ClutchFans Game Thread: Blazers @ Rockets 1/28/2021

Harden would have him score over 25 consistently.

 

@DonKnock

 

That's BS! Has he not seen Eric Gordon? Totally took over the game tonight in the 4th...

 

Truth hurts.

 

What's the point of discussing this? We needed Tucker's end of game plays to win the game. We needed House to play well to continue putting pressure on the Blazers.

Tuckers contribution was more critical since it came at the end of the game. I guess you could argue we aren't in this position to win for if it weren't for House's 11 points, but what's the point in pretending to know what would happen without House's 11 points?

 

To sum it up, WOW played great tonight in the 2nd & 3rd quarters. Gordon had a terrible off night and even made Cousins look bad with his erratic passes and jacking up 3s with the 2nd uint. Tucker's hustle and Oladipos last-minute layup and super defense on Lillard saved us the game. Besides that Portland was just getting damn lucky with their 3s otherwise, it would have been a blowout win for the Rockets. I hope going forward, Wall looks to facilitate rather than looking too much for his own shots around the perimeter. Would like to see the Wood/Wall connection a lot more like Harden/Wood had developed with their pick&roll.

 

Exactly

 

Tucker wasnt the reason we were losing.

And this is what I mean you focus on 0 points. This team wont be as good defensively without Tucker and they will remian the same offensively. Nwaba is a trash shooter and so is Tate. Those guys you listed are all good defensively but not good communicators for the team. LOL look at what literally happend tonight. He scores zero points because Wall and Oladipo are trash passers who cant get it to him in the corner. Like I said, our defense would be worse and our offense would remain the same.

Give him more corner threes and that would increase lol. In Silas system he's not doing well on offense sure, but guess what....OUR TEAM OFFENSE IS TRASH REGARDLESS. Tate was not good tonight, and Nwaba cant shoot worth a damn. If you were to give Tucker more corner threes this would be a different story. Like I said, there is a reason Silas plays him so much. There will be nights where Tucker not being versatile hurts....but that was not tonight.

 

I'm sure Wall and Olidipo had their moments. Wood might get there.

 

Never liked Harden. Never plays hard. Only move in the clutch is stupid step back three which he always missed. I don't care how good he is that's just ugly basketball.

Give me John Wall who plays hard on both ends.

 

Well we won thats what counts lol. Despite all of the mess that happened to begin the season we are on par with Phoenix who was supposed to be much improved. Still dont know what to think of this team but if the current trend continues playoffs here we come. My wish would be that we get to the second round that way I can say to HOF's that we got to second round without him lol

 

People who average 41 percent from three for their career aren't lucky. He's good and we still won.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/trentga02.html

 

If he wants to be anywhere close to AD, he needs to develop that part of his game.

 

Kenny said there's no players on the roster that beat teams w/ skill level, they beat teams with effort and energy.

Also the stars on this roster are no longer getting the same clout, being traded away for conceivably better players, so they are playing with a chip on their shoulders.

These are all facts, I don't see this being wrong. About the only veteran, old player we have now is Tuck. Star players here have something to prove after coming back from injuries, where the teams don't want to take a chance on them.

I agree w/ Kenny, it makes me want to root for this team, and flip the league upside down.

 

The point is you wouldnt need end of game plays if you dont have a dude contributing 2 pts and 4 rebs for the first 29 mins he was on the court. We need less PT for him and more PT for guys like Nwaba or House if he is playing well so the Rockets dont fall in a hole in the first quarter every time. Yeah the lockdown D is amazing but at the end of the day we look at OVERALL play. Look at Tucker's asvanced stats they are horrible except for his defense.

If I stabbed you then took you to the hospital would you thank me for saving your life?

Saying **** like everything is more critical at end of game thats just dumb the game is 4 quarters long everything you do from start to end counts. If player A scores 40 pts in Q1 and Player B scores 5 pts in Q4 including gamewinner who you think won the game?

 

I was being sarcastic thou, Gordon did take over and lost an 11 pt lead in like 3 min.... Yeah, Wood should be the closer now but Vic O seems to be the legit closer for now.

 

I mean, Harden wasn't what I thought...... but he's definitely good. I just wouldn't advise making him the leader of the team. He's not built like that to lead by example. Jordan and Kobe played D.