ClutchFans Game Thread: Clippers @ Rockets 3/29/2014

Delfino injuried for remainder of the season and won't play......for Milwaukee Bucks.

 

Was hoping to see the Twin Towers playing together for a period of time tonight against Griffin and Jordan, but since Dwights out....

Lin vs Paul just absolutely horrifies me. I like Lin don't get me wrong but that match up just gives me nightmares. Canaan against Paul will be rough just as well.

Here's to Canaan coming out and beating Chandlers record, hitting 11 threes in the first half.

 

Then maybe Machado can get more minutes with Bev out

 

Machado is currently available last I checked. Still slogging away in the D-League on the Idaho Stampede.

9ppg, 4.5 apg, 31% 3pt%

http://www.nba.com/dleague/playerfile/scott_machado/

Not sure how much he would help though... wasn't a good defender, scorer or 3 point threat. He can pass though, so his facilitation isn't terrible.

 

Ban this troll :grin:

 

so are we actually weaker than last year's starting unit? LOL we are spread so thin...

 

It's the exact same starting lineup.

 

oops I meant as a team, not just the starting unit.

 

nah almost same, missing delfino, now have casspi and hamilton. team is a lot better this year though, minus asik who hasn't had as much playing time to improve on. i honestly thikn this game will be fine. you guys freak out too much lol

 

Not the same. The wing situation is similar and maybe a bit better, ala Delfino/Garcia vs Casspi/Garcia/Hamilton.

The PG position is weaker. Lin/Canaan vs Lin/TD/Bev.
And the Center position is weaker. Asik/Smith/Dmo vs Asik/Dmo/Smith(injured).

Over all I'd say the bench is weaker simply due to the PG and Center positions being more critical than the wing players in terms of impact on win/loss.

The starters are the same.

 

It's the Griffin vs. Jones mismatch that we should be more worried about. Paul has never shot a super high % against us, but Griffin has totally dominated us inside each time and shot almost 100% in some key quarters, and that has been the main factor for the 3 losses.

 

Paul will flop his advantage. If he plays straight up he will be Tony' Parkered by Lin.

 

Delfino was like a 100x better tbh.

 

No Beverly, no Howard, no chance. Unless, the Rockets play inspired basketball and Harden has career numbers. And or some minor player goes "James Anderson" on the Clips.

 

We destroyed LAC past year with no Harden. You never know.

 

4th game in 5 days, and Clippers had a lot of nerves because of some calls.

On one hand, i want to see what will Harden(because he is on fire) and Cannan do against LAC, on the other hand i don't know if is a good choice if we lose badly( bad time-zone)

 

I think Doc Rivers and Co. will have a hard time game planning for what we'll have on the floor tonight. Might be to our advantage

 

If Parsons and Lin can get hot, then we will have a fairly good shot at beating the Clips, Harden will put up the points but we need good production from the others

 

Worried about Asik and foul trouble, Clips get their calls.

 

Sucks Dwight will be out, but Asik will hold it down