ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Cavaliers 1/25/2025

Feel like we play better without him.

 

And Rox got 3 days rest. But they are a young team there is always a chance they start out sloppy and fall behind by 20 in the first quarter and never recover.

 

Nah his injury just coincided with Jalen explosion. Same thing happened last year with Sengun.

 

Either brooks or jabari will be the 6th man. I’ll riot outside TC if Amen goes to the bench.

 

detroper

 

I think it has more to do with Amen being in the lineup or getting more mins. It's not lost on me that Jalen's explosion is when we had our slowest players out of the lineups(Sengun and Jabari) and added one of our fastest(Amen).

 

Cavs hit 25 3s tonight and lost..

 

Our net rating has dropped since he went down.

Let's not confuse Amen getting more minutes and JG being on a hot streak for "Jabari is bad for the team". Those are both obviously beneficial things, but Jabari playing is also good for the Rockets, especially on defense. He's the only switchable big we have (Tari is a combo forward).

 

It was supposed to go down because of the stamina that it takes to play the best Defense over the course of 42-82 games.

• Now Bari helps .....these guys are now trying to score a lot faster and more.
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• Plus: Fred-Jalen-Alpe- Amen and Cam scoring punches.....every night someone goes off.

 

If you watched the last two games you'd know playing fast or slow has nothing to do with JG's hot streak scoring.

Rather, JG's explosion masked our lack of perimeter spacing and when JG is playing bad teams can just take us out by playing zone.

 

Better be prepared to riot then cuz I am confident Jabari and Brooks will still be the starters.

I am actually more worried Can will just be reduced to cheerleader again when Bari returns.

 

Bari needs to start.

I am not against Amen coming off the bench with Tari. They will kill the 2nd units with Adams.

 

Rockets win. Trap game for Cavs. B2b. They played in a hard fought loss in philly and traveled to Clevland tonight.

I think the Rockets win comfortably.

 

Game day baby!!!

 

Biggest issue is Dillon out there doing cardio lately.

 

when does Jabari get back?

 

Will Jalen have another bad shooting game like 4/16?

I hope Jalen could play a good game after 2 horrible games.

 

Yeah, those are my drawers. But I don't know whose shitstains those are tho.

 

This is the question--he's slumping again, maybe his hand is hurt. How long does it take good Jalen to return, and when he does, how long does it last? Proportion of good games needs to remain higher.