ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Nuggets 1/30/2013

What I don't like about Hardens To are they always lead to easy 2 points for opposition. He loses the ball in a position where its too late to run back and stop the fastbreak.

 

I don't hate McHale; I think he's done a reasonable job with this young lineup, but I really hate 41 mins for Harden, 31 for Lin, and 20 for TD. Clearly, you're not concerned with resting your players, but then you're not trying to win if you're playing TD for 20 mins.

 

Why do you hate James Harden so much? He wasn't the reason why we lost, and he's our best player.. how is this relevant?

 

+1:grin:

 

Bad loss because Jazz won and Lakers are playing a game against the lowly Suns tonight. ugh

 

have faith my friends Lin is playing better D and scoring more the team still looks great we didn't shoot enuff 3's in the 4th to make a comeback

 

Okay. just seems to me with all the posts defending Harden and saying negative things about the other members

 

true i guess hes a lin fan the real turnover machine

 

Hope they will get punished for flopping.

 

This sort of thinking kind of ignores the facts of the game. Yeah at tipoff, you could say we had no business winning the game, but with a solid lead late into the third quarter, we were favored. McHale again showed that he's not smart enough to play his best players and it gave the game away. I wouldn't mind the loss tonight if McHale didn't constantly do the same dumb thing game after game. If the Nuggets are playing 6'6'' and offensively inept Faried at center, why would we match them with our own undersized and offensively inept big man in Patterson when Asik was having a monster game? Why sit Lin and Harden when they were destroying the Nuggets off the bounce and put in easily guarded spot up shooters? I mean, the rotations are so bad I can't even comprehend them.

Fans deserve to be upset at this loss.

 

Harden didn't show up, Lin was the best player tonight.

 

Turnovers per 48 minutes:
James Harden 4.8
Jeremy Lin 4.5
Omer Asik 2.3

Wait, what does "lower rate" mean to you?

 

if harden walks back on d again with the game on the line he should get his ass benched

 

?? He had 25 dude.. everyone played extremely well that game, wasn't the case today.

 

I am officially starting my own cult.

MOH - McHale Only Hater!!

Who's with me!!!

 

Can we please for the love of god play Beverley instead of Uglas? F*** Uglas' feelings.

Uglas and Harden are not PGs. Could have built a huge lead and cruised to a win in the 3rd/early 4th when DEN's outside shots were not falling. Instead we play 100% ISO fail ball to match DEN's cold streak for an entire quarter.

Seriously. WTF?

And for the love of god please stop with the "fair matchup" crap when your opponents go small. When your opponents go small, that's when you show them why small ball doesn't work in the NBA. I mean, I can kind of understand if we were playing Spencer Hawes at center we may have to make a sub, but we have one of the most mobile big men on the planet. Seriously, f*** trying to give Earl Boykins a fair matchup. You are not Dwayne Casey!

 

U guys talking about. Parsons bad game but harden had more turnovers and missed shots yet more minutes...

 

Really, I cheered for other teams?

 

We lost this game during a stretch when Douglas and Parsons really struggled. We had an 8 point lead and the Nuggets erased it. At that point, i would have brought back Lin. The team was clearly struggling offensively.

Say what you will about Lin, but lately he has really been driving our offense.

 

Lower rate means what percentage of the time he turns it over when he has the ball. His rate is something like 20% while Asik and Lin are near 30%.