ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Warriors 4/28/2025 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 4)

That’s the truth. Our defense is legit. We severely lack a basic offensive scheme (Jalen bruh…..) I inexplicably yelled out it’s UH Defense and And1 offense vs a hot Warriors backup guard and very good flopping/defense to my wife and she chuckled. As if the warriors weren’t going to get the favors for views.

Curry is an all time great to be honest. As a Rocket fan, he can suck a fart out of a pigeon for all I care. But he’s legit.

It’s time to put him this decade long pain in my fandom ass ti bed for good. Starting with, winning this series. I have hope! It may be false hope, but I believe we can win this series.

 

If his manhood being questioned on the court didn't fire him up, nothing will

 

Exactly what I said as soon as he pulled him. We won the minutes Adams was on the floor. Play the fouls game game. Make Kerr blink.

 

Five minutes on the game clock and the warriors are inbounding with two seconds on teh shot clock. I say to myself "GD if we let Curry catch this it's gonna be the three that is the difference in the game"

It's the little things. We are still young but there are a couple things clear: We need more shooting and Jalen Green is not a long term solution at SG.

 

The trade deadline told us we were after a learning experience, and we've seen some growth even in this game. But you can't fix bad habits like missing free throws with an adjustment. We've been unprofessional about missing at the line all season.

I think it was Hakeem who said that a playoff series doesn't really start until someone has three losses, spoken after the Rockets went down 3-1 in a series they came back to win. That may have been during our second championship run.

If you can push through and find a winning formula in game five on Wednesday, you will have delivered a lot of body blows to GS. It's still anybody's series. We were one possession away from being tied.

 

Don’t know what game you saw but the refs were not the reason we lost
Missed tons of free throws and horrendous coaching

 

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

No. Ime is fine. He's theoretically the 3rd year coach and coach a team with so little playoff experience, and himself only gone to playoff the 2nd time. You can't do anything if your starting SG played like sheet.

 

Bane would be the perfect Jalen upgrade. I don't think he'll be available though.

 

The wife has been wanting me to quit on the rigged nba for about 10yrs now.

She may be onto something.

 

Fair enough. I actually stopped following the NBA closely about the time he came into the league. I’ve seen enough of him to know he’s a great player though.

 

Not Over. But at least they have now felt the playoffs. It's been intense out there. This is experience you can't buy.

 

Man if having a bad game 3 was not enough, if potentially going down 3-1 was not enough, if being mocked for painting your nails was not enough, then there's no point. Green has to motivate himself, not look for other sh*t to motivate him. So disgusted with him tonight.

 

I still don't understand what Jeff Green did to be snubbed from coming off the bench. He has come off the bench all season long making shots, and he isn't afraid to drive it in or shoot a 3. He also makes his free throws at a good percentage. It's just odd to me. Is he hurt or something I don't know about?

 

Fair but Kerr is still one of the best. He is playing to the refs. That's why he is one of the best. Don't get me wrong, I hate the dude. Michael Jordan's Bulls. David Robinson and Tim Duncan Spurs. I don't like him but I accept that he knows what he's doing.

 

we ain’t getting a lot for him lmao. On the biggest stage, he’s scored 7,8,9 in 3 of our 4 playoff games. Nobody cares about his one good game. If he comes back for another 8/9/10 points on Wednesday, we are finished. We’d be lucky to get Brandon Poo-poopski back for him, at this point.

 

I’m not a Jalen Green hater but. The fact he was out there so long baffles me. You could tell the moment was too big for him. Turnovers, dribbling off, not boxing out, lost on defense, missing free throws..he cannot start. If he does this series is truly over.

 

I mean he’s fine, he is what he is. I like the toughness and physicality although I’d rather watch basketball than grown children pretend to be tough staring each other in the face.

on that note how feeble minded and insecure must draymond green be? You’ve made it in life - you make millions to play a game, you sit back and watch curry carry your water to 4 championships. Hell the refs have a mandate to specifically ref you differently than the rest of the universe, and you still act like a complete ******* in every single situation. It’s not competitiveness it’s the mark of a weak man. Imagine being that blessed in life and still approaching the world with that kind of mentality, it’s astonishing really.