ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Thunder 12/25/2017

Totally agree.

And just to add about Ariza, maybe it's not a coincidence he was our best player until he was in the 40' territory and he basically started to brick everything, in the last quarter he went to the bench to rest but just for one freaking minute, he was probably gassed in the last 5.

 

you didn't all 55 wins in the regular season?

 

Disappointing loss

 

LOL at Morey thinking he built a GSW killing 15-man roster and MDA thinking his 8-man rotation gonna take us anywhere

 

of course its in your avatar...for me this was inspiring

 

LOL. I'm guessing this comes from someone who has never played organized basketball
or done more than shoot set shots in the driveway.
I you've actually played ball, you would understand the energy that is expended by having
to drive the lane, play defense and cover your man, run the fast break, and ESPECIALLY run around screens all game.
There is a reason Harden doesn't move too much on offense sometimes.
These guys play at such a high level that it's hard to remember that we are watching actual
humans. Humans that get tired and thirsty and run out of gas.
But we expect them to do ALL things all the time. And James provides plenty to this team. His numbers are SUPER-human.
We just need someone else to take up the slack and scoring to provide relief.
And we HAD that until recently. But hopefully CP will be back soon

 

I think the 8 man rotation will have gas for the 41 games instead of 82 games.

 

Our two best defenders arguably

 

relax, everyone. cp3 didn't play. if we have cp3, we sweep okc in a series.

 

Besides the unnecessary personal insults, I agree, the solution is CP3 being healthy and taking a large burden off of Harden. That's why this three game skid isn't that reflective of a healthy Rockets team entering the playoffs.

Whether or not you think Harden is lazy off the ball or whether he is tired, the problem still exists. The offense stagnates when CP3 isn't on the court and the defender decides to press Harden off the ball. He can't shake them. He won't run around screens to get free. CP3 coming in will solve this issue greatly.

 

Harden had an off shooting night(by his standards) two of our best defenders didn't play one being Chris Paul. Let us not forget that CP3 is also our 2nd playmaker. Then you add the fact that OKC's big three all played very well for a change and they still only beat us by 5 points. We will be fine.

 

No real insult intended. I'm in no shape to play full court ball anymore. And even in my younger days when
I played in high school, it was brutal trying to run around screens and run full bore. That's the experience I'm talking from.
Nowadays it's mostly set shots for ME. But having played organized BB helps at least have a better feel for what's realistic or not.

We TOTALLY agree here. It's not that we can ask James to do more. He's typically already being double teamed.
We need others to step up and also need other playmakers.
CP provides that other alternative and is why we were so effective early on

Peace brother

 

A good thing we are going through this before trade deadline. need another ball handler and a big man

 

One guy that's been really disappointing to me recently is PJ Tucker. His shot has been completely off lately which would be ok if his defense was lockdown. But He's been getting absolutely torched, and getting into early foul trouble as a result, which is throwing our rotations out of whack. Even when he's not in foul trouble, guys are beating him to the basket with relative ease. I think he'll benefit tremendously from having CP3 and LMAM back in the lineup.

 

I can handle taking a loss to Paul George, or even Melo.
But losing to WB is a different story. . . .

 

He has not been getting ”torched”

 

Offense is not the problem. However defensive rating in the last 10 games is ranked 29th in the league.

 

Yeah, why are people arguing about the offense? lmao

Defense has been beyond pathetic lately. That's the reason we're losing.

 

But but, but the chemistry! Anderson, Tucker and ariza are too good!

No way would I trade one of them for Paul George!

 

when you are winning...the flaws are hidden. it's good to lose a few one to see our weakness before the trade deadline. don't over value role players!