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ClutchFans Game Thread: Spurs @ Rockets 12/25/2015

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Clutch, Dec 24, 2015.

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We are going to get F'd with no lube

#41 zeeshan2, Dec 24, 2015

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Trap game for the spurs.

#42 AstroMechPLZ, Dec 24, 2015
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whatever you do Jb, don't have tjones guard Aldridge....Lamarcus Aldridge owns everybody at the power forward position on this team.

I smell a 23point beat down by the spurs.

#43 pippsux, Dec 24, 2015
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manu 3secs

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have u guys seen this yet? we're fked! https://streamable.com/45mr

dont embarrass yourselves out there rockets
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Dizzy just watching it

#44 pippsux, Dec 24, 2015
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hope dwight is ready to make some free throws

#45 Swish4fives, Dec 24, 2015
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whatever you do Jb, don't have tjones guard Aldridge....Lamarcus Aldridge owns everybody at the power forward position on this team.

I smell a 23point beat down by the spurs.
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Whoever guards LMA will have 3 fouls by Q2, if he's getting the same calls in SA he got in Portland.

#46 KlutchQT, Dec 24, 2015
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Easy win for the rockets. HARDEN drops 50, Lawson comes alive , and JB looks like a genius!

#47 juanm34, Dec 24, 2015

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San Antonio Spurs (25-5)

The stat: The Spurs rank first in both offensive and defensive efficiency in the month of December.

The Spurs have had the league’s best defense since the third week of the season. They’ve allowed 9.2 fewer points per 100 possessions than the league average, the biggest differential since the league started counting turnovers in 1977.
On the last day of November though, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said, “We are not good offensively, and may not be until March.”
Well, he lied.

After scoring 102.5 points per 100 possessions through November, the Spurs have scored 114.2 this month, 116.4 over their last 10 games. The Spurs have shot much better this month, and have also grabbed a greater percentage of available offensive rebounds, turned the ball over less, and gone to the free-throw line more often.

With the league’s No. 1 offense and No. 1 defense in December, the Spurs have outscored their opponents by 22.2 points per 100 possessions in their 12 games, a mark that’s more than seven points per 100 possessions better than any other team.

Going back to 1996-97, the best NetRtg a team ever posted in a month in which it played at least 10 games was plus-16.9 by the Chicago Bulls in November of ’96. With four more games this month (all against teams that are .500 or below), the Spurs are set to crush that mark.

More Spurs notes from NBA.com/stats
The Spurs lead the league with 13.3 post-up points per game. They’re led by LaMarcus Aldridge, who averages 4.9 post-up points per game.

All five of the Spurs’ losses have been on the road, but they still rank second with a road NetRtg of plus-11.2 points per 100 possessions.

Kawhi Leonard leads the league with 6.1 spot-up points per game.
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Houston Rockets (15-15)

The stat: The Rockets have been the most improved team since Thanksgiving, 11.6 points per 100 possessions better than they were through Nov. 25.

Before Thanksgiving, the Rockets were 5-10, with the league’s 27th ranked offense. Since the holiday, they’re 10-5, ranking fourth offensively.

James Harden has seen a small bump in how well he’s shot, but the biggest jump has come from the Houston role players. Trevor Ariza, Corey Brewer, Ty Lawson and Marcus Thornton all have a post-Thanksgiving effective field goal percentage that’s at least eight percentage points better than what they shot before Thanksgiving.

The schedule has been a factor in the Rockets’ improvement. Before Thanksgiving, the Rockets played six games against teams that are currently under .500 and five against bottom-10 defenses. Since, they’ve played 10 games against teams currently under .500 and nine against bottom-10 defenses. So it’s not quite time to believe that they’ve found all the answers to their problems or that they’re looking good for a playoff spot in the Western Conference.

In the next nine days, the Rockets will face the Spurs (twice), Hawks and Warriors. After this stretch, we’ll know if they’ve truly turned the corner.

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The Rockets have attempted 37.5 percent of their shots from 3-point range, the second highest mark in NBA history (behind their own mark from last season). But the Spurs have allowed their opponents to shoot just 23.3 percent of their shots from 3-point range, the lowest opponent mark in the league.

Harden leads the league with 3.9 free throw attempts per game off of drives. But the Spurs held Harden to just 5.0 free throw attempts per game last season, the third lowest mark among his opponents.

Harden shot 9-for-23 when Danny Green was the closest defender to him last season.
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#48 J.R., Dec 24, 2015
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#49 i3artow i3aller, Dec 24, 2015
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Rockets’ J.B. Bickerstaff hails Spurs as epitome of basketball

Rockets interim coach J.B. Bickerstaff said the San Antonio Spurs are, to him, “what basketball should be” after practice on Thursday.

The Rockets will host the Spurs on Friday at 7 p.m. San Antonio is 25-5 headed into the game and are again, one of the league’s premier teams,

“They are a great team, a great organization,” Bickerstaff said. “They are well-coached. They share the basketball. They cut when they are supposed to. They screen when they are supposed to. They are the picture of, to me, what basketball should me.

“They have ball movement, body movement, selflessness, the coach has been there for 100 years. That’s the way it should be. If you are great for this long a period of time, you’re obviously doing what you’re supposed to. People don’t appreciate how hard it is to be great for so long and they have been, so you have to respect that. But then when you play them, you have to beat them.”

The Rockets are 15-15 headed into the contest, but Bickerstaff said he has been pleased with they have played lately, despite a 104-101 loss to Orlando on Wednesday.

“We are a lot better than we were to start the year and we have been playing well lately,” he said. “The Spurs present a big challenge for us and we will have to be ready.”
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#50 J.R., Dec 24, 2015
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anyone else going to the game tomorrow? I'll be there

#51 King of 40 Acres, Dec 24, 2015
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This is going to be the opposite of fun

#52 J Sizzle, Dec 24, 2015
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Rockets’ J.B. Bickerstaff hails Spurs as epitome of basketball
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sounds like he's begging for his next assistant coaching position

#53 pippendagimp, Dec 24, 2015

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This is going to be the opposite of fun
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For the Spurs when we go up 20 on em

#54 Dhoward12, Dec 24, 2015
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If we still play with pathetic effort on defense, like last game, this would be 30pts blowout loss.

#55 PeterKingX, Dec 24, 2015
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Rockets get a very comfortable lead, but then Ebenezer Popovich goes for the hack a Howard strategy and Dwight goes 6-21.

#56 CK Johnson, Dec 24, 2015
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We are going to get slaughtered.

#57 amaru, Dec 24, 2015
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Im going to pelicans heat game

#58 rockets13champs, Dec 24, 2015

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Damn we are going to lose. Hope we win but with the addition of la. We have no one that can stop him.

#59 krouchchocolate, Dec 24, 2015
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With Spurs defense I don't think the rockets can score above 70

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