ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Raptors 3/5/2019

Good statement game.
GAME FACES BOYS. GAME FACES

 

must win

 

Leonard in the lineup?

 

Yup. Only Van Vleet out.

 

THIS IS A HUGE GAME GUYS!!! Let me explain,

1. We have to prove we can win on the road. The Rockets are 16-16 on the road (just barely reached .500 after the wins last week) which is OKAY (they were 31-10 last year!), but seeing as how we will most likely finish 4/5th in the western conference (maybe 3rd), we will only have home court advantage in the 1st round.

2. Toronto is one of the top teams in the NBA! Getting a win here will prove that the Rockets can compete with the best of the best. Last year, I believe we were the team to beat (along with the Warriors) but with a season of injury after injury, no one really knows where the Rockets are in terms of being elite or just a 2nd string team. This is a statement game, no doubt about it! If we beat them easily, you better believe the Rockets will no doubt be the team to have the best chance at taking down GSW.

3. The Rockets are finally healthy! Getting a win here will surely give the self confidence our guys need to finish strong and believe in themselves to go all the way this year! Lets hope Faried is healthy enough to give it a go tonight. This will be our core group of guys going into the playoffs. Of course Morey can always add more to the roster moving forward, but I do believe this is it right here.

Lets see what this team is made of!! GO HOUSTON!!!

 

Fuuuukk. Need Faried

 

If we win this game you just have to be impressed.

 

If you look at Okc and even Denver’s schedule it’s brutal. Second spot can be had if we win say 16 of the next 18 games. Denver and OKC will lose a few more in this stretch.

 

A healthy Faried was a key to this game. The Rockets can't catch a break healthwise. With Faried, we win going away.

 

if we go 16-2 ima be so happy.

 

Dang it. No Faried and Shumpert again. This sucks. I want to see what this team can do fully healthy. So our bench is Nene, Green, and Clark. Dang it.

 

It’s going to need another super Gordon or Flash Gordon appearance.Harden can’t single handedly beat this Raptors team on the road like he did in Houston this season.You know Paul is good for 17 and 8 so if EG comes good even without Faried we have a shot.

They are almost unbeatable in Toronto

 

And Rivers.

 

I know man. Get the dude some horny goat cream or something. Harden would probably brush this as a scratch or itch, then again Harden is not human.

 

We're having fried Raptors for dinner tonight.

 

let's do this

 

Let's go Clint, need a big game from you.

 

I’m feeling pretty confident about this one. James, CP, EG and PJ seem to be catching their strides.

They should be worried about us.

Rockets by 9.

 

I have to see the first two minutes before I drop my two cents