ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Lakers 2/21/2019

The Rockets are good enough, they just play like that's enough. The Rockets aren't relentless in anything they do. Cry after you are tearing out the other teams esophagus.

 

Exactly. That confirmed. U can tell the rockets was dejected like wow they really rigging this one. N remember that shove on the drive by Ingram lmao

 

When is the last NBA game you have seen where 2 "stars" fouled out?

I honestly can't think of one and I've been watching NBA basketball since the mid 1970's.

 

I would consider starting House and Shumpert at the 4 and 3 so Gordon can come off the bench. We need both players back and effective ASAP.

Tucker's defense is extremely overrated and his inability to grab defensive rebounds cancels out whatever value he does provide on defense.

Meanwhile... Jimmy Buckets had 18/6/6

 

I felt like that after the WCF last year. I'll never be able to truly believe this **** isnt rigged sometimes. Not every game. But special, key games are heavily influenced. There are even certain refs they put in those games to ensure outcomes. Foster is one of them.

That said, we could have beat the refs tonight. We didn't play smart though. We left the door open so the crooks came in and stole the game.

 

Here is the difference:

Tony Brothers is just incompetent and calls atrocious fouls for both teams. No one wins when Tony Brothers officiates.


Scott Foster has an agenda and has personal vendettas against specific teams or players and makes it known. Scott Foster makes sure he wins when he officiates

 

difference between the two is Brothers just makes bad calls, it makes him see incompetent.

Foster is out there seemingly rigging games.

 

Yeah, I remember the camera panning to Rondo's face as he opened his mouth and wiped away...nothing.

 

Its easy to blame the refs. Did you see how many wide open 3 pointers they missed in the second half?

 

Seriously, I am irritated after the game. Like your posts on different forums. So, give me some grace, but I hate this take. It is very easy -- and I usually agree -- don't blame the refs.

some situations are so off that you have to admit it. Happy you still believe. But, when paid comentators are struck mute, I kind of know what happened. Watching the game told me what happened.

This was a travesty. So, unless something changes, expect more of this in the post season.

 

So tired of the ref bashing ... every freaking time. It's like NBA has an agenda on us to prevent us from winning.

We blew yet another 20 pt lead in the second half.

But let's blame the ref.

 

Both can be true.

The rockets got rigged and they don’t have the talent and mental toughness to overcome it.

 

Look, everybody agrees that we had our usual meltdown, but everybody also thinks that if this game been officiated as fairly as any other game this season, we would have won.

 

Exactly

 

this is great news, and a nice start to at least making silver send a different fixer in the playoffs

 

Rah, Rah, Fight. This is a seriously my usual take. But, please. Sometimes call it like it is. There is no real explanation for this spectacle. And if you think they should have "played harder", I am pretty sure the refs would have played harder.

When the guys who live off of the NBA think it is rigged, that might be a hint....