Eric Gordon on The Insanity of Missing 27 Straight 3-Pointers In Game 7 of the 2018 WCF
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- Опубликовано: 12 дек 2023
- We are excited to welcome in Eric Gordon (The Phoenix Suns) as our guest this week. In this teaser clip, Eric Gordon talks about that crazy Houston Rockets vs. Golden State Warriors series that culminated in the Rockets missing 27 straight 3-pointers. He also talks about peak James Harden and the strategy on guarding Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson.
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As a Rockets fan i still have nightmares about that night, it was so sad and a great opportunity for the title..
I feel your pain.
Y’all would of got swept by the cavs tho 😂
@@LottaActionGaming That cavs team was not sweeping nothing lmao cmon now
Nothing compares to the nightmares from 2013 that Spurs fans get
Same
By far the greatest 'what if' in the recent years. So many narratives today would be vastly different if the Rockets won vs the Warriors in 2018 and then won the Championship.
they are probably the best team ever not to win a ring. Don't get enough credit for going to game 7 vs arguably the best team in history
We shoulda won a championship that year missed too many shots
Nah kd foot on the line was a what if☠️☠️
@@Jaytatum_stepback0 That one too, but there is a teeny tiny asterisk on Giannis's ring because the Suns had no right to win the west that year, but still did it.
Harden's 2018 would have been one of the greatest achievements ever, on par with Lebron winning in 2016. Harden would have a ring, he'd be a "winner" which is all that he's considered NOT to be today.
CP3 would also be a winner, which is all that he's considered NOT to be today.
The entire KD era GSW would perhaps cease to be considered the greatest team ever.
D'Antoni would probably still be coaching contenders, and his own philosophy of basketball would be even more common.
KD would still have only one ring.
I could go on lol
Idk to me it's crazy how different the narratives would be today.
Windy has said ‘18 was probably Lebron’s best team
Even if Hou beats golden state I don’t see them surpassing lebron
Eric Gordon once scored 50 pts against the Jazz when Harden and Westbrook didn't play. Great player and a nice guy
I remember that game. As a longtime Jazz fan I can attest that I swear, there are a hundred NBA players who have had their career high points game against us, it’s like an embarrassing joke in Utah
@@ChidOki Knicks fans have a lot of that too
He was too soft that's why he didn't win as a nice guy. He got dog in him alright, he got that closed fence Chihuahua
@@WatchingLakersBasketball??
@@paulgastelum2143 can you read?
Never heard Eric Gordon talk before 😆
Lol same
Same and the first thing I hear him say was "I mean the dude was hard"
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2k15?
Anyone else hear Clay Davis in his voice?
As a Houstonian, that game still pains me to this day. smh
I started watching basketball during that run for the first time. After I watched 27 missed three's in a row, I stopped watching basketball. Haven't watched a game since.
I’m from Miami but James is my fav player of all time so i still think ab it tok
@@AM-tu1rc 🤣🤣🤣
@@AM-tu1rc😂😂😂
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As a Rockets fan this video reminds me why EG was loved by most of the fans. So laid back and calm, stayed with the rockets during the rebuilding era and didn’t cry to be traded to win a championship. Wish this guy the best and hope he gets his ring before he retires
He actually did cry his weigh out look it up lol
This game is proof that confidence and psychology have a massive effect on shooting ability.
and rigged officiating
@@aja3longhorn375 Nah we can't even make that excuse they missed so many shots refs didn't matter even if they did effect the game. You wouldn't be saying that had they made all of those missed 3s the game would have been a blowout the opposite way.
@@hoodietejada6760 Yes I would've lol. Look up game 7 officiating compilation on youtube.
Yeah, illegal screens are a thing.
@@hoodietejada6760 the video is literally on youtube, it was absolutely rigged. they even waived off a 4point play during the 27 'missed' stretch, can't make this up.
Most mind boggling game ive ever seen live.
i was at that game and can not tell you how frustrating and humiliating that experience was as a fan
Rigged af
they needed cp3 that game, doubt he'd allow 27 straight missed 3s
He definitely wouldn't have let it happen without question
harden is a playoff choker my g. Doubt it
@@Richxwolfthat’s a stretch
@@sartajkeith9961it’s a stretch to call harden a playoff choker?
@@sartajkeith9961”stretch” yea okay was it a stretch when he got dominated by Luka,Ky and PJ?😂
JJ, I'll be disappointed if you didn't ask the following questions.
Where does Eric Gordon rank his acting skills in 2k?
What does Eric Gordon think of KG's comment when he missed that corner three?
