ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Nuggets 2/25/2018

He does. It was one play. He does that same step back plenty without traveling. No one is perfect even if they have a nearly perfect move.

 

PJ's improved shooting is making me more comfortable with him at the 4 spot. He can always be counted on to do the dirty work. Harden was terrific.

 

Good win. Hope some other players get more minutes on this back to back vs jazz

 

Good win but we didn't play our best. Blew a golden opportunity in the 4th to get our starters rest before the tough B2B against Utah. We really weren't focused tonight, too many TOs and bad defense. Ah well, always good to get the W though.

 

lol nuggets fans and writers are pissed off at harden and cp3 for ripping them apart

https://www.denverstiffs.com/2018/2...t-solve-houston-rockets-lose-119-114#comments

 

so reliable and so clutch

 

Gerald Green must get minutes. JJ being an ex-Jazz man might keep him on the bench. That wouldn't be the right thing to do. JJ should get 15 minutes and Green about the same too. Green can give Ariza and Harden a breather.

I hope Gordon will be back to full fitness soon too.
Go Houston Rockets!

 

"Closing thought: I don’t like Houston basketball
Yep, I’m going to gripe about James Harden’s game. I hate how he gets his points even if it is in a way brilliant. It’s 100% within the rules and it’s 100% effective but man is it ugly to watch and there is no way you can convince me it’s within the intent of the game. What’s worse is it seems to rub off on everyone, including the opposing team. After Harden had a string of fouls go his way in the second quarter suddenly Jokic was trying to do the same thing on the other end. Later in the game when Harris drew a foul for a four-point play you could even see him grin as if he knew he was copying what Houston does. It just doesn’t make for fun basketball viewing, I don’t know, maybe I’m just getting old."

 

He was making them, it wasn’t just for the sake of getting a call. Why do they keep fouling? They have to gaurd him tight. Watching Jokic try it and fail was embarassing.

 

I watched that game. Harden didn't do anything egregious in terms of hunting for fouls; I've seen far worse (like the one against Boston) where Harden does actually initiate contact and force the refs to make a tough call, but last night? nah. Those back-to-back 4 point plays were brilliant... nothing illegal or ugly about it. If you can make a 3PT shot through contact, how is that not beautiful to watch?

 

Woah. Real salty. They think they are good but forget with 7 minutes left they were down 17 and have already been thrown around the ringer two times before that.

 

Capela's softness has been exposed, and that is what he will have to overcome in order for us to go deep into the playoffs.

 

it actually was clints fault because after he inbounded the ball he should have gotten the hell out of there.... instead he stuck around allowing for p ul to be trap and paul wasn't gonna pass him the in that situation which cause the travel.... you can see that Paul was gonna pass him the ball and then realized who it was....

it was a low iq moment for Clint but no biggie cause he doesn't have many

 

How so? because he had one bad game. Ok Capela in the last 5 games

23/25
16/11
14/12
13/11
25/11

All while playing less than 30 mins per game on average

I ain't gonna sit back and let soft posts go unnoticed

 

Lol those Denver dudes, they put the corpse Devin freaking Harris and defensive scrubs like Murray and Barton on the MVP and they paid for that, nothing to see here, smh...

 

I'm not disagreeing on whether they were legitamate or not, I just don't think he'll get those calls against the likes of GSW.
Too many games ive been left scratching my head why he didn't get the call and last night he did.