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Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Clutch, Jan 9, 2020.

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  1. Vivi

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    Yeah, that's true, but still, these kind of blowouts seems to happen more often to the Rockets, and to me that might be a sign that they lack enough consistency and mentality between leaders and the coach. Hope to be wrong but i guess we'll see.
     
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    MDA THINKS HARDEN RAN OUT GAS.

    interesting. very interesting.
     
    #1262 DreamShook, Jan 9, 2020
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    Morey is definitely a fraud. Dude got lucky by trading for Harden and has ridden on that ever since. Traded for a couple of stars past their prime by trading half of his valuable roster and now sticking to midgets who chuck 3s over long defenders.
     
    #1263 BasketMAD, Jan 9, 2020
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    i love CP3, in my opinion he's the greatest Clipper off all time. But damn it, there is no way that he would be able to keep this up on another team. The elephant in the room is that in OKC, CP3 has the luxury to play along side 3 point guards (one who is 6-6 with a 7 foot wingspan who can guard point guards, shooting guards, and the small forwards) that allow him to pace himself and keep himself fresh. If CP3 were to be moved, he would carry a heavier burden and have his usual physical breakdown.
     
    #1264 Clips/Roxfan, Jan 9, 2020
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  5. YOLO

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    no they're not. its the people that don't want to give cp3 any credit at all.
     
    #1265 YOLO, Jan 9, 2020
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    It makes sense. They won’t lose to trash teams again and again. They won’t embarrass themselves this way.
     
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    The offense runs through Harden, he receives the majority of the attention on defense. God please just stop.
     
    #1267 HP3, Jan 9, 2020
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    Utah is a team that has to truly show up in the playoffs.
     
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  9. JayGoogle

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    Nah, Denver and Utah lose to trash teams, everyone in the West does. That's why we are still tied for 3rd place. Only team that doesn't lose much to bad teams are the Lakers.

    Rockets will be fine. I think they will be 2nd or 3rd.
     
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    5 days rest makes this team run out of gas.
     
    #1270 PeterKingX, Jan 9, 2020
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    Way to embarrass yourselves again Rockets!
     
    #1271 J.R., Jan 9, 2020
  12. Rocket River

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    Yea sounds like something is off
    I would not be surprised if Harden sits a game at this point

    Rocket River
     
    #1272 Rocket River, Jan 9, 2020
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    Mike:

    It started last night, gas got low & didn't re-fill our tanks. Didn't play hard enough. Didn't match their playoff intensity. Came out and punched us and kept punching us and we just took it. There will be days like that.

    4-day layoff?

    Sure we can blame it on that but doesn't change anything. We didn't play well. Got a game Saturday at 4 o'clock. This is the tough part of the schedule. Got a couple guys banged up but we'll be alright. We'll just get through it. It's part of the NBA. We'll have to work through it.

    James & Clint battling some things? Neither played the 4th.

    No, he played 40 minutes last night. Clint has his foot issue. We'll see Saturday if he can go or not. It's been lingering & can't quite get it well yet so we'll see.

    Harden had that dominant first quarter but struggled since...

    Ran out of gas. He's out of rhythm. If you got a list of worries, he's my least worry. He'll be fine.
     
    #1273 J.R., Jan 9, 2020
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    Rockets will be fine regular season wise I mean.

    Playoffs they need a good solid wing. Maybe they can make it to the WCF or even Finals on the back of their star players, I guess we'll see.
     
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    Can't wait for all the over reaction posts
     
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    Maaaaan

    It's kind of something he's going on about running out of gas with the rotation he ran these past two days. Maybe Hartenstein should have played more last night?
     
    #1276 JayGoogle, Jan 9, 2020
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    for safety. for the culture.
     
    #1277 Os Trigonum, Jan 9, 2020
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    if something isn't done sooner rather than later concerning this depth, these guys are going to burn out faster than ever before. 2 guards off the bench cannot be this rotation.
     
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    MDA and Harden didn't shield CP3 from a crazy workload and everyone on CF would make sure everyone knew CP3 makes a trillion dollars. Treat CP3 like he is made of egg shells and maybe that hamstring holds up..
     
    #1279 DreamShook, Jan 9, 2020
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    Kobe in game 7 vs Rockets without TMac or Yao: 14 points on 33%

    Kobe in game 7 vs Celtics: 23 points on 25%

    Kobe in the final 2 games vs Pacers in 2000: 17 PPG on 26%

    Kobe in the final 2 games vs Celtics on 2008: 24 PPG on 35%

    Kobe in game 5 vs Pistons 2004: 24 points on 33%
     
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