4. Winner - Mike D'Antoni:
D'Antoni comes out as a clear winner here as he can continue with the philosophy that he has worked towards instilling into this squad. Under his tutelage, the Houston Rockets broke their regular season wins record, by having a 65-17 season. He is known for having a fast-paced, offense-oriented system, which he has implemented at the Rockets and taken it to another level by increasing the number of 3 pointers taken every game by a huge margin, attempting a NBA high of 42 3 pointers per game, making them at a 35% clip, which is amazing.
The fact that Paul stays gives him the same freedom that he had last season, to push Harden as much as he can offensively and then hide him on defense with Paul taking a fair share of that load. Offensively too, Paul has been a great addition and having 2 All Star guards in his team do him no harm. He will stick to this offensive ideas and hope this time Paul stays fit and they can overcome the Warriors and move towards their dream of a championship.
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