ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Warriors 11/26/2025

Both Jeff and DFS seems to be thriving as cheerleaders off the bench. DFS looks light when he was cheering and jumping so he might be close to returning

 

At halftime we were down but I thought we'd probably win because the gap was their hot shooting and our uncharacteristic mistakes. I was hoping it would even out. And it did.

 

I was surprised when Draymond helped Alpi off the floor.

 

This was our second great win of the season after the Cleveland game.

 

Why is Reed better in year 2 at changing his speed than Jalen was in year 4?

I feel bad for JG, he really did try, but he simply didn't have the mental horsepower to adapt and learn as quickly as Amen or Reed can.

 

Amazingly, Toronto has a better record than Cleveland now, and also beat them recently. But I agree @CLE was still a good win. We took Mitchell haymakers over and over and answered in kind, and it was a complete team effort in doing so; no one single guy carried us in that 4th quarter.

As bad as we played in the first 3Q, put some respect on Orlando’s name. They’ve been manhandling everybody ever since that OT loss to us. That’s our best win of the season so far.

As much daddy status as GSW has against us, they are a mediocre team this regular season. But yeah, F them none the less.

1. ORL
2. @GSW
3. @CLE
4. @mil
5. @Tor
6. @bos
7. POR

 

Normally, I would agree, but it's GS and they've been our kryptonite. Hopefully this is the end of that.

 

With ankle injuries you almost always want to wait like another 1-2 weeks after the player says he's absolutely fine. Letting it heal to 100% and then putting in some conditioning work on it before returning to full NBA speed is the smart move here.

 

I truly believe its 100% a mentality thing. Jalen just doesn't have the mentality to be a winner. He just wants to get his numbers vs bad teams and hang out with Draya or whoever.

You can tell just by watching that Reed and Amen are not afraid of the lights.

 

This is championship comradery! When DFS comes back i see him making defensive plays and hustling. The shooting will return.

 

Can't be hungry if you're full. Stoned all the time, married the perfect mother figure, has a sweet baby, rich...I'm glad he's content, everyone deserves a shot at that. But the most badass winners in this world are always hungry.

 

Jalen has the brain power to improve but he makes bad decisions... poor choices. Then under the lights the pressure gets to him. All his life he got away with things because he was just the best on the court... in the NBA you gotta be the best of the best. Progressing in that manner takes bigger sacrifices and truly being confident in who you see in the mirror.

 

Seems to respect each other. They had a very friendly "chat" when Alpi was on Draymond's podcast.

 

That’d be dope

 

Damn, this is good.

 

I don’t feel bad for JG. He’s drawing a huge NBA paycheck. I don’t know the guy personally but it strikes me that he’s been coddled since he ranked as a high school player, has a weak support system/inner circle, and bad decisions have carried over into adulthood. As a player he NEVER faced adversity, including the decision to skip college and play in the G League. One of my favorite “what-ifs” is what if JG attended college and played a couple of years in a high end D1 program? I think we’d be looking at a different player.

 

I wonder what Dray said to Reed postgame?

 

A lot of negativity from the Warriors after this loss, that dropped them to 10-10. They are pretty down on themselves.

I don't consider them a contender and maybe they are coming to grips with reality. At the same time, there is a lot of regular season left and negativity is something you can't let creep in less than a quarter of the way. Surprising to me.

 

For sure. Let DFS heal properly. Healthy, this dude could be invaluable for us against OKC and Denver in the playoffs.