ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Lakers 11/18/2012

Houston had a chance to win every game this season so far even against playoff caliber teams. I expect a good game tonight.

 

Hope this works. Can't seem to be able to find the spoiler function.

Parson & Lin Handshake

 

Absolutely. The Rockets could very easily have had a 7-2 or 6-3 record at this point. They're no pushovers and most of these games have come down to the wire. The games have been true tests of composure as well as learning opportunities for a young, developing team.

 

Thanks to the poster who mentioned RocketsJCF change of twitter handle in previous game thread.

Let's go Rockets!!

 

Texans game was excellent!! Hard to care about our pending loss

 

Nash said "“It’s unfair to Jeremy to say he’s really good in Mike’s offense,” said two-time MVP Steve Nash, who will miss at least another week with the Lakers as his leg fracture heals. “There are a lot of great point guards, and coaches aren’t dumb. They’re not going to limit guys who can get in the middle and create problems for defenses."

Nash is wrong.

There are dumb coaches.

 

MWP...behave yourself. No elbowing on the Rockets.

 

LOL. So true. Let's see how Sampson uses Lin tonight, Nash may have to rescind his comments.

 

Im so excited!
Lets win this game!

 

Sampson may set Lin up to fail. Just watch.

 

Wow, that tells me that Sampson has an integrity issue, which I already knew because of the recruiting violations scandal that got him barred from NCCA college basketball in 2008.

 

Tonight, I am hoping to see Harden improve his handling of the double-team trap off the pick and roll. I don't like when he draws the trap, he doesn't move the ball and instead dribbles it back out and resets the play. You did your job already when you got the trap! Move the ball! Somebody is open!

 

Nash is a big Lin supporter. He and Lin follow each other on twitter. It would be really fun to see them on the same court playing against each other. Hope we can see that soon.

 

That is why I question his decision making thought process. He is always looking to shoot the ball. That as the leader of the offense is that you don't trust your team mates. The coaches continue to let him do this. why?

 

Because he was told to do so. Being a bench player suddenly getting max contract and did to practice with his teammates preseason, I am not surprised.

Harden is not a selfish player. He just got bad instructions.

 

Nash is right. It just unfortunate that we have one from the very few.

 

How? ask lin to bodyup D12?

 

Don't worry, MDA rarely asks for double team, he'll switch to defend the PnR.

 

I think Harden believes that he still has a better chance to score than any one of his teammates in that situation. I can understand why he feels this way at the moment. Lin's shot has been off so far this season. As little experience Lin has in taking those type of shots, everybody else has even less.

I did notice Harden kicked it to Morris late in the game. This was after Morris looked him off and shot the buzzer beater 3 in the other game.

 

By deferring to Hardin and becoming invisible.