ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Raptors 3/6/2016

The SportsCenter anchors are too busy cleaning Stephanie's nut off their faces to get to it

 

Empty stats. He's not a true superstar, 6th man at best.

 

Inconsistent and unreliable. This guy should ride the bench or just be waived. :grin:

 

Brilliant game by Harden, jesus christ.

 

It was his ankle, not back. But I feel the same way

 

Too bad he couldn't help to alienate some of teammates along the way.

 

Those are ridiculous #s. He's definitely a Robin

It's because his name isn't Curry and he doesn't have a daughter to put in front of the camera.

 

Can't be a #1 option, tho.

Too fat, tho.

 

Keep in mind James is 0-3 in having good postseasons.

Every true Rocket fan is cheering for Harden.... thank God he's gotten his head out of his ass. It was there all NOV, DEC, and part of JAN.

 

James was our best player in the last post season, and it wasn't really all that close.

He had a horrendous last game

 

hmmmm

 

He was very good in the playoffs last season outside of two games. Get real

 

and Jordan had to do the same thing and he had more talent around him

 

It was Dwight until he got hurt.

Harden DID improve from his previous 2 playoffs, so he's trending upward

 

What?

 

It is actually not the best timing to play his best.... he will be exhausted by Round 2 again

If we make the 2nd round this year

 

This is obviously not a turning point game, the Rockets just caught fire and rode that momentum in the 2nd half. I'm just glad that we got another win on our belt. As long as we can beat the teams that we are supposed to beat (like Philly on Wednesday) and steal one or two games we weren't supposed to take, we will make the Playoffs.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Houston Rockets' defensive rating (last 8 games):<br><br>With James Harden: 101.8<br>Without James Harden: 114.2 <a href="https://t.co/Yokl7WSTNC">https://t.co/Yokl7WSTNC</a></p>&mdash; Red Nation Hoops (@rednation_hoops) <a href="https://twitter.com/rednation_hoops/status/706676312203591680">March 7, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

Fatigue is a possible factor.

It's great that he improved from '13 and '14. He's trending upward.

Be nice if we could get some blowouts, so we could the starters more.

Rockets will need contributions from more than H&H to do that. DMO's returning to form would be huge.

Yeah, I'm not believing in "turn around" until a sustained stretch of good play. Rockets still have time.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rockets' Offensive RTG (last 8 games):<br><br>With Harden: 110.3<br>Without Harden: 73.6<br><br>35.4 PPG/6.5 RPG/7.4 APG on 48.1FG% <a href="https://t.co/qhcdfk1CTZ">https://t.co/qhcdfk1CTZ</a></p>&mdash; Red Nation Hoops (@rednation_hoops) <a href="https://twitter.com/rednation_hoops/status/706678582689464320">March 7, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>