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Clutchfans Game Thread: Rockets @ Thunder 8/31/2020 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 6)

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Clutch, Aug 30, 2020.

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  1. daywalker02

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    Question is if they hold onto MDA and Gordon if it's a 6 game loss against LA.

    They could say anyone could lose to LA.
    That would get interesting.

    Microball for another year with GSW back on the fold.
     
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    The NBA isn’t professional wrestling but the front office absolutely mandates how referees handle certain matchups and individual ref accountability is non existent. This is far from Rockets only related but we have been victims on several occasions.
     
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    Dude, step by step. First we have to win game 7, then we'll talk about game 6 with LAL. But with ups & downs like in this series, I think Lebron can punish us with a 1-4.
     
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    I don't think there's any chance D'Antoni is coming back. He's a successful and proud coach who Tilman has treated like an interim placeholder in their contract negotiations. I don't think Mike will want to coach for this owner anymore if he has other options.
     
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    True, I am just figuring out the overall narrative, not the every day tactics. :)
     
    #1645 daywalker02, Sep 1, 2020
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    it's no accident that our 3 losses have come at the hands of ed malloy, tony brothers, and marc davis. our poor clutch play and idiot coach also had a hand in these losses, but silver's hand was there to tip the scales just as much
     
    #1646 pippendagimp, Sep 1, 2020
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    This. Harden deferred to Russ because he is the leader and that's just the way it is. Harden knows he needs Russ to advance.
     
    #1647 Poonwalker, Sep 1, 2020
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    Harden needs to stop deferring late in games - he needs to be the guy.

    Westbrook so wants to be the guy, he CRAVES it but he is not good enough.

    DD
     
    #1648 DaDakota, Sep 1, 2020
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    Harden needs to have that give me the dang ball and end this series in the 4th man, Its a lot of times he doesn't want to do it, It pains me when you see player like, Leonard came back in when Mavs was coming back and then he want to his unstoppable mid range game and it was over, Its just frustrating that Westbrook has that "I want the ball and end this" but doesnt have that skillset of Harden
     
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    Watching the last play again, Westbrook chose the wrong passing option but if it was drawn up like that...........it was actually a well set out plan............Westbrook just chose the wrong side to pass to, he had Harden open behind him and Tucker open in the corner and even an open lane for a lay up. He made Chris Paul switch sides.
     
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    I can’t watch another Scott Foster game 7.

    The “not watching” movement for tomorrow’s game is making more and more sense.
     
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    The last play of game 6 should have been a Harden step back 3. We know he would get his sh_t handed to him if he drove it to the rim and the thought of him kicking it out to one of our role players for a clutch 3 pointer is not worth trying given how unreliable they are. So, it’s Harden stepback 3 or bust in my book. The greats will make it.
     
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    Just popping in to say something others have probably said: The blocking call against Jeff Green, for standing in the same place for about 2 full seconds and getting run over, was one of the worst calls I've seen this year.
     
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    i think even better would be for all the starters to force ejection from foster's whistle. if anything, game 7 could at least serve as a coming out party for silver and the league that the worldwide media would not be able to ignore
     
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    Rockets win game 7 in a blow out. If House had just hit a free throw this all could've been avoided but it is what it is.

    Russ is still rusty and it shows. He was forcing things thus the turnovers. The end game was on Mike as he should've had a play to free up Harden. Give OKC credit. They did to us what we did to Dort. Doubled and denied Harden the ball and made Russ airball and turn over.

    Theyll be fine but Lakers series is going to be the most insufferable series of the last decade. If yall thought the Warriors were bad...Lebron plus an entitled fan base is going to take it to 11.
     
    #1658 MystikArkitect, Sep 1, 2020
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    To all the people in here clamoring on about Harden not getting the ball on the last possession...... THAT PLAY WAS FOR JAMES. Russ was supposed to allow James to come around the House screen, which would have initiated the switch from OKC. But the problem is Russ went flying in there without assessing how OKC was playing it, got caught in the air when the defender blew up the passing lane, and decided to toss it blindly back to House. That play call was for Harden, and Russ ****ed it up royally.
     
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    over the previous 3 postseasons, the rockets are 0-7 when scott foster is reffing

    the numbers don't lie / take that for data
     
    #1660 pippendagimp, Sep 1, 2020
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