You got the real questions 😂
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That's a good one 😂😂
Factsssss💯💯🤣🤣🤣
This is my first time ever hearing Eric Gordon talk😂
He had an incredible voice acting appearance in 2k15. Highly suggest looking it up, probably the best voice acting I've ever heard.
For those who say "the Rockets should've taken it inside or gone for midranges or layups":
1) both teams defensive schemes were to switch everything, the reason the Rockes were the only real competition to the GS dynasty was because they were the only team that had enough 2 way guys to make it work (ariza, tucker, gordon, mbah moute if he wasnt hurt too), combined with their offense being top tier enough to keep up with GS.
2) because everything was switch everything, that meant that both teams had to play a lot of iso to generate good looks. The rockets did it with harden and cp, and the warriors did it through kd & steph, something they didn't really do all year because most teams didn't switch everything on them yet.
3) Once cp went down, not only did the rockets lose one of their 2 way guys, but that left them with only harden to implement their offensive game plan. All year long they had practiced spacing out their offense by harden & cp "taking turns" in iso. Once one of them goes down, the other suffers (stamina wise), and the rest of the team doesn't get as good of looks as they are all 3 & D players.
Conclusion: the rhythm of which houston took that many 3s was all off. A typical possession would be harden getting a screen, forcing steph on him. GS sends a double team to get the ball out of harden's hands and scramble on close outs, gambling that any other player can't really reliable create their own shot. Ball finds itself back to harden, same thing happens. Shot clock gets low, harden has to give it up to ariza or tucker to shoot a stepback 3 against kd or draymond or klay. That's not his shot. Neither is it tucker's. Even when Harden was able to get by his guy cleanly for a few good looks, by then the rockets rhythm was all thrown off. The result: 0-27. GS was able to break free from the switch everything /bait kd into iso'ing at the elbow and a gassed harden couldn't/didn't get back on transition and klay hit a lot of big transition 3s. That's why they won.
[Yes, iggy not being hurt from games 4-7 would've helped the warriors even if cp doesn't go down. Functionally it would've meant a lot more iso's on curry than whatever 5th guy GS put out there, which often ended up being looney who did fairly well defending one on one.]
If CP3 were healthy, he would've given them their midrange element.
In game 7 of the conference finals, you can't change your identity. If you shoot only 3s and layups, you're not going to be this monster midrange team on the flip of a switch. But, this kind of crazy stuff happens when you heavily rely on high-variance plays and everyone was playing with nervous energy.
@@mrmacrossfor sure, cp3's midrange game was what led them to dominate utah & their drop coverage with gobert in the previous series (cp's stats that series was insane efficiency wise). As great as harden was then, he was struggling against the jazz because midrange on drop coverage wasnt the way he was dominating the rest of the league.
In the gsw series, they were switch everything as well so cp was 1v1ing whoever the weakest matchup was, leading to less midrange (gs didnt ever do drop) but more open looks on kickouts or the floater near the key. CP's absence definitely made houston's offense more repetitious.
@JLau910 yeah, if CP3 played in game 7, some of those possessions that ended with missed 3s would've ended with made mid-range jumpers. But that's all hypothetical.
They definitely had opportunities to dump it to capela inside.
@@pbCafe the opportunities were there but guy lost all confidence when he couldnt post up kd. got his shot tossed.
I never thought about the “we didnt feel it” perspective but it makes sense tbh. If you’re only down 9 to a juggernaut like that and you’re still scoring. Why change it up? In hindsight ofc they should’ve taken more 2s but I can see the mindset of sticking to your guns esp when it got you that far in that series against that opponent
Exactly, it's such a great perspective because I don't think "players not recognizing it" was fathomable since as fans, we notice it because commentators are in our ears, fans, friends and against a juggernaut like prime warriors, the expectation of 3s are still around 30 to 40%. Like, that's still 1 out 3 shots will go in.
In a 9 point game, if they made two 3s, the entire narrative shifts into "well Harden choked or they weren't good enough" not thay literally had the worst possible shooting performance.
That all said. Coaching staff had to have spoken up but were ignored by d'antoni...theres a reason that he's not coaching in this league anymore despite the fact the pace is the highest its ever been. Adjustments have never been his strength (also why Nash could have been curry before curry as one of the best shooters of all time but d'antoni focused on passing and the pick and roll)
@@cheetah219 The reason D"Antoni isn't in the league anymore is because he is old and didn't want to coach anymore, not because he was a bad coach. The KD nets wanted him, but he refused, and I believe the Sixers tried to get him when they got Harden as well, but again he refused. He would be the second oldest coach in the league at 72 only behind Pop at 74. And even Pop was talking about retiring only a couple years ago, but Wemby is probably going to delay that a bit.
