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

Good summery of the game. Calm down people (including myself). But I am really pissed off by the refs.

 

Hard to complain about superstar calls when it benefits us most of the time with James Harden

 

You are delusional. No one is blaming Lin. You are making things up to be mad.

 

Lin played solid defense before he gets into foul trouble. CP3's points befor 4th quarter is below his average. I gave him credit for that. But on 4th quarter, Lin's defense is really not on par, and he needs to learn how to avoid getting into foul trouble early in the game.

About CP3's assists, you should know what was happening after you watched how he got his first 4 assists.

 

True, though at that point it's probably still better than putting someone with 4 fouls on CP3, knowing that he's going to town in the 4th quarter. With Beverley, they'll have more fouls to spread out.

 

With team defense that crappy, it wouldn't have mattered

 

Whatever. One game in a long season and I kind of expected the loss here. However, I do wish we can win tomorrow.

More importantly hoping that Harden's not injured but also simply having a crappy night.

 

Houston would have had a better chance tonight if they went with Smith, Parsons, Garcia, Casspi, and Lin.....

 

The whole team played like garbage except for Casspi yet the Lin apologists are still out in force. I'm surprised.

 

Chris paul is a superstar dude. I thought Lin did an admirable job. The refs made some awful calls.

 

Out played! The guys were totally out of this one.

 

Response

You are right that everyone bears some blame, but Harden, refs, good shooting by Clippers and bad coaching were the primary reasons Rockets lost this game. I thought Greg Smith played well. Also, I don't think Twin Towers will work against most teams.

 

Let me guess, LOF?

 

Straw man.

 

lin did ok tonight but beverly definitely was missed. i really thought the rox at some point was going to turn it around and get a win but clips to good for that. hopefully this not a pattern where we kill weaker teams and lose to the good ones but i'll keep hope alive all will be ok.

 

Stats can prove that theory

 

This game was so annoying, because they blew there whistle bloody every minute. Its as if the ref's wanted to be influential in the game. So many of those fouls could have been 50/50 no calls, but they called them 90% of the time.

 

This game honestly doesn't bother me that much. Sure it would have been nice to win, but if you discount the horrendous 1st quarter, it was a pretty close game throughout. The 3 quick bs fouls on Dwight early on really hurt us offensively (he was moving Deandre Jordan like a toothpick in the second half when posting up) and obviously defensively. I expect us to become a more balance offense as time goes on and for the TT trial to either be straightened out or scrapped all together. Our team will be fine, everybody just happened to be hitting everything tonight. Don't panic Rox fans!!

 

This. Remind me Tony Parker and his company. Good player + good team work = invincible.

 

Put down the pipe.