ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Grizzlies 12/15/2018

CP and the bench couldnt hold it together, Dantoni can only do that if the Bench doesnt implode. @Deuce

 

You must be a Trump fan who just want to deport every Jose back to Mexico.

 

Some of these Harden haters I don't even remember seeing them post during the game.
But post-game they come out like roaches when the lights go out

 

Big win. Needed it.

 

I seriously forgot Ennis was on the team tonight.

 

what's worse is even if we win just like tonight

 

I don’t know what game you were watching but harden was shutting Gasl down in the post with body on body contact. Just admit you have an agenda and are nitpicking any little excuse you can find to bash harden

 

I agree. He actually was playing well coming off the bench with House and Green before he got injured.

 

I mean CP3 had a bunch of terrible possessions dribbling out the shot clock and also got stripped and turned it over once.

Harden does get frustrated that, it's just rare that to have defenders that have the stamina to do that for more than spurts at a time. Eventually they foul him or just get tired

 

MDA's M.O. is typically to leave Harden on the bench to start the 4th
and rest until about the 8min mark.
I noticed tonight that he put him back in around 11min. UNUSUAL

 

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HERE WE GO. . .

 

You have a point.

Most team just don’t want to have a guy like Tony Allen or Bruce Bowen to play Harden this way because first it needs lots of stamina and most importantly, those so called defense specialists usually suck at offense.

But guys like Marcus Smart, which will play in such way and also knows how to flop, will be tough for Harden.

 

While the still Rockets have a habit of shooting themselves in the foot in crunch-time, the massive cushion they built in the first half along with Green in the 3rd ensured a wire-to-wire win. I see people calling the Grizzlies a chump team, but they're really not. They're a tough, scrappy team that never sees themselves as out of a game.

James Harden put the team on his back in the first, and got his triple double thanks to Capela. Noice.

I hope CP3 can have a wire-to-wire great game soon, and I hope EGo starts having fun and hitting his shots, because it's not fun to watch his struggles. I'l be sending him positive vibes from all the way in China.

Good win tho. I hope the Rockets don't take their foot off the gas pedal this time and actually start climbing the standings. That's what will separate them from the 15-16 team: Consistency.

 

Post-game he said "I think we just didn't have our footing in the 1st half."

 

We get it Harden stole Lin’s glory and you feel obligated to defend the scrubs honor

 

This season, there's no such thing as a 'depressing' win.
We need to celebrate ALL of them.

You should change your screen name to Eyore

 

Gerald Green saved this game for the Rockets tonight. His play was outstanding.

 

hogwash. A half-court pick can peel that defender away and now it is 4 on 4 with Harden going down hill. That's why NBA coaches don't do that a lot.

The momentum was lost this game primarily because CP3 sucked in the 2nd half.

 

You can reason with Lin fans