ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Celtics 1/11/2013

Hack-A-Rockets!!! 10 out of freaking 29, are you kidding me?

Rockets started off so good. But like the Hornets game, they just went ice cold. And why has their free-throw shooting gone down the drain recently? I need proof that these boys haven't been hardcore partying instead of practicing.

Nightmare game for Harden, and streak is over
The only thing that worries me about the TO's he had today is that he's been "exposed" as having a very weak right handle. Avery was a pest on pushing him to his right when those TOs happened. But meh, this is the learning season and like Lin who worked on his left in the off season, so will James.
Morey wasn't lying when he says Asik has hit a bit of a wall.
Jeremy out-rebounded all our forwards. Let that sink in.

On a positive note, I thought Jeremy played a fantastic game. Great way to bounce back from the horrible Hornets' game. This is how I want him to run the offense, very controlled, kept his dribble alive, good defense and no turnovers! Though I do still wish he'd shot the ball more when he attacked instead of passing it to the perimeter shooters who were sucking.

On to the next one.



P.S Our guards must be so jealous the Celtics have a screen-setter like Garnett, all they got are marshmallow soft "bigs".

 

When your shortest starting guard out rebounds them...it's not looking good.

 

Oh really? Then guess what, we needed to rebound, why didn't mchale bring back Asik? If he's averaging 10 rebounds, then wouldn't he be our best bet to get some freakin rebounds?

 

Linsanity, more like linvisible

 

We played well this game. The shots weren't falling. This will happen - nobody is too blame.

If we just shot 33% from the 3p line and 75% from the FT line, we would have won this game. We weren't taking badly contested shots, were going after good plays, and sometimes the die just rolls the wrong way.

We made our plays right, just the shots weren't falling.

 

no one worry our starter playing time is so long.harden play average 38mins sometimes over 40mins. pss have the same time with harden. lin mins is also increasing. i feel sad if our starters get hurt.

 

Well, hard to be visible when you're not on the court...

 

What are you talking about? McHale stuck with Lin for a long time because he was playing good. When he subbed out Lin to rest, the team went on a BIG run. The lead was reduced to 2 when TD stepped on the floor. Tell me why you would dare to put Lin back in with that kind of crazy comeback unless he's a freakin star, which he's not. He's a role player.

 

Actually its very different. One side wants a player to succeed, especially if thats the only good thing to come out of it. The other wants a player to fail, which flat out disgusts me. I hate LOH, they piss me off.

I understand your point, but its very different from Lin. No one wants to see the Rockets lose, but its human nature to look for something good to come out of everything.

 

Well, at least the Knicks lost two in a row also...

 

What the hell happened at the lakers game in Toyota Center???? What did Kobe and Nash do to the waters???? Was it a different sausage this time around??? Why would we be losing 2 in a row when before that we just won 5???? Explain, please?????

 

Then they lost that comeback right away. It's about proper timing for substitutions and matchups. Lin was having his way out there today playing with speed and energy. Yes, we caught up without Lin, but unless TD was especially hot which he wasn't, that's when a decent coach would say good job TD, let the starting pg take it from here. Instead, he rode him too long and as I've always said, just like Baron Davis in NY last year, he looked better than Lin in stretches according to most haters but when he took more minutes from Lin, dude sucked it up out there as expected. Same with TD. Only in stretches with a very short leash as he never ever creates anything and this game is about creating shots.

 

Then guess Rondo is invisible as well....Lin played well this game. Cold shooting from Delfino and freaking FTs caused us the game....I also put some blame on Harden...yeah 6 TOs is bad.

 

Asik is tired. That's becoming obvious. They're cutting his minutes to give him a break. It's a long season.
You act like there are guys on the bench who are a better option than delfino. There aren't. Bench sucked when he was out before. He can stroke the ball, despite one bad game.
You don't just pull good shooters cause they miss some shots. It's ridiculous.

 

That's why when you are not shooting the ball well you have to rebound. Greg Smith, Patterson, and Morris as a whole get man-handled on the boards too much lately and it's hurting the team. Time to give Dmo or Terrence Jones a try, see if they can bring some better energy. They will only grow with playing time.

 

I know you want people to bite, but really...
go back to sleep.

 

Boston refs at it again, not surprised they killed our confidence, when it mattered the most.

Asik has hit the wall. He's a liability now. He can't keep up anymore, let alone jump during FTs. I love the guy, but asking him to run and gun during his first year as a starter is asking a lot.

 

That's not true!! You have no idea, do you? He made a valid comment. COmments like "Lin is useless, he should be traded" during a game in which he was doing well are what gets you called a troll.

 

Nope, you don't jeopardize the chemistry that brought your team all the way back unless maybe if Lin is a STAR which he's not.