ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Lakers 11/18/2012

Anyone know what happened to our D?

 

Steve Nash didn't play and we still got destroyed.

 

We hung in there but our TOs cost us.

Howard got lucky when Omer had to get stitched up.

Harden was great when penetrating but he settles too much for perimeter shots.

JLin had no confidence offensively. What a dud.

Parsons shot well and did a great job on Kobe, regardless of his triple-double.

Can't help but feel the refs bailed the Lakers out with some questionable calls.

God, I hate the Lakers. Damn them. Ugh.

 

put lin and Tjones or DMO together, you will see alleyup, now , we only can see bounce pass

 

Harden is far superior to Arenas.....but I do agree that he alone won't get it done, but nobody has said that he would.

 

With how much of a devout Christian he is I doubt he'd be out "scoring" anyway.

 

i still liked lowry or dragic over Lin, if i am the GM , I would definitely try to rebuild with either one of those two instead of lin, sigh............... this kid is just too normal..............

 

I don't blame Harden. He has no one to do the pick and roll with (there goes him easily getting in the paint where he is most efficient). He has to take on all the pressure and double teams. He struggles because he has to do all the work on offense while being the focal point of the other team's defense.

When Lin plays well the team wins. When he plays poorly and Douglas's number gets called early we have to resort to watching a poorly run offense consisting of contested jumpers and turnovers every other time down the floor.

PG IS THE MOST IMPORTANT POSITION IN THE NBA. If your PG has an off night then his team will lose 90% of the time.

A good PG scores that scores 18 ppg while dishing 10 assists accounts for 40-50% of a teams points if he runs the offense well and doesn't turn the ball over. Do you see how important it is? Do the math and you will realize why the Rockets were .500 these last few years with no defense, rebounding, shot blockers, and the smallest front court in the league on average.

 

D'Antoni got to run a team onto the court which has two superstars and an all-star

 

With the lack of decent screens the current starting bigs set, it wouldn't matter if John Stockton was the point guard.

 

Yes, your ridiculous comments make it clear that you aren't a fan of Harden, but your only hating to hate, not out of substance. He disappears in the Clutch? Oh yeah, that is why people on here hate him for "HeroBall"? The dude wants the ball at the end of the game, and he hasn't disappeared from taking those big moment shots. Has he been all that successful? Absolutely not, but I'll take the player who wants the shot at the end of the game than the one who doesn't.

Your second point is also silly. Harden has been stifled a few times because defenses can zone in on him and not worry about another player killing them. He's a top player at his position and will get better at his young age.

 

I like your post and I agree. Lin's assists have been good but I just can't stand him not shooting just because he lost his shot. Throw that **** up!

 

How do you know Lin is not gonna shoot better later? How many games played this season? How do you know Lin is not finding other ways to impact games? Did he not steal, rebound, draw charge, help defense?

You only check the score, nothing else. You are too stupid to understand bball games.

 

lol we got a buncha wannabe george steinbrenners in here

 

Lin's scoring disappeared recently, but he's been doing fine in other areas. Passing, etc, you had Patterson who missed 3 wide open easy looks off the pass from Lin. He's not getting these from set plays either, like the low pick and rolls Harden is getting. Lol @ people pissing all over him, pathetic. We allowed the Lakers to score too easily, but then again they have 2 7 footers and a hot Kobe. Harden needs to be reined in when he starts getting wild, that's a coaching thing. Nothing too surprising, the Lakers are good. Patterson put up 14 points, but it was a really quiet 14 points, impact felt weak and he didn't box out well like usual.

 

Can't hate on 10+ assists two games in a row. Gotta get someone to help him figure out his shot. He really should hae used tonight of all nights to shoot himself out of it. It's bad form to score so little night in night out.

 

His confidence is down, but he's been averaging only 8 or 10 shots a game.

If a legit complaint is to be made about Lin's shooting, then every one complaining about his shots needs to allow him to keep shooting, at least 12 to 15 shots a game, even if he keeps missing for awhile. Otherwise how exactly is this kid that's asked to play a role totally different than last year, gonna be able to pick up his confidence again?

 

Running offense include PG scoring occasional. I think reasonable expect him shoot around the league average. This is painful to watch.

 

LOL Garm after a loss......this game isn't on Harden. W/o him we would have been blown out in the 1st quarter.

 

What houston fans think
OMG LIn is Trash , WE need Lowry or Dragic , WE can't win without Them , their the greatest PGs Ever, Lin should be in the D-League

What Really happened
Howard Schooled ASik
Gasol schooled Patterson
Kobe Destroyed Parsons
Metta outmuscled Harden
LIN left PGs open to help on post
Laker PGs Hit 6 WIDE Open threes
LIn played terrible rotational Defense