ClutchFans Game Thread: Blazers @ Rockets 4/20/2014 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 1)

Get your "Zero D' Harden jersey while they're HOT!

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Harden about the lack of ball movement down the stretch: &quot;That goes to myself. I have to not be so ball hawking. I have to do a better job.&quot;</p>&mdash; Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen/statuses/458338615777439744">April 21, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Maybe the emphasis should be on defense, huh Harden? Huh? Maybe defense? DEFENSE?! ┻━┻ ︵ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ︵ ┻━┻

Naw, they probably talked about it.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>NBA issues statement on Houston-Portland Game 1: Foul on Dwight Howard w/ 10.8 seconds left in OT should've been called on Joel Freeland.</p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/statuses/458339504861229056">April 21, 2014</a></blockquote>
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his entire mindset is on offense.

His offense will be there, effective and efficient so long as he is playing D

 

Wish they wouldn't even bother. All it does is make the loss more frustrating.

 

it actually would've been nice if he was ball "hawking" instead of "hogging"...

 

from being down 1 and going to the line to shoot two (granted it was one of our worst FT shooters but he had hit what his previous 4-5 though?)

the worst thing about the call was the ref who called it was so emphatic on saying it was a foul on Dwight - like there was no way that couldn't have been a more obvious foul on Dwight in his eyes.

 

Whoa! Not that any of us disagree, but they're admitting a HUGE flipping call there.

 

in a playoff game where EVERY game counts, this is simply unacceptable. that was the game, right there. don't understand how the officiating can be so bad in such critical games. don't they rate and grade the officials internally and only let the good ones work the playoffs? not just this call, but the overall officiating last night was just not up to par for a playoff game.

 

I knew they're going to come out with this shyt as i said right after the game. They should punished these mfckng refs for making the errors. What they should do is give the refs some sort of punishment like if you make 2 or 3 errors in the Playoffs games, they're dismissed from further referring. How can 3 fcnking refs see the same thing....no fckng way!!

 

Good news:

Matt Moore CBS ‏@MattMooreCBS 1h

Report: MRI shows no further structural damage, Beverley set to play Game 2

 

Maybe everything under 2minutes should be reviewable, this will solve everything and make the game fair. They screwed up in the Clippers game and now they screwed us up as well. And these are crucial calls...it can mean the difference between winning and losing.

 

This one is so much worse than CP3's vs the Warriors. That one was just a TO to the other team while the Warriors were up 2. For the Rockets, we were tied and the foul call have THEM FTs instead of us. HUGE FLIP!

 

Before the opening tip of Sunday’s game pitting the Portland Trail Blazers against the Houston Rockets, current Blazers power forward LaMarcus Aldridge walked over to the broadcast table with one thing on his mind – being the best.

Aldridge crept up on current Rockets broadcaster and Trail Blazers legend Clyde Drexler and told him that he was coming for all of his postseason records.

Of course, Aldridge was just joking as the two shared friendly banter, but little did either know that in just a matter of hours, records would indeed fall.

“When I walked by him I said ‘I’m coming for you’ and I meant in every stat possible,” said Aldridge. “He said I still have some work to do, but he said I could do it. I was joking with him about trying to break all of his records.”

Aldridge poured in 46-points during the Blazers overtime loss, though obviously would have preferred to do so in a winning effort.

http://fansided.com/2014/04/21/nba-playoffs-2014-blazers-lamarcus-aldridge-predicted-record-breaking-game/#!FfmOb

 

@WojYahooNBA: Rockets were trailing by point, and Howard would've been shooting two free throws. Freeland made one of two FT's. Harden missed J at buzzer.

 

This Rockets team has always been high on assist/game...but last night, it wasn't close. This tells me they're ballhogging and taking quick shots and not playing team ball. Harden even admit to that.

 

They were equally bad. The Clippers game was under 24s left so instead of going to the line with a chance to tie, Clipps had to foul and go down 4 (actually 3 since he missed one). In your game, you were down 1 so instead of going to the line to tie or go up 1 (with Dwight could have easily been two misses too), you sent them to the line to go down 3 (actually 2 since he missed one). Same thing, same empty apology. Refs suck.

 

Why do you keep telling us about the Clippers here and also talking down on us along the way? No one cares about your team which will be swept by the Warriors.