ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Warriors 2/20/2020

New combo looking good. Phony technicals on Westbrook.

 

Interesting with Big Centers, you trap Harden and leave open the Big Center. Harden throws him the ball at the Free throw line, he either, can pass, dribble, or shoot. In most cases this doesn't turn out well for our offense relying on a traditional center to make plays...

 

PJ was 5/5 from that corner. Ahhh, fresh legs!

 

I'm slightly upset about this but I'll just give MDA the benefit of the doubt that he was trying to get these guys on the court together to develop chemistry. PJ should have never played the 4th quarter otherwise.

 

The warriors lol. Bandwagon empty af now

 

u miss understand. yea if the center guards russ out deep...thats easy like russ been doing to just blow by. by what gsw was doing is just staying in the paint...cauae like gianiss that how i would defend him. u know he not taking the 3. u know where he will end in the lane. so nevee leave the lane.

what i would do is watch film on gsw when curry n klay n dray was together. teams held dray like that to. so what dray did was point foward from the fkey n eveeyone else run screens.

screens n shots off them is the counter...but we know rockets do do things like that so its gonna be tough. only guys that do are mac n gordon. so maybe we can beat it if we willjng to pit somw motion in the offense

 

westbrook w/ zero FT attempts even though clearly fouled on 3 drives -- he doesn't complain unless there's actual contact

goble is such a b****

 

Wiggins is trade bait and not about that life.

Wiggins didn't look right after he tried that streetball move early. He made the three with a tough shot.

It look like a cp3 move that could lead to hamstring pull?

 

why does WB yell Antoine before shooting every layup?

 

It was nice to see the Rockets keep their throats on the Warriors’ necks for the entire 48 minutes. Instead of letting them back into the game, they stretched the lead out to more than 30 points by the end of the third quarter.

It’s little things like this that show the Rockets are serious contenders again.

 

Nice to finally have 3-point shooters. The uptake however, is that the Rockets have now wings with tremendous length that can play frenetic, swarming defense which ultimately suffocates the opposing offense.

Our offense will go through great, good or bad shooting nights or quarters. It's going to vary. The stifling defense can and will be always be there, if the players put in the effort.

It took time, but Morey finally got the players he needed to make this whole thing work.

I'm very optimistic about the Rockets chances this year.

 

how often does WB yell in the ref's face after shooting a layup?

 

I'm stupid excited for the Utah game

 

WOW Ros, you've put down the pitchfork??

Do I detect a smile there for a change???
This IS BIG. . .

 

Nitpicking

 

LOL. I guess "And 1" can sound like "Antoine"
Either one works

 

I’m thinking about driving there ... 500 miles is nothing, right??

 

When bigs sag off Russ, he needs to set high screens for Harden. This will allow him to slip screen toward rim if defender moves up or Harden can get open for 3 or drive.

Sagging off Russ will be countered soon enough.

No team wants Beard to get hot from 3.

 

7'0 Dragan Bender was available for a millisecond.

 

Exactly, Russ needs to become screener when he sees these defenses.