ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Blazers 11/5/2013

McHale brought the starters in too early in the 4th. The unit that was out there was doing fine and he felt the need to substitute with 10 minutes left to go in the game. Why?

 

he's great at shooting it...i'm not sure why they don't shoot it more often

 

yet it wasn't bev with the lockdown d on lillard. bev was behind on so many plays defending him.

it's almost like finch has a stop watch. both played 29 minutes. which is good, what lin needs to do now is take a page from crawford and those guys who can shoot 19 shots in a span of 4 minutes.

 

Great game by everyone.

Amazing DWIGHT and Howard. Love seeing Bev back. Jlin did an amazing job locking down lilliard. Parsons... let's keep it positive.

 

we won...shut up

 

Yeah man last impression stays. :grin:

It's easy to forget what Lin did in the first 3Q.

 

The defense on Lillard by Lin was good all night. He also did a good job playmaking and kept his TOs down. But, he needs to stop it with those dumb fouls. Good to see Bev in action. It’s great to have these two PGs on this team; they complement each other in multiple ways.

Too many holes in the overall team defense, but players hustled tonight to help teammates out. The turnovers are a problem though.

 

he just turned 24... he can handle it

 

They were actually PROUD that their bench scored 55% of the teams points.

 

You're redeeming the German newspaper!! :grin:

 

Too many open looks from 3 for the opponents still, players are totally exploiting Harden.

 

I think 25-30 minutes for Lin and Bev is ideal....your guards hustled the most so having two solid guards like them is always a plus.

 

Turnovers, Perimeter and Transition D are the weaknesses for now.
Better ball movement would be welcome as well.

 

And these Refs were fair, unlike those other THREE.

 

LOL I can imagine it now.

Beverley is starting, 8 minutes in the 1st quarter, both teams have only attempted a total of 18 shots.

Lin checks in. End of 1st quarter, 27 shots have been attempted by the Houston Rockets.

 

That Dwight Howard guy is pretty good. Nice bounce back game by Harden.
Don't feed the troll people. Both Lin and P.Beverley played well tonight.
I think in a lot of games, both of them will finish with the small lineup.

 

Yeah I don't think Mchalevis out to get Lin or anything like some radical ppl I just think he prefers Bev's game and always has. His call, we'll see what happens.

 

yes. of course. i watched during 94-95. unfortunately no fans forum. otherwise, i would have written something.

 

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It was a little weird though. Game won already, so Brooks should come in and play a little bit. Also, if Lin came in, why pull him out after 1 minute? Sometimes, I don't understand what Mac intends to do; I don't think he knows either sometimes.