ClutchFans Game Thread: Mavericks @ Rockets 11/28/2018

Some fans and the media keep trying to make our poor play attributable to just one thing. That week, it was the coaches (lack of) fault. Melo, CP3, the bench, the coaches, the owner. Pick one.

 

......have you not watched the past several games ???

 

Morey has been so disappointing as of late. The fact that he couldn't see how we were few injuries away from absolute lack of depth is mind-boggling. We have no bench outside of EG, and EG is known to be streaky. Apparently, the genius couldn't figure this out.

 

I hated this bench scrubs

 

It’s all of the above

 

Any team can hit ridiculous shots when they playing against Rockets.

Like Cavs, Wizzards, Mavs...

 

Aw come on, if we would’ve only kept Ariza and Luc, yea ok.

 

Does anyone remeber or have data about us switching everything all time in the regular season last year?

It just seems that it's a scheme that works well vs GSW, but not against every team and we don't adjust.

 

It's hard to really blame the coach when his bench is:
Gary Clark, Isaiah Haretenstein, Danuel House

These guys could all be nice rookies / G-League guys to give about 8-10 mpg and develop, but if they are getting 16-20 mpg, and not one of them, but 2 or 3 of them getting that, it means your team has some serious issues. For the Rockets, it is injuries, technically the whole bench is injured for the team, so the third string has all been promoted to the main bench guys. None of these guys would be the 6th, 7th and 8th men on even bottom teams, even with injuries.

 

I think we have like 3 NBA caliber players 1. Harden 2. Capela. Chris Paul is like half an NBA player because he never plays, Gordon is also like half a player.

The rest should go play in China

 

“Rockets are clearly the best team in the NBA. They don’t care about meaningless regular season games and are just coasting.” - hakeem94

 

This really sucks, but there has to be a reason why they suck so much, because it's not normal...and it has to be about having only 7/8 players available, i didn't like the "tired legs" excuse Mike used other times but players right now must be tired enough to not be able to put 100% of their energy on the court, they way they're losing it's just not normal, and i don't see a group playing against the coach like in 2015/16.

 

That guy should have never been here to begin with. He was part of the horrendous off-season moves.

 

It was sarcasm bro lol.. I was being funny like those crazies that have been saying it like all season

 

It's because they start gaining confidence from the plethora of easy buckets the Rockets give up. There is more of that follow through and just that tad bit more swagger where your body is just loose and you rely on muscle memory instead of overthinking things because you are constantly seeing the ball go in the hoop.

 

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this same scheme produced the 7th ranked defense last season

 

Well, yea, if it was possible, and if Luc didn't suffer the same injury, their presence moves each of the current bench guys down two spots in the rotation, even with injuries. Clark becomes the 8th man, House 9th and Hartenstein 10th man, so yea, it would help of course. Solid depth when a team is thin and starving for depth always makes a difference, but it is what it is.

 

Im with you. I'm done with this nonsense. Giving up 74 points to the freaking MAVERICKS! There is no effort from this team at all. I don't ever quit on this team, even that season where they fired McHale I kept watching, I kept going to games. But this! This is on another level of hot garbage.

No thanks!

 

I take it back lol

no matter what they do, they all seems to make a fool of themselves in the court