ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Warriors 4/26/2025 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 3)

He SLOWS the game to a crawl.... I just don't see where he brings much at all. 40+mil...are you kidding. FVV's best days are considerably behind him IMO.

 

I been saying all year, he can’t be a PG and he’s not a SG orSF because he can’t shoot - he’s a high energy guy off the bench … We need to start Bari or Tari to hurt GS blitzing JG

 

I get it. I’m just saying I heard similar takes after game one. It’s gonna be a lot of firsts for these young guys in these playoffs. Either they step up to the plate or they don’t.

 

frustrating

 

This a MILLION TIMES. We actually have an advantage that we are MUCH deeper than the dubs. The fact that we are not using that is mind boggling to me. Play 10 guys man, run them out of the building. Not like Reed and Holiday and Jeff green would do any worse than our starters who can't hit a rock into an ocean.

 

Did you watch UH Cougar in NCAA? Same style painful to watch. This style exhausts self more than the opponent. Play 8-man rotation adds salt to the wound. Remember Rick Adelman or Mike D'antoni? They made offense easy.

 

This series exposed Udoka’s inflexibility and foresight! Definitely outcoached and outclassed by Kerr and you can see it on his face!

Going against a championship team who beat a Boston team with 3 all stars up 2-0 in the series meant you needed to be prepared for many different scenarios. Like having options when plan A isn’t working .. Kerr using guys like Post, Heild who are terrible on D but have some decent offense., but we can’t find minutes for Cam Reed and more minutes for Bari?
FVV runs out the shot clock, no plays … they play green slightly tight, not like Curry , he folds , while curry at almost 15 years older out there running miles to get open.. Amen in for Defense? Well his primary assignment is average over 30 plg in 3 games … every one just shoots because they are open … there is a reason why Amen is open.. this is on Ime ..no discipline and strategy on offense …
Boston had the offensive personnel to play 5 out with shooters every where .. which this team lacks.
Would be nice to see what KD ‘s asking would be but this team and Ime’s hard stance on D over O has him exposed

 

Stone: "I've improved the team by bringing back FVV!!"

 

Almost every time he got the ball in a position to initiate the offense, he looked like a deer in headlights and somebody else had to run over to get the ball and play point. I just don't see it.

 

Had ass game same with Jalen

ask Ime udoka

 

we got so many guys that r way skitzy... if Ime is gonna keep running the same guys regardless of how much any is sucking on any given night - then we are destined to lose... because we dont have a team of all-stars performing at that level.

 

You are 1000% correct. It’s easy to make excuses for the young guys, and I often default to giving them an out when they clearly choked this game—besides Jabari. I hope game 4 will give us something to be happy about, but that all depends on them!

 

Trying to find any bright spots from tonight. Adams looked like a solid, competent veteran. Jabari had a rough start but started to look good. That's about all I can come up with.

 

25/4/3 on 46/40/82

lost in first round in 6 games to Memphis

 

My major issue with Ime is not utilizing his superior bench, even if only for a little while. I love him as a coach, and I understand that rotations get shorter traditionally in the playoffs, but for THIS group it's short sighted not to adjust when it's obvious that things aren't working. He's way too stubborn in that regard.

 

watching rick adelman's sans yao's era was pretty amazing and funny at the same time. a bunch of fringe players but somehow it worked.

i remember a bunch of brad miller's meltdown LOL

 

In both game 1 and this game......the game was tied with Adams in and the Warriors weren't able to create seperation. Ime takes out Adams with ~7 minutes left and then the Warriors take off from there. It was a mistake to take him out again.

 

How come we seem to be the only young team with jitters every damn game?

 

Yup they gave Jalen the lite Curry defense, he folds … Curry on the other hand running laps to get open and carry his team. Players in totally different stratospheres

 

FRED KILLS OUR PACE. PLAY SHEPPARD INSTEAD. SHEPPARD IS SO DAMN QUICK AND ELITE IN PNRs.

WHO THE HELL IS GOING TO STEP UP AND TELL UDOKA TO PLAY OTHER GUYS WHEN SOMEONE CLEARLY ISN’T PRODUCING?

WE’RE TOO YOUNG, TOO EXPLOSIVE, AND TOO TALENTED TO BE LOSING TO A WARRIORS TEAM WITHOUT JIMMY BUTLER.