ClutchFans Game Thread: Thunder @ Rockets 4/4/2014

asik balled out at the end

 

Some of the worst officiating is commonly against the rockets. I bet the rockets are exhausted. It was 5 vs 6 ( Crawford) all night.

 

maybe im not understanding, but can someone explain how we clinched if we have 50 wins, and dallas memphis and phx can all get to 51 still ? unless they play each other ..hmmm did i answer my own question

 

Canaan for Rookie of the Year!

 

meh, we got our calls in this. like thunder got theirs in the other games.

 

Yessssss! Perfect night!!! Blazers loseee!

 

On the out of bounds play, McHale asked for a review but Cotton Hill denied it. And when Butler did that, the Rockets should automatically get an extra free throw, 2 shots turn into 3. Check the rule book.

 

Suns just blew out the Blazers…Ex-Rocket Green with 32 points!

 

GREAT win!! Loved the effort shown out there. That's all the Rockets needed, was a little heart. Way to bounce back from some listless games and clinch a playoff spot and closer to HCA.

Team still had a few stretches where they didn't try as hard on defense as they should have, but in the 4th quarter we stepped it up. Harden was huge, and Asik with some huge free throws at the end.

Loved that moment at the end with Beverley and Jones. I somehow feel that Beverley hyping the team up tonight really helped as far fetched as that sounds.

I liked what I saw from Garcia tonight. If he can bring some of that energy towards the rest of the season our bench will be in much better shape. If he can hit some threes as well then that fills a huge hole in our bench. Hopefully he can catch fire and we might make a deep playoff run.

Now let's just get Beverley and Howard back!!

 

he does on offense, his D was good tonight on Jackson tho, and he didn't have any turnovers.. Could've been a lot worse

 

I'm glad Morey didn't trade him for Boston or Philly crap.

 

I agree he cant contain faster guards. I disagree that he is giving max effort. Dude is Lazy. and we know he is being lazy because we have seen him play pretty solid D in the past.

 

Maybe those teams play each other guaranteeing one of them will at least have 32 losses and the Rockets have the tie breaker?

That would be my uneducated guess.

DD

 

NBA is so rigged.

 

Amazing, Omer hit 75% of his free throws tonight.

Spoiler

On 4 shots.

 

1 Turnover, but he kept it down and he stayed aggressive. That's all we can ask from him. He hit a 3 to put us up during one point of the game and made the extra pass to Gar3a to put us up for good (I think?)

 

He quietly balled out all game. It's crazy how many shots he changes just by being present/alert/active down low.

 

28 pts for Durant. So close!

But the most important one came true.. $10 Added to the tip jar

 

Lin is definitely at the point where he has psyched himself out. He was good at playing hot potato tonight, though. He's scared to shoot or even drive at this point.

 

Francisco Garcia is like a poor man's Robert Horry. Silent all season long, then hits clutch threes and plays great defense come playoff time.