ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Warriors 5/2/2025 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 6)

Agreed. I also think he could learn a lot from Jimmy Butler when it comes to selling contact on drives.

 

Tari D comes against scrubs / 2nd units … you put him against vets and they bait him into fouls over and over.

Him and Tate and even DB are good for fouling end of qtrs

 

Another boring win - as predicted

Are you not entertained? No I am not even watching - Blue Bloods is starting

 

I don't understand how you have watched this whole series and can believe that Jalen is the solution on offense.

He's played well defensively but he has been really bad on offense.

We should continue to do what worked well in games 4 and 5 which is run the offense through Fred, Alpi and Amen. Even Dillon has been more effective at creating his own shot than Jalen.

We should use Jalen as a spacer who can attack closeouts. More Jalen in transition. More shots for Jabari as well.

Obviously, the double big lineup has been awesome. Ime with a stroke of genius there . We should continue that as well.

Jalen's defense has been really good. The offense has been really pitiful except for game 2.

 

Game 7 is going to be insane. Glad I took Monday off for this reason.

 

Yeah, this is good point too, I just want them to win Sunday and gain more experience from here. Run the GSWs into the ground.

 

Put the dogs in daycare and buy floor seats, we are gonna need you reek

 

Haha, me too

 

He should! The guy is athletic and he's had great success against us in the reg season.

 

jalen green might not b shooting well, but he's putting a great effort on defense to avoid being benched this game.

 

I will say AGAIN, no team in the NBA has figured out this Rockets double big line-up

Blew out OKC and other good teams post ASB

The key for the Rockets is perimeter shooting. That's it! You need Fred or Jalen to score 25 points or more and it's a W

 

His handles still need work though. I think he is not using his off hand enough to create space and lock the first defender on his hip. The next thing for him though is trusting the mid range. He doesn't have the handle to get all the way to basket, but he should not have to with his height and length.

 

You could point out that about 16 of those were intentional on hacking bs

 

It would require a team that can match the size and rebounding. I think Minnesota may be able to do that.

 

I agree that Jalen can finish through contact when he’s confident and playing well. But, right now, he’s not fighting through contact. Instead he’s getting bumped on drives and fading away. I suspect his confidence on offense is low right now because his jumper is off, and he’s not getting calls at the rim. That leads to avoiding contact on drives rather than seeking it out.

 

Completely agree.

 

Dude. This series has not been officiated fairly. Alpi and Amen are getting hit regularly on drives to the rim. Jimmy Butler can be touched lightly on the arm and it's a foul. Golden State sets 30 illegal screens a game but Alpi and Adams are called for fouls on legal screens because Pods falls down.

Draymond continues to commit technical fouls that aren't called technicals then proceeds to scream in the refs faces without consequence.

We have won despite the officiating. That doesn't mean the officiating has been fair.

 

he has to play with more contact when defenders are out of position. Odd that when he plays with contact he usually comes out with a score or foul called. Yes he needs a 5-8 ft floater. Needs to be more savvy knowing how to draw fouls like Brunson

 

He has but I think Kuminga has checked out mentally. They played him earlier this series and he looked terrible.

Also, we weren't playing double big then too, definitely harder to score on us in the paint now

 

Yeah for as bad he was offensively, he kept himself in the game.

why was brooks benched most of the game?