ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Nuggets 11/13/2018

Nuggets were a Top 10 offense and Top 5 defense entering tonight.. and playing at home.

Rockets 109
Nuggets 99

 

Great game.

Feels good to see us playing well finally.

 

Back to back quality win , i am crying now.

 

Harden is friends with everyone it seems

 

Oh have I got a song for you!

 

M.E.L.O=Melo's employment looks over

 

That’s a wealth belly lol

 

Hope the Rox will start to find some fun with this win so this group can glue and get better.

But yeah, Melo is indeed toxic.

You will not see this kind of efforts when Melo will be on the floor.

 

Solid win over quality opponent on the road with one of our superstars bringing us home while playing solid D?

I’ve seen this before.

 

Called it...

 

Harden shut down Jokic in the fourth

 

Another quiet game thread after a win, which I like. Shows who the real Gs are

This game had shades of last year. Decent 3 point accuracy, huge volume, and good defense. Chris Paul and James Harden carving up defenses.

One of the reason that the Rockets were so intimidating to play against last year was because most of the time you think you're playing pretty well but when you look up you realize that "WTF, we're down by 8?"

I know this Nuggets team is going through a mini-slump, and I know there's still some Melodrama™ going on, but damn if this wasn't an encouraging game to witness.

Clint Capela made Jokic jelly jam, and he'll be worth his contract. He's a hard worker, and was going through some nagging injuries that he seems to be pretty much over now.

I'm hoping James Ennis can bring more of what I saw today.

EDIT: And if we're not allowed to make excuses when we lose (e.g. injuries, suspensions, forced rotations) then there shouldn't be any when we win, either. A good win is a good win.

 

Friendly reminder that PJ Tucker is GOOD at corner 3:



I believe he's still leading after tonight's game

 

Jokic didn't want to go at the Harden switch anymore and Harden let him know about it

 

The offense and defense tonight - there seems to be a bounce to it and a good rhythm. I like it.

 

Finally showing signs of last year's team.

DD

 

I never wanted the most overrated player ever MELO in the Rockets. I hope the Rockets show him the door soon. We don’t need no melo drama.

 

Man we just need some quality bench players and we should be able to get back on track

 

And another thing, I think the Rockets actually match up well against this Nuggets team because their switching defense, especially off screens, can negate the Denver motion offense and mess with their rhythm.

Earlier in the season the Rox were having communication issues on defense, so backdoor cuts off of screens and even cuts from the 45 would mess up the defense, but they seem to have that sorted now.

The most important thing is effort, imo, and since the Brooklyn/Chicago games I think the effort on defense has been there, regardless of the team's offensive struggles, which I assume are behind them now.

 

Bring back Ariza and run it back