ClutchFans Game Thread: Thunder @ Rockets 2/20/2013

Thanks !

 

Lol! He's awesome. The only guy cheering after every basket.
I'm so glad he's got room to shine now.

 

lol, well at least people here will stop making fun of his 3's now, at least to a certain extent. Still that occasional foot on the line 3.

 

Oh don't worry, we won't get the calls either in the playoffs.

 

Yeah, too bad Lakers and Warriors won tonight at home too ... so the Rox didn't gain any ground on them in the standings. But it brings up the possibility that the Rockets, as they are playing now .... just might be at the same level as the top Western teams, if they have more time to gel.

 

I want the job of the guy whose responsibility it is to carry a cheerleader on his shoulder, at 4:48.

 

And at least people will stop saying McHale is using Lin wrong and making him a spot up shooter

 

yea ppl should really stop that. He's in a much better situation here than in New York. Playing with young guys & developing his game.

 

He just needs to shoot at a lower trajectory angle. That airball 3 vs. Miami had way too much arc on it, and it fell short. His shot arc is still way too high (You can tell, it takes almost 2 seconds to get to the rim, when it should only take 1.25 sec. at the most.

 

It's definitey a little unorthodox. Lately it's been falling in tho. Not really sure what is different thats making him a more consistent 3pt shooter except maybe full physical recovery post surgery?

 

I wish HardLin could put up 75 every night. It's so peaceful in here.

 

I've been calling this all season, I was not willing to concede that the Rockets are inferior to OKC by any measures. I mean, the Warriors were able to beat them and the last 2 times we played them, it was on the tale end of a b2b. Typical for the NBA to try and protect it's "star" teams. I still think we can beat the Clippers, though we're 0-3 against them. We just need an extra day's rest to beat those other teams.

Now, during the playoffs, though we get 1 day of rest, remember, we still got to play against the refs because for some strange reason, Houston is not a favored team.

 

Kicking myself for missing this one, anyone know when the torrent of this game will be up?

 

He's definitely a great guy and he'll also finally get out from Lin's shadow.

He'll no longer have to be compared to him and maybe he can recapture what he had.

 

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K I suck at embedding so here's the link to a Lin highlight, probably the best quality-wise one out right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdunh7MDrQQ

 

Na...they are both young players...it's possible both may be playing on the same team in 2 or 3 years. TD seems like a great team player...

 

Don't look now, but Lin's 3PT% is now 32.5%.

That's ok, still not great as league average is 36.9%. That's still the bottom 3rd of the league in terms of qualified players.

But some perspective:

Dragic 3PT%: 31.3%
Kobe 3PT%: 32.6%
Westbrook 3PT%: 32.8%
J.R. Smith 3PT%: 34%

Last 11 games for Lin, his 3PT% is 50%. I guess the dude's been practicing.

 

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