ClutchFans Game Thread: Jazz @ Rockets 4/24/2019 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 5)

Saving him for Gsw series

 

Lol right. I just noticed they have these.

 

I hope he doesn't defer to Paul too much this game, in this series, when Paul is off court, Harden scores 41.3 points per 36 minutes on 45.7% shooting. And this is not a small sample size because Harden plays 40% of his minutes in this series without Paul(66 points in 58 minutes without Paul, 47 points in 86 minutes with Paul).

 

As long as the bench doesn't score a total of 5 points, we should beat them tonight.

 

No Scott Foster?? What the NBA ain't trying to squeeze more games??

 

They will greenlight our passage to the second round tonight. All they wanted was one extra game for revenue purposes. They can't bear the prospect of losing out on the potential revenue of a 7 game series between Houston and Golden State.

 

I think tonight will be called fairly, but I would imagine if you asked Silver and Co. in private, they'd admit they'd like the second round to get started already. Everyone wants to see Golden State vs. Houston and the East is completely done already with the first round.

 

please end this tonight.

 

If we don't, which could very well happen with Clint not being right, it gets REALLLLLL dicey. A Game 6 in Utah would be a disaster, and anything can happen in Game 7. Tonight is a must-win.

 

Another elimination game for the Jazz and they will play with their hair on fire. Rockets better come out locked in. Going back to Utah would be a disaster. Surely the bench can't play as badly again.

 

Afraid so; that's what it's looking like

 

Tonight is a win

 

It’s difficult winning against a juggernaut like Tony Brothers. We got this against Ed Malloy though. Doesn’t matter who we play, the most deciding factor is the lead crew chief.

 

The Rockets are damn lucky this series isn't 2-2. Two really ugly games in a row. They need to play clean and hard tonight. I don't care about gaudy numbers. Play to win for 48 minutes. Win all four quarters. Make this cold and professional.

 

Big, boring blowout win. The guys just wanted to end the local tv season with Worrell calling the game.

 

utah is damn lucky this wasn't a sweep

 

Close out on the Jazz shooters (other than Rubio.....let that guy go nuts), box out Gobert and Favors, stop forcing bad passes at the rim, and stop letting Rubio and Mitchell get into the lane without any resistance. We do that, and we close this b**** out easy.

 

They are. But it says more about the Rockets that this series is 3-1, and very easily could have been 2-2 instead of there being no game 5 tonight. And what it says does not portend good things for future, more difficult rounds. They need to use this game to get everything back in order and be the team we know they can be. They can beat Golden State. I fully believe that. And they don't need a miracle to do it. But if they play (and that includes coaching decisions) like they have the past two games, they will be lucky to win one game against GSW.

 

Game 5's....

We saw what Philly and Toronto did. Admittedly against weak opponents. Nevertheless, they PUT THEIR STAMP on Game 5's. No F-ing around.

We saw what Portland just did. And OKC was BRINGING IT.

Rockets talk about *championship habits* and have designs on big things in the playoffs. If you do, YOU WIN THIS GAME. No F-ing around.