ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Nuggets 12/17/2014

Yeah but playing DMO as hard would have won us game BEFORE the OT and you wouldnt need their bigs out...because DMO knows what hes doing and Howard postups often hurts us instead of the opponents

On the other hand its not like they wouldnt have made a lot of fouls on DMO...dmo fouled out faried and that milwaukee guy when we played them if i recall well or it was Dieng in OT...

 

Just watched the archive. What a comeback by the team. Very proud of them.

 

If players were allowed to guard DMo the way they are allowed to guard Howard, he wouldn't be as good. At least a third of Howard's possessions on offense should be a foul. Dude straight up gets wrestled. Same thing happened to Yao. No one had to play legal defense.

Now, I love DMo's game, but he's ramping up to the physical stuff. If he proves he can be wrestled and still score like Howard does, we have something. For now, the jury is out on how to defend DMo. Let's see how he adjusts once they figure his latest style out.

Who knows, maybe teams will try double-teaming him and he'll show he can't pass out to shooters from the post. Basically, my point is the closing minutes where the other team is down is called loosely and our plays to DMo were at the beginning of overtime where we tried to establish the lead. Game is different with 1:30 to go or even 4 or 5.

 

Where did you find it? League Pass hasn't released it yet.

 

I have to partially take this back. I just watched that second shot DMo hit in overtime and that was how they guard Howard. Although Howard might not have gotten the call. That's just one play, but that is type of defense I'm concerned about him facing.

 

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also rememeber minesota game when DMO got us back in the game at the end and followed it by a couple of key points in OT...whetever he should be posting up instead of howard (or posting up more) during the game...but perhaps coaching stuff is trying to make howard going...

 

yeah he definitely looked tired out there getting around picks and not closing out on chandler several times, and he is playing a career high in minutes this season. but the guys right behind him are shooting terrible so far as well. papa at 38% / 30% and garcia 27% / 22% (ouch!)

 

At this point I'd take either happily because it makes Ariza's minutes more productive. Papa is more of a creator than shooter though. The effective 45% 3pt percentage isn't the worst and his passing can be spectacular. Come back papa, we need you like Leia needed Obi Wan.

 

in the post the ref is looking for the defensive player to change the momentum of the offensive player, dwight doesn't get the call because more often than not, the ref can't see that the bump even moved him, dmo being a euro will never suffer from that

 

9:30 starts suck
that is all
please continue

 

The bench was fukin awful

7pts thats pathetic

 

When you compare it to a bench production of a team like Toronto it is indeed. I think in the game against the Pacers, Raptors bench scored 64 of their total 106 points. LOL.

 

Great win.

 

cmon can you realy imagine such a great passer having trouble or not being able to pass out of double team?

 

I second this. The man can do a behind the back dribble then finishing it with a behind the back pass to harden in transition and he can't make a simple pass?wow

 

I almost wet myself when DMO did the behind the back pass to Dwight right out of the gate..if only Dwight was ready.

 

They're both good passers actually, DMo a bit flashier. Once they have some chemistry going, look out - we might have a ZBo/Gasol type of interior passing going on on this team.

 

The bench is depleted by most of our top bench players being out.

 

this is awesome