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

This team believed their own hype a little too much.

Reddick just mercilessly exposing Har_en's D from the start that got us in that massive hole.
Of course Jeremy starts to fiercely attack the basket with 1min left. Why not do that from the start Jeremy?
Omer and Dwight were both invisible. Greg was the only big to show any heart

Rockets would've lost by 100 were it not for the bench's energy.
Start Brooks, Garcia, Casspi, Dmo and Greg Smith next game.

 

If everyone played with casspi intensity we would have easily won

 

it was the defense mainly, but the refs were kinda terrible though

 

Having Bev would have definitely helped. But seriously Paul would have still gone off. The guy is just a master pg. Hes a player who can take over the game without scoring a single point. No pg in the league can stop him.

 

LOL I remember people used to say "Yao wouldn't be so good if he were shorter."

And I would say "If Steve Francis could jump 70 feet he would be better."

"If MJ had one leg he would be worse at basketball."

 

We lost in so many aspects tonight.

Harden having a terrible 3 point shooting night.
Harden's matador D
Lin's inability to guard Paul
Howard not being able to finish at the rim and going 4-9!
Turnovers
Leaving 3 point shooters wide open
Many times takes poor shots with plenty of time left on the clock.

This did not come across as a very well coached polished team. Howard in particular played like a rookie. Very very raw at times.

 

Thank you. EVERY TIME SOMEONE HAS TO OBJECT TO HOW HARDEN IS PLAYING THEY ARE A LOF.

 

Response

Better to lose this game and try to win tomorrow.

 

Bring Asik off of the bench and start Casspi. We start off slow in almost every game with Howard and Asik together.

 

Probably b/c apparantly looking at CP3 too long justifies a foul called on you. But I still would like to see him harass CP3 non-stop just for the sake of bugging him.

 

Sure, let's compare a guy who is 3rd fiddle to Harden and Howard to a guy who gets to control the ball every single time down the floor.

 

We're due for some revenge soon so there's that.

I hope Bev recovers soon, AB played his heart out tonight but he is hopping on 1 ankle

I see a lot of people insisting Bev is the answer to CP3. While I'm skeptical because it's illegal for anyone to breathe within 10 feet of CP3 and Bev can be prone to fouling, I really hope he is the answer.

 

exactly. A coach calls this out and fixes it. I have no faith in Mchale. Patick Patterson could never set a proper pick/screen.

 

People needs to relax. Clippers shot lights out and not likely to repeat. Its just one of those games. This saturday, without the refs help, we will get the win.

 

I have no idea what this says. Is this teen slang or something? YOLO, bro!

 

then lin is selfish for not wanting to foul out! trade him now.

clippers shooters just got hot. I still go back to the final game of last season against the clips as to how to beat them. Punish them down low. Kinda hard to do when the refs took players out of the game.

 

I have said Harden got smoked tonight, AND I think LOF's are the worst thing ever to happen to this board.

 

Well, look at the bright side. We play again tomorrow. We can't play that poorly two games in a row. I hope.

 

clips shot 70% in 1st Q everyone CP# passed to was an assist