ClutchFans Game Thread: Jazz @ Rockets 5/8/2018 (Playoffs Round 2, Game 5)

Also, lets not act like Jazz defense isnt like super amazing.

 

Chris had 40 pats and NO turnovers...

...harden had 11 the last two games.

I new cp was good but man he’s really good. Just has that champion mindset (refuse to lose) I really hope that rubs off on jimmy - he’s known to disappear when we need him most .

 

The warriors defense is better - which should scare everyone on this forum.

 

NbATV

- playoffs are different (rockets are winning at an 80% clip, same as regular season)

- Golden State is the most efficient offense in league (no it was Houston)

- You can't go small against Golden State (NeNe played 16 minutes total against the Warriors this season, in one game, when the Rockets were missing Ariza)

 

Fair. As for whether it'll be successful or not we'll see.

 

http://www.espn.com/nba/hollinger/teamstats

 

This

 

We'll see, all I know is, their not gonna have a Gobert there blocking layups. Gotta give up something

 

I'm aware...I've watched the same games. The warriors are playing much better than they were at the beginning of the season though, and I'd say we aren't playing quite as good as we were. Anyway, I'm behind my boys for life so I'm going to enjoy the ride like I have been.

 

Awesome. CP3 had 7TOV in a game too. Why you have to **** on Harden?

 

Media conspiracy.

 

Jazz have a great defense that matched up horribly for the Rockets personnel. Warriors defense matches up well.

 

My point is The Jazz shouldn’t be viewed as a meausuring stick on how good we are or aren’t. They were undermanned the entire series with no Rubio. I know it’s a running joke to clown on him on this board but he was a big deal for them. He put up 14/7/7 against OKC and was their leader. They don’t have anyone to replace that and with no Rubio it hurt Mitchell the most. But since ultimately they were a measuring stick we did win comfortably in most of the games but it was hardly impressive and we need a lot of guys to step up.

 

Me too. Rings are all that matters. It seriously doesn't bother me at all about the MJ retiring argument. We won back to back. Banners on the wall. Trophies in the case. I'll take another no matter what the circumstance is.

 

No it was Houston.

#1 in O rating.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/HOU/2018.html

Hollinger I believe has his own proprietary stats.

 

Lol. Seems like a clutchfans conspiracy too. Im trying to understand the expectations of how you’re supposed to look when you get into the western conference finals. Because Harden and Paul have both had incredible games and neither series was even close. That sounds good so far.

Do we need to raise the bar to beat Golden State? I would imagine so, but playing even better is certainly with in the realm of plausibility for this team.

 

Jazz didn't lay down. They were facing elimination so they made us work for it. I'll take it over a blowout bc this will help them stay focused for the da Worriers

 

PJ Tucker is at the podium in a sun hat and 90's Wind Breaker

 

Rubio is a good player but he’s not the difference maker in the talent gap between these 2 teams.The series was not even close. Nobody needs to be impressed but I’m trying to figure out the negativity? We’ve taken care of business in efficient and fairly easy fashion against 2 teams we’re much better than. What’s the problem? Next up.