There has never been a championship team talking bout such a thing as sticking to your guns in basketball demands confidence in your versatility.
Noone talks about this but Houston had those Warriors pinned. Their switching defense and physicality gave them problems. Its sad cp3 never got to play to end the series because his impact was huge
@@cheetah219that’s a stretchy assumption about dantoni.. and you’re wrong about the Suns. He wanted Nash to shoot more. Nash elected not to, but is quoted saying he wishes he shot more after witnessing Steph Curry do what he’s done and is still doing.
Best pod in the game, congrats on 1 million subs and cheers to the next million!
J.j’s podcast is really one of the top sports podcasts out there. Shout out to you and your team JJ.
Maaan he was being modest. Let’s talk about WHY they had to take those 27 straight 3s. They couldn’t drive because they got fouled and no one made a call
Yeah and on the other end of the floor, the Rockets are locking arms with Steph and Klay as they run off the ball. I know playoff basketball gets more physical, but watching that playoff series as a neutral kind of drove me nuts
and they waived off harden's 4 point play, and they didn't get foul calls on 3s.
Congratulations on getting 1M subscribers JJ & team. Eric, thank you for your insights.
Never imagine Gordon voice like this 😂
30 years from now people will still talk about that WCF it will live on in infamy.
Falcons fan here: 28-3🤢
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I’d be shock, people on TikTok are talking about it
They were so close, will never forget that game
I was rooting for the warriors in that game, so I'm glad they missed all the shots. But still gotta give credit to the ONLY team to push the healthy KD warriors. Everyone else got destroyed and the rockets legitimately had a shot. Respect
rooting for a 73-9 team that added KD is wild behavior.
@@fuckslattyyAs someone from the bay I loved every moment of it
@@fuckslattyythere are fans before the addition of KD. Just because they added KD u gon turn ur back on the remaining roster u rooted for? Ur mindset is wild 😂
This is an underrated player in the league. I've liked this guy since HOuston, impactful 6th man but never gets any flowers.
FACTS
He was one of the best college players I’ve ever seen when he was at IU
I clicked on this expecting more than just “we really couldn’t feel it”
And if you listened he explained why they “couldn’t feel it”. The game was still close so it didn’t stand out, most teams get blown out if they miss that many straight, but they were still in it
@@blindpew412I expected more. That explanation was underwhelming. I didn’t click for how “they felt”. What else was going on from a players perspective
You obviously have never played before lol
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@@stringer2295 yes. That’s why I’m here for the perspective. You’re a genius
NBA 2K Voice actor legend Eric gordon
Crazy I watched Houston come back from down from the clippers and seen Houston shot all those 3s and miss it in a row. Both games had me going crazy.
Congrats on 1 mill, JJ ✊🏾.
My boy was a rb at Indiana university during Eric’s time there. He was such a pro he was quiet and to himself. No surprise he turned out to be a long tenured nba player
This was the most heartbreaking series as a fan I have ever experienced
I could understand being in the moment and not realizing that you’re missing all those threes. But, why didn’t someone on the coaching staff say something to change it up? 😳🤔🤷🏽♂️
That was the same coaching staff that was telling cp3 to stop shooting mid range.😂
That’s exactly what I was gonna comment. I never understood after 12 straight misses, why did they keep trying it 😂
Yep, I blame the coaches just as much if not more than the players! It shouldn’t have taken that many misses for someone to say, “maybe we should try something else guys!”.😂
Because Dantoni is an overrated stubborn coach that makes no adjustments if something isn't working
Because it’s about the percentages.
Missing 23 threes in a row means that you’ve a very hot streak coming your way.
I mean at some point you gotta start getting some layups 😂😂😂
They did tried but they were getting fouled with no calls
Refs was terrible that game but me personally after i miss like 7 ima lay it up a few times to try to get something going
Harden was the only one who did drive and successfully make 2s
@@mibbzx1493everyone blaming the coach but people forgot even the commentators were saying why wasn’t refs blowing the whistle on back to back 3’s , fans think their smarter then coaches and players 🤦♂️ those rockets players and coaches already knew the refs was going to rig the game for the warriors they tried blowing them out with straight 3s so the refs can’t get involved it worked in first half just shots weren’t falling in 2nd half Gerald green was playing like a beast that year fading 3s like it was nothing and after that game 7 loss he was caught by the nba liking a tweet on twitter saying that game was rigged and was black balled from the league while the players like pj tucker that shut they mouths are getting rewarded guaranteed contracts
@@mibbzx1493 even some floaters or middies
I still wish EG and D Rose would have both came to Indiana for college. It almost happened. Eric Gordon is such a legend in Hoosier land. Proud to see how far he's made it. Just watched him catch a pass from KD and rain a 3 right now. What a career he's had.
one of my favorite players ever a bucket in 2k whenyou learn his shot and he sounds just like i imagined lol. 10/10 everything
Early congrats on a million subs!
