Fansided · May 10, 2018
Eric Gordon needs to be better to defeat the Warriors
The sixth man for the Rockets will need to be a key contributor for the team if they want to take down the Warriors.
Throughout the postseason, Eric Gordon has been pretty disappointing for the Houston Rockets. He wasn’t fantastic last year and he has been even worse this year.
He is averaging just 12.9 points per game on 31% shooting from deep, a percentage that a great shooter like Gordon should never have. EG is also shooting just 38% on 2-point attempts, way down from his 54% in the regular season.
He definitely has time to turn it all around, though, and the Rockets will need him if they want to beat the Warriors.
Let’s look at some ways that an improved EG can help the Rockets:
