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ClutchFans Game Thread: Celtics @ Rockets 12/27/2018

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Clutch, Dec 26, 2018.

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  1. shvedsucks

    shvedsucks Member

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    And 4th seed right behind first seed. Almost there though
     
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  2. Amel

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    Weirdly Capela is exploding and Tuck is starting to miss his corner shots.

    I like Gordon trying to go at the basket more and more. I think this move will also give him confidence in shooting threes. Its all about pushing what works and letting things that dont go well come to you...
     
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  3. Little Bit

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    He does not look happy at all. No smiling or clapping for his teammates like the other players who are also on the bench.
     
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    I actually thought more guys were out of shape to start the season, maybe that was a big reason why we played like trash, especially on defense.
     
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    you know, there are still people that claim that Irving is a far superior player to James Harden, and while I really do like Kyrie I can't fathom how anyone who has seen an NBA game could possibly think so.

    What does he do better? Maybe his handles, but Harden's obviously excellent in that category too. Shooting? His percentages are better, but if James Harden carried the same offensive load Irving does than I would guess that he'd easily be a 40%+ shooter himself.

    At least Clutchfans understands me
     
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    Rivers second game with 10 pts. I expect that to go up once he gets more comfortable with the team offensive schemes. Another nice W for the team. Go Rockets! H-Town Crazy!
     
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    We are asking too much of Tucker to be honest. I have never seen a player get worked so hard. He plays so damn physical and guards every position, while fighting with much bigger guys down low for every rebound.

    He needs his legs to hit his threes, we really need another rebounding PF
     
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    Rivers second game with 10 pts. I expect that to go up once he gets more comfortable with the team offensive schemes. Another nice W for the team. Go Rockets! H-Town Crazy!
     
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    I like what he's done rebounding wise the past 3 games.

    I wonder what changed... oh... that's what it is. No more guarding the majority of the game on the perimeter.

    Here's hoping the coaching staff continues this common sense approach.
     
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    Nene +25 in 10 minutes. Nice.
     
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    It's understandable. He wants to get fit and to play. Perhaps, he will be all right for 5-8 mins before the Feb trading deadline. He should work with Keith Jones.
     
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    Will Danny Ainge call Morey again? ;)
     
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    No, it's just hard to grab rebounds when you're on the 3 point line.
     
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  14. saleem

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    Exactly.
     
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    Don't look now but we are up to 6th in the West, only one game out of 4th seed, and 3.5 games behind GS for the lead. And we went from worst to first in our division. Things are definitely looking up compared to a couple of weeks ago.
     
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    I don't like Irving much, i see a lot of Iverson in him, but while i do reconize his talent as a scorer (in this aspect he's probably top 5 in the league), overall James is just on another level, Irving isn't even a top 10 player in the league, Harden is without question top 3, you may like him or not, you may think he's the best, second best, maybe third...but not lower, only Lebron affects the game as much as him, Curry does too in a different way, but i would like to see him in a less perfect team...pretty sure if you put Curry in this Rockets team they're not as good.
     
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    I know of a certain NBA "analyst" who has Harden as the 6th best player in the NBA:rolleyes::rolleyes:
     
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    Our Houston Rockets have outclassed a full strength Celtics team by 14 points. Harden keeps on going from strength to strength! He is the MVP!
     
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    Ah you too believe Harden is better than Durant as do I.
     
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    Called it back in October and now we’re following suit...not sure why it took so long but I’m loving the results!!!
     
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