ClutchFans Game Thread: Knicks @ Rockets 1/3/2014

Win. We should be motivated to play defense after our second loss in a row

 

Has to be a win, we own the knickerbockers

 

optimism isn't welcome here

durant drops 50

 

break the losing streak? not that it really matters at this point
#readyfor2015already

 

Felton and Prigioni out.

Melo maybe out as well.

 

this is the type of game the Rocket would lose. just cause.

 

Rockets lose again due to lack of perimeter defense

Spoiler

this time of Dwight on Bargnani.

 

Melo's playing tonight versus Spurs so I expect him to play tomorrow night also. Rockets will be a B2B for the Knicks so I expect nothing but a win. Dwight better not let Bargnani work him again, that was pretty unforgivable.

 

I do not trust the Rockets at all...

 

Finally a game we can win

 

Sad. No guarantees with this team now.



But one can still hope.

 

Rockets finally got some rest. Harden will do a good job on defense this game and next game with the Lakers; we will forget how annoyed we were. We'll start talking about how far we'll make it in the playoffs. Somewhere between Atl and the Wizards we'll remember how annoyed we were again.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Greg Smith practiced today and might be ready for tomorrow. Omer Asik worked out but did not practice.</p>&mdash; Jenny Dial Creech (@jennydialcreech) <a href="https://twitter.com/jennydialcreech/statuses/418831116368236545">January 2, 2014</a></blockquote>
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glad it's a national televised game

 

knicks

Can't wait to watch this game. Really want to see Beno Udrih play. He's been compared to Goran Dragic when Dragic was 15 years old.

Really, the Rockets should win this game. But, the Knicks are better than their record of 9-21. They are more like a .500 team, and would be that except for that one little bad streak of nine straight losses. If Melo plays, the game could be closer than one might expect.

 

Hardaway Jr is gonna go 40 on us.

 

I get what you're saying and hoping the Rockets have a better game, mostly because they've had a bit more rest. But a professional NBA team shouldn't have to get "motivated to play defense".

 

Melo scores 50.
Rockets lose.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Chandler Parsons on Rockets shooting woes: We have been shooting terribly lately. No doubt in my mind that we will start making more shots.</p>&mdash; Jenny Dial Creech (@jennydialcreech) <a href="https://twitter.com/jennydialcreech/statuses/418845535374561280">January 2, 2014</a></blockquote>
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