Clutchfans Game Thread: Rockets @ Lakers 9/12/2020 (Playoffs Round 2, Game 5)

Anybody getting on harden for this game needs their head checked.

He played as well as he could have given the absolute fire dumpster performances from the rest of the team. Lakers are just loading up on harden and forcing the rest of the team to make plays - which they aren’t.

Westbrook incredibly disappointing and frankly the team has looked better with him on the bench this series.

Tucker’s heart cant be questioned - but really deflating bombed layups and lack of offensive versatility (not just from him) is a massive issue going forward.

Not sure how they could work a move for Ibaka or another big that can spread the floor / not a perimeter D sieve. The size of lakers and strength of LBJ too much to overcome here.

 

He’s a damn clown.

 

Family is in the stands. I wonder whose got under his skin...

 

nah...i may check out a little but i won't be watching much at all...unless they start suffocating.

 

LMAO....

 

Westbrook is just frustrated at himself because he knows he's been complete trash in the playoffs.

 

They got rid of that fan L O L

 

I dunno if:
I'm more upset that westbrook being garbage this series
Or
That he stole a MVP from Harden

Rocket River

 

This game isn't on Harden but Harden helped us get here.

 

I didn't say they would...I said it was reminiscent of that lost.

 

Bad defense, stupid turnovers, and bad spacing. He's been bad this game and bad for this series as a whole, dude is 4-12, dont pick and choose stats.

He's GETTING PAID 40 MILLION, is AND IS ONE OF OUR WORST PLAYER'S STATISTICALLY. He's not good, he hasnt been. We've lost the ball game almost every time Harden has sat with him out there, then when Harden has to play with him he gets doubled and the spacing is killed.

We have never gotten doubled like this ever, ITS ONLY HAPPEND when we got Westbrook and had to trade Clint so we had to go small. Our offense was still bad because Westbrook sucks.

The Harden only lineups are our best lineups this series. This one game of hot shooting is not indicative of this series as a whole, Im tired of this crap, please stop talking to me about this, I like you man, but I dont care to talk about this anymore.

 

This is why we can't play small ball against a team like the Lakers. Lebron and Davis can just bully the smaller guys to the paint.

 

Did we miss 27 layups yet?

 

The side you don’t see on TV, there’s family/friends there live.

 

Cheap a$s owner
Dumb a$& f$ck moreyball gimick offence
heavily reliant on analytic overrated GM
Coach that hates mid-range shot
Team that shoots a lot of 3's who by the way doesn't have a legitimate sniper.

 

Westbrook got into it with Rondo's brother

 

Honest talk, this shouldn't be an elimination game. We had multiple games we should have won but got just barely outplayed.

 

Trade Tucker, House, Covington, Green, Rivers, and McLemore to the paperclip girl for whatever piece of shiot she has traded up to at this point.

 

Yeah but define didn't shoot well.

They improved from 21% or ish in the 8 seeding games to 36 or 38% overall in the Blazers series.

If that's not good, I will be damned.

I get your point, we all have our views.

The Lakers just improved themselves from earlier play and are scary good.

I didn't say it was enough but Clippers are struggling themselves with closing teams out.

 

I mean I’ll be here either way but everybody should remember the scola, Landry, Martian years. Those weren’t fun either. I mean I’d like to see what Morey could do starting from scratch with some good picks but we’ve traded them all away.