ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Thunder 5/1/2013 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 5)

kenny finds a way to bring up the 94/95 rockets any chance he gets on this showm i love it.. kenny also said since hes a former rocket he watches the current rockets probably more than the others when he was giving praise to parsons.

 

Jon Barry is just awful. when the Rockets came back from 26 down he actually sounded sad that it was happening. I never had an opinion of JB before that game but after 3 hours, i grew to hate him intensely. Brent is the truth though.

 

Yeah, it's not like he got the Rockets 2 big wins, one of them against the Clippers while Harden was injured.

 

Fish is either on his back, or bent over.

 

I actually kind've agree. No matter "if" he would come back and play well... this matchup and combo has brought us 2 wins. Its hard to argue with chemistry and production. I like Lin, but I don't think you toss him back in with this formula working...

 

he looks like a taliban with that thing over his head!!!

 

What, no love for harden? Weird. He was leading scorer.

 

What happened to AB? They were wrapping his leg, but he was walking O.K. Never came back in the game.

 

I agree. He played nearly 45m today. He can't keep up it for every game.

 

This is just dumb logic. You play your starters when they're healthy.

 

Harden was amazing tonight!!!

 

Feels good man. Let's force a game 7 on Friday.

 

i thought they were un-wrapping it..

 

This was my favorite Rockets game in years! Since game 1 win at LA in 2009 second round honestly.

Harden came out looking like the superstar he is. Beverly played spectacularly. Asik dominated, perhaps one of his best games of the year. Brooks had a couple of possessions where he looked like the old Brooks of 2009. Garcia has stepped it up BIG TIME. Only player who played sub-par was Parsons, but I'm sure he'll bounce back next game.

Oh, and shouldn't there be threads popping up in the Dish accusing Durant of choking, not being a superstar, or being overrated? lol there was a lot of dumb things being said about Harden after last game so it's good to see him bounce back.

Oh and about the usual Lin debate, I don't think we are better without Lin, but we are better without the Lin that has been playing in this series. If Lin plays well, we are better off. But he hasn't played well this series.

 

true, but I think honestly OKC focused on him more because of his play last game... and he just didn't produce like before. I bet he comes back with a strong Game 6 now!

 

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I'm not Lin hating when I say that Lin must NOT start on Friday. You can't take Bev out because he's playing too well and you certainly can't take Garcia out. He is playing way too well making Durant work for everything.

 

I agree. I love what Bev has brought to the team, but he just isn't the playmaker Lin is. He tends to only pass around the perimeter, and he doesn't really create shots for Asik/Smith. I'm hoping he works on that this summer.

Another thing is that the presence of Lin on the court takes pressure off of Harden. Lin is the only other player on the team who defenses also game plan for on a consistent basis. Take tonight for example. I believe a lot of Harden's efficiency had to do with OKC having to guard Parsons tightly. They didn't give Parsons half that respect before and instead just focused on shutting Harden down, resulting in bad shooting % and many TOs. If we get a 2nd star I'm all for Lin playing the Manu role.

With that said, I love how Bev and AB have been playing. I don't even care if Lin returns this series. Just focus on getting well and then training for next season.

 

Synchronized flopping! Just SMH.

 

if the league was legit.. Fisher would be broke after this game after being fined for each flop.