ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Cavaliers 11/1/2016

I never thought he could start and spent all summer waiting for Morey to get us some rebounding. He's not ready, it takes centers awhile to find their footing.

 

Whatever you say bud . I'm guessing you are one of those guys who wanted to trade for Noel ?

 

Capela needs time anyway, maybe he'll still be average in a couple of years, we'll see. But he's still very young, second season in the nba, first season as a starter...just give him time, at least until we can't have someone better anyway.

 

Second chance points down the stretch killed us tonight.

If we would've hit at least 4 of those 27 missed three pointers tonight, we would have won. (17-44)

Our perimeter defense has to get better.


But hey it was a very entertaining game on the road in a hostile environment . Good game Rockets.

 

With Morey it seems he can either get a superstar or get great role players, he hasn't had both since he was given the team and I think his second year he did a good job with role players but injuries hurt us. You know what you get with him, mostly undersized big men and guys who shoot below average or just at average. A system that forces players to shoot contested shots instead of going for the easy layups or open mid range shot. Its like he doesn't understand what a good role player or solid system is until he loses his main guys. Hopefully we do something before the trade deadline. Im still trying to figure out where this team is. Are we a 5th to 8th seed or are we even a playoff team this year, hard to tell right now. Still to be positive we are better than last year so far and it looks like we at least want to win.

 

I tell it as it is..Truth hurts? Houston commentators are known to be below average by Clutchfans.

 

This might be the sexiest loss of all-time

 

Lebron airballs a freethrow and there is a airball flyball just about 100 yards away in the adjacent stadium. Coincidence? Or did the King cause a temporary disturbance in the Force around Cleveland.

 

And Harden losing Khloe was the ugliest

 

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I bet he didn't say a damn thing to his assistants or players about giving up 128... I bet every thought in his head and every comment was about how the team should have rolled up 140 points and is working on even more plays to get points!

 

I'm pretty sure James is just fine with a 41-15 performance in a loss.

Gonna be a long season of Harden putting up mind blowing stats for an also ran team. But that's what the organization planned for, from the owner on down. Why are we still following sports again?

 

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Les is indeed entertained/happy.

"Look, we scored 120 but a missed FT here, a missed layup there, a few missed 3-pointers, we had a chance to exceed their 128."

 

Jalen Rose once asked Mike D'Antoni during a team meeting before a playoff game against the Spurs: "What are we gonna do on D to stop Duncan and Ginobili?"
Mike D'Antoni responded: "Don't worry about that. As long as we execute our Offense, we'll win"

 

I thought the Rockets played quite well and had some unfortunate breakdowns in the last quarter. The Cavs are the champs and they're very good at home. I expect the Rockets to get better and better as the season goes on. Harden was incredible again today. Capela needs to gain some confidence quickly because he's playing scared out there.

 

To be fair, you really couldn't stop Duncan and Ginobili in those days. You put a man on them and a hand in their face and hope they miss. You really couldnt double team or trap the Spurs back then someone else would just get you. You needed to put up crazy numbers to beat them because back then their defense was incredible and they wanted to play slow. So if you forced them to speed up the pace and hit your shots you had a chance, otherwise you were screwed.

 

Good effort despite all the points scored. Could have been a win but tough to be mad about a loss on the road against the Cavs. Harden was phenomenal.

 

LeBron also airballed a layup

Agree with others that Capela is concerning. Nene is playing better