As a rockets fan I’m ashamed that this happened. They could’ve just gotten buckets inside penetrating inside the paint rather than trying to pull that off. I was so disappointed how that season ended.
Very very interesting that Gordon thought the key to their approach was a defensive strategy, not something D’Antoni was exactly known for. Personally I think d’Antoni is extremely underrated. He got teams to over perform their talent on paper big time.
Watching that series was unreal. Game 7 was an absolute sell by the rockets though they had every opportunity to gain the lead but couldn't
They got fouled on like 14 of them. Scott Foster ruined that game
I still remember watching in absolute disbelief of what was unfolding as it happened lol
Always surprised by the lack of conversation about Harden being the biggest choke artist superstar the Nba has ever seen
Would never come from JJ. He slurps every current player while throwing shade at legends that don't play anymore.
lost $50 during that game 7 because of the 27 threes. it was at a bbq and everyone laughed at me. last time i placed a bet on a basketball game.
Win or lose. 🤘🏾🚀 I respect the Warriors waaaaaay more than I did back in 14-15 season. Shout out to the Splash Bros fr, best back court we'll ever see. 🍃
One of the greatest what ifs they definitely could've won a ring
Not bringing up the officiating is crazy. Yeah I get it the missed shots but that game was objectively RIGGED. If you aren't aware look up a ref compilation from that game on youtube. Arguably worse than Lakers-Kings.
It’s the best 2k14 Voice Actor EG!
“ the dude was hard” is crazy 😂
Surprised nobody talks about how Trevor Ariza went 0-12, 0-9 from the 3 that game.
This was one of my worst sports moments ever. We only lost by 6 and were up 10 at half time. Cp3 hamstrings and Trevor Ariza no show really gives me depression even in 2024😢
JJ the goat
“We took a lot of threes in Houston” that’s an understatement. Mike dantoni offense was literally 3 or points in the paint and no in between.
996k!!!
was here from the beginning....how do we ask questions on the show?
rockets shoulda got 3 fts on prolly like 3-4 of those 3s tbh
Glorious 😁
Bro where are these interviews? Or is this an old clip?
Watching the reffing of that game houston was almost doomed, no excuse for the poor shooting but damn that was a tough game
The Rockets' D kept them in that game and the series. The Rockets won two games that series, and nearly took game 7, without scoring 100 points. Even more impressive when you consider how short their rotation was that series.
KD said that it was the Rockets' defense more than the offense that gave them trouble. Daryl Morey built that team to defend the Warriors with switching tough defenders like Eric Gordon, PJ Tucker, and Trevor Ariza. When the Warriors ran their weak side fist offensive sets and one of their shooters caught the ball on the wing, there were already red jerseys there, getting into the body of the shooter. It's hard to play a whole game being guarded like that, let alone a whole series.
Why not talking about what Scott Foster did in this Game ?
Why did y’all go and post this and ruin my day off
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That was a great game plan tbh
People tend to forget refs canceled a 4 point play from Harden into a normal non-shooting foul in the middle and there were so many unbalanced no-calls on the physical contacts on lay ups from rockets while that 27-0 run, people now just assume they didn't try other shots. I saw Eric Gordon fell to the floor every time he attacks the rim with defenders all over him and both Demarcus Cousins( joined the warrior after) and Jeremy Lin tweeted about how bad the whistles were on rockets in the halftime... I am not saying rockets lost because of those, Warriors played great, but it's mad all those situations were simplified into "rockets loose because they only shoot threees"
Lol 27 3s in a row no matter how you put it there’s no way around that
@@TheNamezZ did you just miss the first sentence? Or the last sentence?
Please bring Trevor Ariza on the pod so he can talk about his disasterclass too
We have to mention the officiating disaster class that occurred as well.
Not enough people talk about the 2018 Rockets as possibly the best team to not make the Finals ever.
65-17, peak Harden mvp, won first 2 rounds in 5 games each, had one of the Warriors (one of if not the best roster ever) down 3-2.
