ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Spurs 5/9/2017 (Playoffs Round 2, Game 5)

Alas the way of life, you can play great the first three quarter, but u face clutchfans wrath when u fk it up at the end. I feel a little bit ill watching the final mins of the game. It's just a game but I feel bad being so pissed off at harden sloppy play. If we lose we lose, but it would be nice for the playoff dream to continue

 

every time he does something like this there's always a sprained ankle or a cold or tiredness to explain it. even if those are true, then he's a guy who has a lot of things go wrong with him and makes him play like crap from time to time. great overall game, but his stretches like this happen so often. no one but westbrook is capable of harden's lows as a player for a superstar.

 

It's clutchness that seperates Harden to reaching Lebron level. He just wilts to easily under pressure. You cant play willy nilly basketball with the damn ball.

 

The rockets played great, but offensive rebounding and tos cost them. When you are giving up so much size, shooting 49 3 pointers is like playing with fire. A low percentage shot, added to the fact there is nobody in the game with any putback potential.

 

7 man rotation? Really? You know Ryan Anderson is not gonna show up the next game in Toyota Center. Therefore , 6 man rotation against the Spurs in game 6 is a guarantee lose.

 

remind me to kick a puppy in the face tomorrow.

 

Agreed. Too much Harden hate and poor coaching. Herrell obviously should've played. Hope there's nothing deeper going on in that situation. It seems beyond the court.

 

Nah dude, that's a weak mentality. I don't like to baby these dudes, I call it like I see it, he's a grown ass man, no need to make excuses for him like he's your kid, he wants to be MVP so badly, always trying to make his case, but when it really counted he flat out choked reaeatedly & lost the game for his team PERIOD. Anybody with a functioning brain could see that

 

One of these teams will play Golden State next round.

 

This is just stupid a stupid assessment.

We all follow my dad's hometown football team in England. Even though they're woeful and get relegated every other year. So because we know there's going to be no chance of winning the cup - we should just not care about them at all?

Come on RR, you've got to be better than that.

Just because I bleed Rockets' red doesn't mean I have to be idiotic to the point of delusion in thinking that Houston has a chance of beating the Spurs, Warriors than the Cavs.

So I guess you never were a fan of the Rockets when we were perennial 9th seeders? Or, did you actually think the Rockets were going to win the Championship those years?

 

I really drunk and I'm gonna knee-jerk all over this thread. **** James Harden, he doesn't have what it takes to win on the big stage, we need a wing and **** Ryan Anderson, I can't wait til you get traded you theivin ass no-confidence-in-your-shot b****. b****. The only men on this team are Pat, Nene and John Lucas, the rest of them is a bunch of can't get it done b****es. Gordon should've been slapping the floor begging for the ball but he stood there wide ass open with his mouth closed, **** him. Sweet Lou can **** two women at the same time but can't play two halves of a game, **** him. Morey will find new homes for these b****es soon. We ain't winning the ship with a team full of ******s

 

What's with Mike D never calling a timeout?? He let our offense basically just grind to a screeching halt, and he never once gathered the team up to figure it out. It drives me absolutely nuts.

 

Wow.....Harden....How does it feel knowing that a scrub named Jonathon Simmons may have ended your seaaon?!

 

just to rub it in, Gordon hits the damn shot after the buzzer sounds

 

great talent, would love him at the Rockets

 

Too much dribbling, no motion for the last 8+ minutes of play. Got gassed at the end - I think that possession in OT where SA got like 5 offensive rebounds cost us. Even though they didn't end up scoring (miraculously), so much energy expended on defense for like a minute and a half

 

No we love our rockets we just get tired of seeing the same thing even with new coaching at the end of games. This is not Mike's offense that I saw the suns run it's not even close and someone has to call harden out about his turnovers since the players won't

 

I saw a stat in game 5 that every rocket that has played has set a playoff career high in points this playoffs.

That suggests to me that we have a lot of players who haven't played much in the playoffs.

It sucks, but you need to make the mistakes to learn from them. I really hope they (or James) realise that slowing the game to a literal standstill is a **** strategy.