[ClutchFans] Rockets remind us all why they are serious contenders

Absolutely! Bang up job @Clutch! Excellent vids. Really liked how you isolated Harden on those defensive plays. He was really moving his feet.

That first half in game 3 was an all timer. It really showed the ceiling of this team. What it CAN be.

I don't know if they can harness that for the rest of the playoffs. But hopefully we can see more of it.

 

Exactly. Harden didn't think twice about his "matchup with Exum." He just minded his own business and focused on the bigger picture, being "an artist on the floor."

 

Nobody is a Ryno hater on this board, Ryan Anderson is not a cancer, shows up to work, has great team work, seems like a nice guy etc there is no reason to hate on the guy.

What you have are Ryan Anderson lovers who overlook everything bad about him and then the objective people like me who see him for who he truly is: overpaid mental midget who wilts in the playoffs. That sounds harsh but that is also the reality, the Ryan Anderson lovers club just can't see it for some reason. Is it Anderson's pearly WHITE smile? Anderson's brand new WHITE uniform? Maybe it's the WHITE chalk that gets scattered on the arena I'll never know.

The fact is, Anderson shot 28% from 3 in the playoffs last year along with really horrible D so his current disastrous run is expected. Dude is a stretch 4 who averages 7 pts a game in the playoffs.

 

Ryan Anderson just needs to watch tape of how Niko Mirotic plays for the Pelicans.

 

YES, its not like Mirtotic is that much better than him on either side of the ball, Mirotic is just REALLY AGRESSIVE.

 

Oh yay!! Racism!!

 

It's humanly impossible. He's the heart of the offense, he can't play like that for a whole game.

 

Bruh Anderson shot 28% last year and has been horrible 5 of the 6 games he played in the playoffs. Thats 1 straight years of terrible play yet some people still want him to play lots of mins for the team how do you explain that?

I dont see these guys calling for Corey Brewer to see lots of PT a couple of years ago. Somehow Anderson inherited the "Teflon Don" title from Shane Battier it doesn't matter how horrible he is or if he will cause the team to lose a certain group here on the forum still wants him to play significant mins. Dude has gone 12, 0, 5, 0, 0, 2 yet you read posts on how he is the Draymond stopper and the key to the GSW series.

 

Yes he can. He absolutely can. He doesn't even have to do it the whole game, just the first 2 qtrs to get the Rockets playing right. Harden wasn't even the best offensive player in game 3, it was EG with help from CP and Clint. Harden has the luxury of better player this year, he can try much harder on defense now.. The offense is not all on him to produce as much as in year's past.

I feel like Harden is just as capable as 33 yr old Lebron, he should take on the challenge to be great.

If Harden wants a championship, he absolutely can and should.

 

lol, you're kidding, right?

lol.. are you drunk? Are you even paying attention?

 

nice read

 

The Ryan Anderson conundrum is deeply disturbing to me.

 

Yay!! More racism!!!

 

I can see you didn't watch the game. Harden was THE BEST offensive player. In terms of scoring and assisting the ball.

LeBron? LeBron defends the worst guy on the court and coasts on defense 80% of the time.

Stop it! You don't know about playoffs play and why it's not realistic for Harden to be a defensive stopper and Score 30PPG.

"The offense is not all on him to produce as much as in year's past."

Just like Game 1? Ok

 

Pfft no Anderson haters, there's literally a thread on here that says something like "I have grown to hate Ryan Anderson".

It's not like this thread magically appeared for Anderson shtty playoff performance, this was on here for quite some time.

 

I watched the f-cking game, you moron.

Harden started playing defense to start the game and everyone else fell in line. His defense fueled the offense. HARDEN DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A GREAT GAME 3 and the Rockets blew out Utah. It all started with Harden's effort on defense.

If Harden plays with that same energy to start every game Rockets will be unstoppable.

That narrative that Harden can't both be both a defender and an offensive player is bullsh-t.

 

Thanks Clutch!

Capela’s block on Favors simply shows us who “future Clint” can be. When he’s that active on defense, we can beat anyone.

 

Anderson has been shitty for quite some time now if you didn't realize.

28% from 3 last year.

 

I'm just trying to disprove your statement that there's no Anderson haters here.