ClutchFans Game Thread: Pacers @ Rockets 2/27/2017

I'm one to back up Harden and I love the guy but he is so lazy on D it has really hurts this team in games this year

 

What a ugly ass loss...

 

A lot of factors led to this loss tonight but when the team needed Harden to step up and put a mark on this game, he gets caught ball watching and lets a wide open dagger 3 get shot on him.

 

no man. it's never harden. harden can do no wrong. he played a great game tonight. look at his stats....

 

I've said it before and say it again : Harden has too many holes in his game to be considered an MVP. Streaky shooting, turnovers, defense... jeesuz man, I know he's a great player, but he needs to get rid of at least one of his three major flaws; otherwise, there's always gonna be few players above him.

 

Shitty refs, shitty announcers, and an even shittier game

 

national televised game.....had a good lead and choked.... reminds me of super bowl week losses to Hawks and Celtics. Embarrassing.

 

You're right.

 

Rockets giving up close to 120 points again

Mike AntoniO: It's not my fault. Ask Jeff about the defense

Jeff Biglydick: I preach defense first

 

Disgracefull. You start the game 20-4 and lose like that. Rebounding huge issue again. They got so many second chance points and Harden, Gordon, Ariza were really poor all night on offense. Only guys who can say they played well were Nene, Lou and Bev.You promise Bogut the starting spot and whatever he wants because this team is crying out for a rebounder

 

Totally on the coaching staff. The players were not put in a good enough position to succeed . I'm not sure what we are doing in film and practice , but the 3 guard lineup with eg,Lou, and James has been bad all 3 games . And you absolutely can't play 3 guard (no James) and have Harrell as your 5 .

The lineups in the second half were whack too . Stop playing trev at the 4 . Just because it worked against Davis doesn't mean it's a good idea unless you are going against a similar 4 .

We struggled to generate good 3 looks and just looked like p*****s in general . Part of that is on the players ... But that behavior comes when there is uncertainty . The players didn't know what to do because the coaching staff didn't draw up a Good enough plan

 

No defense and Harden is back at the strips.

 

Harden needs to stop shooting like a scrub

 

They've gone John Jenkins. Too far. Reel it back in before it's too late D'Antoni. We are not circus freaks.

 

Yeah there are really no excuses for that defense on the cj miles 3. Oh well on to the next

 

should i blame the Toyota Center crowd because that was very very quiet fourth-quarter, final 8 minutes.

But I did pay attention to some of the box score in The first half and the rockets choked.

 

I'm okay with MDA's offense and the 3-chucking, but why draw up 3-point plays in crunch time when you've been bricking them all game?

 

Not the refs or announcers fault. We got whooped

 

Wonder what Hakeem must have been thinking watching courtside. Between the lack of discipline, turnovers, no defense or rebounding, and refusal to do much of anything other than shoot 3s, he must think this team is pretty screwed!

Would like to see what this team could do with a coach like Mario Elie or even Hakeem.

 

I'd say only bev and Clint can really say that . Lou shot well for sure . James was OK .

Nene did not have a good game .