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Face it, folks, the Clippers are just better at NBA than the Rockets are

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Carl Herrera, May 6, 2015.

  1. Carl Herrera

    Carl Herrera Contributing Member

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    It is not heart or desire or tactics. One team is just that much more talented.

    The Rockets are trying, scheming, but you do not have that many good options on how to stop Griffin. The Clips are the best offensive team in the NBA for a reason.

    Chris Paul and Blake Griffin are the two best players on either roster. DeAndre Jordan is arguably 4th best.

    The sky is not falling. The Rockets are still pretty good. They are just not as good as a real contender and need substantially more talent if they want to compete.
     
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  2. DreamShook

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    Let's at least wait until the end of the game.
     
  3. anchel

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    No, you are just wrong about McHale and it's evident and you shold recognize it.

    Of course they are the best team. They are much better coached.
     
  4. LosPollosHermanos

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    Much more talented?

    You see what the rockets are doing everytime they commit a turnover or go chucking? They don't know what the hell THEY want to do. Its like a ****ing pickup game...this angle doesn't even involve the clippers.
     
  5. fallenphoenix

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    Clippers come into the game with a plan and execute it. Rockets just seem unprepared and can't make in-game adjustments.
     
  6. J.R.

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    Clippers and their 5-man roster (minus one this series). :grin:

    Funny & sad.

    Somewhere Mark Cuban is smiling/laughing.
     
  7. MuddyWaters

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    All aboard the Thibodeau train :)
     
  8. Pizza_Da_Hut

    Pizza_Da_Hut I put on pants for this?

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    Eh, when you don't dive after loose balls, deviate from the gameplan and take low percentage shots, and dog it on defense this is what you get.
     
  9. A_3PO

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    You are DEAD wrong. Rockets have quit. The full Clippers team may be better but not without CP3.

    This isn't about talent or scheme. Rockets players are not giving their all. It's plain as day.
     
  10. Zboy

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    Rockets streetball works during regular season and was good enough against a crap Mavs team but it is now getting exposed.

    Street ball...

    Garbage coach....

    Low IQ players and low IQ team....

    Systematically getting ripped apart by an undermanned disciplined team.
     
  11. J Sizzle

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    I agree they're better. The Rockets most certainly are killing themselves more than anything, though.
     
  12. yahboyryan

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    Rockets are more talented than the clippers.
    It's just our coach is getting outcoached by Doc..

    If you put popovich to coach the sixers and play the rockets on a 7 game series, they would probably win. That's just how bad mcfail is.
     
  13. daywalker02

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    Nah... they happen to be better in the playoffs....

    The Rox will always be shuffling players under Morey... I cannot see an end to this right now

    No consistency whatever and this fking 3 point obsession is sickening
     
  14. jacoby

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    I think it's a mixture of both. We just don't have the ability to maintain our composure like a Spurs team or (previous 5 years) Heat team.

    It also doesn't help that we are getting nothing out of our role players OR Harden. It's a recipe for disaster. It's effortless to score for the Clippers, and they don't have to move on defense because we just don't know how to fight back after getting punched in the gut.

    I admire some of our fans' optimism, but realistically speaking, there is no chance to win this series. What happened the first game and a half isn't a fluke. We aren't going to beat this team four times. There's always next year....sigh.
     
  15. BaiHua

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    such an obvious fact. another rubbish thread? really? resources wasted:eek:
     
  16. DREAM ON!

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    at this rate they can just rest Paul the entire series and save him for the WCF
     
  17. LosPollosHermanos

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    ------> G.M running his little experiment.

    Bully your way to the paint and jack 3s? Yea...what about when they clog the paint and run you off the 3pt line? Fadeaway 3s or throwing up a wild shot while running into a bunch of defenders won't work. You need versatility to the offense.

    Dude needs to chill, HIRE A REAL COACH, stick to being a G.M and maybe play his twitter game.
     
  18. Carl Herrera

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    Laugh at the Clippers role players all you want, but they have performed decently. Austin Rivers and Lester Hudson have kind of outplayed our two guys.

    Cuban is right about this team being predictable. It is just that Cuban's dumpster fire if a team couldn't take advantage of the Rockets.
     
  19. Haymitch

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    They sure look better tonight
     
  20. Sleepy Flloyd

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    This.

    All this.
     

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