Rockets hold a team under 100! Held dimwiddie to 30% shooting! Defense! Rockets win! Wooo #positivity
Think about this: Hartenstein was on the bench while Clint played 40 minutes two games in a row on a bad heel. Now Clint is out with an even worse heel, lol.
Pelicans have been on a year lately with wins in Denver and smashed the pacers by 32 tonight. Harden needs a 50 game tomorrow night
Homers think that winning a game in a nail-biter with the starters playing 40 minutes is a reason for a celebration, given that the Rockets are in a championship-or-bust situation.
Isaiah just needs to contribute offensively in the paint consistently. His passiveness and inconsistency hurt him in the past, he did well today. Be aggressive and develop touch around the rim each game. He already hustles defensively and rebounds well. If he has a game where he breaks out for 15 - 20 points on good efficiency he will start getting burn especially if Capela or Tyson are out. Mclemore showed how to break into the lineup with a rotation player like Gordon being out.
Yeah!! Hartenstein is finally getting minutes. The more he plays the better he will get. Rest and heal that heel Clint, cause that's the only way Hartenstein will get to develop. Loved the two backwards hoops and the 13 rebounds. McLemore has been shooting .195 FG% the last 3 games, so I'm sure EGO will be getting his minutes, but I hope MDA gives Clemons some minutes too. Let Howard take some of House and Tuckers' minutes to try some wide open 3's. I'm sure he can do better than their 2/15 tonight.
I loved the replay with the bowling ball hitting the pins sound effects as House and Harden tumbled down like bowling pins. That was hilarious when Bill Worrell said "Picked up that split didn't he?".
We really need EG back. But more than EG, we need some guys who can capitalize on open looks. And I mean, really open looks. House, Mclemore, etc. just havent been capable of knocking down shots recently which means teams quickly turn a 20 point lead into a one possession game the moment they freeze Harden out of the offense.