The Warriors are very familiar with the Rockets. Theyu2019ve met 4 times out of the last 6 playoffs.They donu2019t need to watch the Jazz to figure out how to defend Harden, they have their own system, based on their own personnel: Iguodala/Klay as primary defenders, Draymond/KD as backline & help.They are not going to use the Jazz method of playing behind Harden, inviting him to drive, except very situationally.The Warrioru2019s main challenges are how to prevent Harden from hunting for Curry as a defender through switches when the Hampton 5 are playing, whether Looney or another center can stay on the floor when Hampton 5 sits, keeping Capela bottled up, and worrying about whether the refs will call too many fouls for Harden & Chris Paul.The Jazz scheme is all about leveraging the strength of Gobert as a shot blocker rather than relying on their perimeter defendersu2023 ability to contest without fouling. (The theory is that Gobertu2019s length will force Harden into floaters, but I never understood why Rockets wouldnu2019t just counter with lobs and drawing ticky-tack fouls, which it seems like they did). But I think the motivation for the defense is that the Jazz know they canu2019t live with Harden making too many step back 3u2019s, because their offense just isnu2019t strong enough to out-score it. I thought they played OK D, but when it came for them to score on the other hand, it too often devolved into Rubio trying to shoot from the outside, or iso-ing Donovan Mitchell.On the other hand, the Warriors can score with the Rockets. As a result, they will live with some amount of Harden 3u2019s, so long as the refs allow some reasonable amount of contesting before calling fouls. Thatu2019s why the teams argued so much about how much leeway defenders have on contesting 3 pointers in game 1. As long as the refs will allow some leeway for contesting, Warriors will take it as a form of playing percentages. You got Harden-iso, we can counter with KD-iso.The Warriors area of focus is different. Unlike the Jazz, the Warriors are more worried about Harden & CP3 opening things up for the rest of the team u2023 Capela, House, Gerald Green (Eric Gordon and Austin Rivers being more self-starters).So far (after 2 games), the Warriors are winning because theyu2019ve kept the rest of the Rockets bottled up so far with their swarming help defense. The Rockets are not going to win against the Warriors the same way they win against the Jazz. They need a team effort and not just huge games from Harden or CP3.At their best, Rockets with one of Harden or CP3 can make 4 bench level guys play at above average NBA offense efficiency. That beats the Warriorsu2019s best with their bench units, especially without Boogie Cousins. If the game is about the ability of Harden or CP to make House & Gerald Green into stars vs. KDu2019s or Klayu2019s ability to make Quinn Cook or Jerebko into stars, thatu2019s where Rockets win. Even Curry canu2019t reliably turn those guys into playoffs contributors, while the Houston system can, with their counterparts.