We are not a championship team

No, we are not, we are not mentally tough enough.

DD

 

Yep pretty much... The loss tonight showed we can’t handle pressure situations

 

Calm down. There was some rotation hiccup I think. Plug in Faried, it would have been different. Even if we won tonight, nothing is going to change that we are a 3 point shooting team. I think we can get past OKC in a 7 game series

 

The entire year has shown this - we choke under pressure. Last year 0-27 on 3s when it counted.....tonight missed a FT late, gave up an open shot to their best shooter and missed a wide open shot at the buzzer......and the team KNEW it could get the 2 seed by winning.

Epic choke.....the problem is the lack of leadership - and composure we just don't have the right pieces yet.

Aren't we 1-3 against them? I doubt they have any fear of us.

DD

 

One game doesn't necessarily show anything but if "playoff Harden" starts showing up all of a sudden those 50 point games are going to look pretty hollow.

 

All the chicken littles assemble. Great thread to revisit in June

 

We are competing for it. Going to be hard.

 

We’ll see. Hopefully they are. But they’re mentally weak with a lead. I can’t understand why.

 

I agree. Too many bad losses this year.

 

They are, but we also have a 3-1 on warriors. Doesn't say much. Westbrook is declining. Also just need to entice him into save the world mode.

 

Even if we were going to the Finals, what are the building blocks in the future?

34 yr old Chris?

Give the MLE to Rivers, Faried, House.... the new star role players?!

 

No one is a championship team until you win the championship. Making statements like this are dump. What if CP3 doesn't get hurt do we win ring last year?

 

These guys crack me up. We've been KILLING it since the All-Star break, and then one road loss to a good team while we're playing without our head coach and a key rotation guy... and now we can't POSSIBLY make it out of the 1st round.

You "keepin' it real" and "reality" guys don't deserve to be Rockets fans. Just know that if we win it all this year, your joy will be tempered by the fact that you publicly said there's no way we could do it.

 

You obviously weren’t here for Choke City.

We blew insane leads during our championship years.

Houston Rocket fan card revoked. Imposter...

 

Until I am proven otherwise I am going to keep my expectations realistic.

I'm just tired of the disappointment. They couldnt do it last year, what makes you think we can do it this year when every metric indicates we are far worse than last year?

Just tryna keep it real over here...

 

What key rotation guy? Faried? Hell is he a key guy, sure wouldn't know it....by how often he doesn't play.

DD

 

Tonight's defeat was heartbreaking, but I still have confidence in the team.

In the West of the Devil, it doesn't matter who you play in the playoffs, because you have to face the Warriors sooner or later.

The defeat sounded a wake-up call for our players. EG played like **** tonight (especially in the second half), but he won't do it all the time. I'm sure he'll adjust in the playoffs.

 

Yup been taking notes since February. They finished 20-5 as expected. Nothing’s changed on this end

 

Yeah, blame Harden. Rivers went 1/4, Gordon went 3/12, House went 0/4, Tucker 1/4. If any those guys hit 1 more shot we win the game.

Gordon was the reason we lost the game in the final quarter. He was missing like ****, giving the ball away so badly..... and his defense wasn't great.