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

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Clutch, Sep 11, 2020.

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  1. Tristan_fiore

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    Ibaka is a free agent.
     
    #1081 Tristan_fiore, Sep 12, 2020
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    lnchan Sugar Land Leonard

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    Rondo's brother lol
     
    #1082 lnchan, Sep 12, 2020
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    And of course two offense of rebounds ends in a turnover
     
    #1083 CONAN 888, Sep 12, 2020
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    Russ gotta work on his ball handling, passing, free throw shooting, and becoming passable from midrange 1st...I don’t want to see him shooting threes

    Christian Wood and Ibaka are at the top of my FA list, but I doubt we can get either unfortunately

    yeah, we need hoopers...guys that can do multiple things and aren’t specialists that are easy to contain...somebody like Gallinari is a hooper...can drive, post, shoot midrange, threes, pass...he would kill if Harden was getting doubled like this...unfortunately, we can’t get him either

    really not sure what we can do to really improve tbh with our lack of money and assets

    what House did is really unforgivable when the team is this thin...I would say he needs to gtfo, but we can’t afford to just get rid of him
     
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    DVauthrin Contributing Member

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    The Lakers hot shooting is primarily because the Rockets are struggling to contain dribble penetration. Same thing happened against OKC.
     
    #1085 DVauthrin, Sep 12, 2020
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    Won't harp on with the negativity to the end of the season. I'm glad the NBA bubble has been a success and I got to watch my favorite team play some extra games when the season very well could have been over in March. The future doesn't look too bright for the Rockets given their cap space and current roster, but hopefully they can make some lucrative deals that can finally get this team over the hump in the near future.
     
    #1086 London'sBurning, Sep 12, 2020
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    What an awful series.

    None of the games were close in the end. Zero clutch time
     
    #1087 BigTex, Sep 12, 2020
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    The Lakers are going to win it all. No way LAC can compete with this team.
     
    #1088 Surfguy, Sep 12, 2020
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    i ain't even mad anymore..this team's ceiling is 2nd round at best.
    we ain't winning shiit if we run it back with this same roster next year..
    also, MDA and Morey need to go as well!
     
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    Blazers have garbage ass defense and we arent a good defense either, we can only manage it for like 3 games cause we get tired.
     
    #1090 HP3, Sep 12, 2020
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    Rondos b**** ass brother.
     
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    I’m kind of hoping the Rockets bring in Atkinson at this point. I’ve heard great things about him. They probably go for someone like JVG or Ty Lue though.
     
    #1092 Tristan_fiore, Sep 12, 2020
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    Westbrook such a diva... Take him out before he causes a brawl
     
    #1093 javal_lon, Sep 12, 2020
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    Talkin' bout real fans and shiiit, not the virtual fans you be ****in' with at the bubble.. Hey fan motha****a... Richard Pryor RIP
     
    #1094 Sanctity, Sep 12, 2020
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    This is because our defense is also a gimmick defense. OKC exploited our rotating defense every time down in the clutch. Every time. CP3 would just get someone he wanted and exploit it, it was there for all to see. A clear adjustment of not letting house rotate off of CP3 would have stopped that.

    You saw how OKC didn't let Dort rotate off of Harden?

    It's amazing, MDA doesn't adjust anything AT ALL. He just bangs his head against a wall, the system is the system. It works in the regular season and it works against lesser teams but when you see what happens when good teams et preparation for it.
     
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    So are the Clippers, they get sloppy against Jokic and Murray.

    It's going 6 or 7 whether we like it or not anyway.
     
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    They'll beat the Lakers.
     
    #1097 HP3, Sep 12, 2020
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    25+ point loss S M H fire the Coah and GM before midnight
     
    #1098 DJboutit, Sep 12, 2020
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    This is worse than Game 6
     
    #1099 HP3, Sep 12, 2020
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    MDA doesn’t play guys when we need them but in a blowout he leaves guys on the court.
     
    #1100 tmoney1101, Sep 12, 2020
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