ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Clippers 11/4/2013

Paul is supposed to outplay Lin....what happened to Harden vs Reddick? That was the problem.

 

On the bright side, Greg Smith. :grin:

 

Just shut the **** up.

The loss is on everyone. Lin didn't do a damn thing against Paul. Paul ate his lunch.

 

Response

With all due respect, 17 assists was possible because his teammates were knocking down shots. You absolutely cannot blame assists to Lin. As for 23 points, there were several plays where CP3 flat out made Lin look foolish, but 23 points from CP3 is not all that bad. Besides, refs gave CP3 at least 6 points as a gift on phantom calls. Where Lin failed is he did not try to attack and get CP3 into foul trouble. Once Lin got into foul trouble, that was that.

Harden and the refs were the major culprits. Then, bad coaching.

 

agreed, winning cures all. had to lose at some point glad to get it over with. now we need another 3 game win streak or more.

 

Dudley has been a non factor in their previous games but he finds his shot in this one

 

I thought Rockets are paying Dwight the max? I don't see a max superstar from any of the games Dwight had so far, he's playing even worse then when he was with the Lakers.

 

Harden is o'rite guys, but I can't say
he is top 5 player in the league.
he is a very talented player, but he ain't no MJ.

Howard is a very good center as well.
Great rebounder, can dunk the ball,
but he ain't no Hakeem(not even close).

Therefore, when we face reality(and we should),
that we don't have one monstrous superstar(not to say 2),
the only way to get far this year in playoffs, it's
as a team solely.

Houston of this year, is a better potential team,
Than Dallas that won the finals few years ago.
Howard, Harden, Casspi, Parsons, Lin, Garcia, Asik
Do have the potential to get anything,
But only as a team and not when Harden
Thinks he is MJ and a bit more mature man Howard needed.
One can not make jokes like a kid all the time
And win the league as a man, unless he is Shaquille.
And Howard, is not Shaq, not anything around.

Therefore, just the team would win, no individuals !

 

Lin has the least turnovers means we lost

 

What killed us

What killed us: 3PT FG and FT %s were awful......

 

Hilarious how some in the desperate ABJ crowd wants to pin this on Lin, who's probably the 4th most important player on the Rockets.

The Clippers superstars showed up. Ours didn't.

Is Lin a superstar? It's as though some people want him to always be there to take the blame, but never the credit when the team does well. Shouldn't be that surprising though since people tried to pin last year's playoff loss on him, even after claiming that he was hardly a cog in the Rockets' regular season as an 82-game starter.

 

True. Harden didn't play well at all tonight. Guess we should trade him now huh?

 

Brooks was playing mostly against the bench. Please stop being so biased.

 

Statement of the night. Good job

 

Dude has a PHD in Drama and a Masters in whining.

 

The Clippers have great coaching. They set picks after picks for Paul. Not too many players can stop CP3 with good picks and poor team defense. Not Lin's fault. Don't think Bev can do any better to be fair. They have a big stall behind to pick for Paul left and right, but Lin has no one to come out to pick. Everybody was waiting for the ball to play iso. That is why they lost the game, plus poor defense. Howard better willing to come out to pick for pnr instead of playing post up which he is not that good yet. He should play his strength which is quickness & power to the basket on the move and the opponent's bigs cannot keep up with his speed. If he doesn't come out to pick for the guard, it is not going to help himself and the team offense.

 

Yes, and blake too...actually pretty much most of the clippers starters. It's almost like an artform watching this game. A few calls early, it really disrupts the teams defence because you will now have your team scared ****less on defence

 

not really. Other offensive talented teams would have dumped 120 on this team easily tonight.

 

There is a lot blame to go around. Let's talk about AB's ankle.. amiright? whats up with that?