. I think Houston the past few years have studied Golden State religiously hitting threes and tried to pattern their style to match up against Golden State. I think even the Rockets have to realize- when the three doesn't work, go for two. You know, get high-percentage shots and looks. Like in football, you're not always going to score touchdowns, so there's not much shame in kicking a field goal (unless you need touchdowns to win or tie). You're not always going to hit home runs in baseball. So there's no shame in getting a base hit or even drawing walks.
On the other hand, I do think the Rockets need to clamp down better on defense. Golden State made the Rockets look silly often times with wide-open lanes to the basket. This is like the secondary of a football team getting torched on a long pass play for a touchdown (to use football analogies). Then again, Mike D'Antoni has been known to mostly be offense-heavy.
Even with all of this, it is another case of "what could have been" if the Rockets were able to down Golden State in a series. Maybe the Rockets should have won that game that could have given them the #3 spot in the West or even go up to #2 to dodge Golden State until the Western Conference Finals. But... we ended up 4th in the West and ousted by a familiar foe. Now people are hoping either (the POR-DEN series winner) or (the Eastern Conference Finals winner) defeats Golden State so that we don't have to see Golden State win another title.
