Clutchfans Game Thread: Rockets @ Lakers 9/6/2020 (Playoffs Round 2, Game 2)

Lakers gave us everything they got and we shat the bed and still could have won. We'll be fine.

 

James Harden was 6/12 FG, 4/8 3PT, 11/13 FT, with 7 assist and a bajillion hockey assist and +8 while seeing double teams and zones all night but of course clutchfans blame him.

 

i hope Foster get hit by a bus

 

Didn't think this was winnable with Foster as the lead official but we had chances. Outside of the mysterious officiating, the bottom line is Russell Westbrook has to be better. He did a complete 180 from game 1. Westbrook was negative out there tonight. Also, MDA and staff have to find a way to get Harden more than 11 shots . Harden made the right reads for the most part, but the Rockets have to find a way to get him more looks.

 

I can imagine how uninterested he was having to see Westbrook’s man completely ignore him like we did Dort to come double and force the ball out of his hands all second half.

 

Completely bullshit, if someone is blaming Harden they don't know basketball at all. He basically did the right thing 95% of the game along with good defense.

 

He certainly did... I am a Jimmy fan but he SLOWS the game WAAAAY down, he was beaten down the court when he didn't get back. He definitely wasn't telling the team I want the ball...he was well disinterested.

 

WE'RE GOING TO THE NBA FINALS!!!

 

Westbrook just can't shoot and they are gonna bank on him not being able to shoot every time.

 

Westbrook -14 10pts 7TO
Jeff Green -26 0PTs 1TO
House -17 13PTS
River -18 0PTs 2TO

What happened to Jeff Green?


23 pts with 10TOs

What happened here

Seems like we had no answer for ROAMING RONDO

Rocket River

 

Send in Tyson to break Davis's femur bone. Then, we have it!

 

A bang your head game. Hate losing because one player doesn't understand his own game.

 

Harden did the right thing 95% of the time, he had wide open teammates who made shots. Kudos to Harden for being both great on offense and defense.

Westbrook on the other hand played like hot garbage, both defensively and on offense.

 

Westbrook is no Dort.

 

Split first two games with the Lakers is not bad. Good news is that Russ couldn't play any worse.

Bad Russ showed tonight. He played out of control. We had to play behind and got the lead back despite him. It also took a lot of our energy.

Dantoni was stubbon to fault again. With 5 fouls, Russ was pretty much all negative all there. Pull the trigger take him and save him for the last a few minutes when we still had the lead.

Oh well, at least we gave the Lakers something to think about.

 

even with scott foster and an amazingly hot start from the lakers driven by exceptionally hot shooting by morris. i feel good moving forward.

it's up to d'antoni to make the adjustments to the zone defense the lakers are running.

sucks they wasted a good pj tucker and eric gordon game tho.

 

The Lakers should thank their lucky stars that we have Westbrook on our team. So atrocious.

 

Lol if you read the log history, 90 percent mentioned WB as culprit, thanks.

 

I agree sadly. This lost is mostly the helter-skelter playing of Westbrook tonight. But even with his lousy playing, we still had a chance to win. I thought that foul on the ball that put LeBron at the FT line was the deciding play. Once again one bad call determined the game.

 

When other NBA fans told you that Jeff Green is garbage most of the time after deceiving a team for a few weeks to a month, believe them.