ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Warriors 3/8/2013

I was face palming whenever Lin left his guy, Stephen Curry, one of the best shooters in NBA behind the line just to double David Lee in the paint. Giving up 3 instead of 2... (_-_-)_

 

Dude, you think winning on the road against a top 10-12 team in a pivotal game is gonna be easy? This is what playoff basketball looks like in crunch time, get used to it...

 

Knicks never cut him. Houston and GSW

 

yeah asik blows the most bunnies of anyone I've seen in a while. that said he plays such ++ defense that it evens out. but it's so painful to watch sometimes.

 

Lin is too nervous to get benched. Poor kid.

 

We can do better with that for sure, but I think some of it is just a product of our offense. Our guards keep their eye on the ball so they can be quick on help defense/pass interceptions to get steals, which lead to fast breaks. It costs us on our straight up defense, but there are some benefits to it atleast.

 

Knicks did worse.

 

Have you had anything positive to say in this thread, Sally Sunshine?

 

Could be worse, but he made up by hitting those two last free throws to essentially seal the game.

 

True, though seeing him making those dumb mistakes at crunch time in a potential playoff scenario is bad for blood pressure. Haha.

 

If a Raptor player came within 5 feet of the basket maybe they would get calls. They do is shoot long 2s. Not surprised by the disparity.

 

Lin did force it but it was out of neccessity imo. tonight harden I think was just tired or wasn't feeling it so i really saw him deferring to Lin and Lin had to get it done as best as he could. They all looked tired but hey they got the fts and secured the win. It was all out team effort from the starters.

 

The same way Dallas beat us last time ... the other team played worse

 

No reason to be upset when he persisted and did whatever he could for the cause. It's not always about shooting (and Parsons was hot). GS unlucky tonight, but credit the guys' strong effort.

 

Yeah, Smith has become a non-rebounding big man, when that was his biggest strength (ala Marcus Morris). Bring out the German, give Ohlbrecht a chance .

 

Gawd Dmo was a mess, especially on Defense. He was the only starter in -. He is the future, but Josh Smith would be looking pretty good in Rox Red right now.

 

First lin fan ive ever seen to have common sense.

Im surprised no one has talked about Delfinos meh play lately. greg smith frustrates me when he plays. i really wish we would have traded him instead of 2Pat

 

Um, did we or did we not just win one of the most important games of the season, cause all I hear is negative talk right now, what the heck? We move one step closer to the 6th seed, secured the tiebreaker against the Warriors, and staved off the Lakers...what's will all the criticism?!?!

 

agree. parsons got attention from gs after his shooting in first 3 qt. another thing i disagree with alot fans here is it's harden time when less 5 min. stick with him even he didn't have a good game. i am absolutely fine with it if we lost. only thing i have a little bit issue with him is to play smart with the ball in his hand. one benefit of playing lin is to give harden a break and save his energy for the best. it definitely helps harden to close out if our coaches can realize it.

 

Props to Garcia for the hustle and 3 steals.