I think 2018 Lebron in the playoffs was maybe the best I’ve ever seen an individual play but Cavs weren’t beating Houston either.
North Central Legend 🫡
Yo where did eric get that sweater at???
I’ll always think of Eric Gordon first when he bust MJ sons in high school. They was calling him Air Gordon.
Still mad at Scott Foster and the refs in that game and I'm not even a Rockets fan
The real insanity is the warriors only beat them by 9 points despite the 27 straight 3 point missed.
Lmao I feel like in the dozen plus years i've watched Eric Gordon play I don't think i've ever heard him speak until this video
As a rocket fans it hurts to watch and even think bout us winning literally would’ve directed the nba to another league
My guy Eric used to go crazy on Houston
Eric Jordan 💥🏀 #23
everyone blaming the coach but people forgot even the commentators were saying why wasn’t refs blowing the whistle on back to back 3’s , fans think their smarter then coaches and players 🤦♂️ those rockets players and coaches already knew the refs was going to rig the game for the warriors they tried blowing them out with straight 3s so the refs can’t get involved it worked in first half just shots weren’t falling in 2nd half Gerald green was playing like a beast that year fading 3s like it was nothing and after that game 7 loss he was caught by the nba liking a tweet on twitter saying that game was rigged and was black balled from the league while the players like pj tucker that shut they mouths are getting rewarded guaranteed contracts
I hope your next guest is Lonzo Ball 💪🔥💪
I was watching this game being frustrated after every missed 3... of course it HAD to happen to anybody but the Warriors. It really sucks.,
no excuse to miss that much. but you watch the breakdown of the officiating that game, 22 waived off points and multiple made 3pt shots waived. it is a really peculiar game, and to miss that much and still be leading at halftime, and only end up losing by single digits. that team should've gone all the way. history will call that a "harden choke job" but it is one of the most insane games of all time.
wish they talked about that in this podcast smh, if 2 of those threes weren't waived off we would've won.
@@superBboy619I will forever hate have a deep deep hatred for Scott foster no exaggeration
@@LaMarkBalleveryone should hate Scott Foster. Biggest dirtbag ref of the last 20 years
Even if you assume only a 30% 3pt field goal percentage on those shots missing 27 in a row is about a 1/25,000 chance…
Im a Warriors fan but i felt so bad that they got booted out by the same Warriors 4 times in the decade. It seemed like no matter how weak or strong the Rockets were, they couldn't beat the Warriors
Can anyone mentioned all the missed calls that game… go watch rockets vs warriors game 7 missed called rockets would have won by 6
What is sad is they kept on shooting threes instead changing up their game.
There was a magnet in the basket
I wish you can come back to the Rocket's
“Deceptive with his footwork”…you mean, traveling??😂
They were in that game, they were winning on defense that night, i kept waiting for them to get hot and take the game away but it never happened. I wanted the rockets to win so Lebron had a chance to win a ring lmao, i knew the Cavs had no chance against the warriors, but i thought it was 70/30 Cavs vs the rockets
I think most people would struggle to miss 27 times in a row. You'd hit a couple even with the lights turned off.
I would love to see Naz Reid on the pod
I don’t get how more people aren’t talking about him. He’s a good 2 level scorer, plays D and has a handle that opposing bigmen can’t hope to contain. He’s probably the third best offensive player on the best team in the league.
This is why some guys are champions and some will never be champions. James had every opportunity in the world to do something in Houston. Reminds me if Scottie pippen in Portland having a chance to bury the lakers dynasty but choking in the conference finals. We all know MJ on that Portland team wins the title
This was the biggest choke job in NBA history perhaps only behind Miami's game 4 in the 2011 Finals
That was a home game also right?
Go Hoosiers!
eric gordon still suffering from ptsd, since that day...😂😂😂
The 2nd most important rocket during Hardens tenure.
What? They did an interview with harden? I think someone on spotify is that letting me know. Theyre trying to hold tou back jj.
Wow that’s his real voice in the 2k voiceovers lol
I think I stop watching EG stop shooting mid when he got to the rockets lol
Been a rockets fan for years and this is my first time hearing this man talk🤣
Harden and Chris Paul would have shocked the world if they won that series. Harden not wanting to play with Paul after that let me know that Harden wants stats more than rings.
as a rockets fan.. ion even feel like watching this
i mean if they missed 27 straight threes were they really that good?
Eric just described why Harden is better than Wade
He is. Top 3 SG ever. Anyone who denies that is kidding themselves