ClutchFans Game Thread: Lakers @ Rockets 11/7/2013

You're a ****ing idiot.

Besides the illogical comment above, I didn't think we deserved to win anyway. Defense was atrocious in the 1st which dug us into a hole, offensive plays resorted to harden iso / pnr the latter which was largely ineffective.

Lakers got hot but they also went cold - you need to be able to execute without turning the damn ball over. Howard missing fts come with the territory - it's on mchale in late game decisions.

 

Bev should've switched on Blake, then you'd have Dwight and Parsons to rebound

 

Blake is still wide open for 3 if Lin goes over b/c of that pick/hold on nash

 

To be fair, that was an awful game from EVERY rocket..

Harden started awful but then played strong
Bev played Awful
Lin started strong but then played awful
Parsons was scared to shoot and cost us possessions
Garcia/Casspi were not hitting
Asik was not rebounding
DH was not hitting his FT

As a team we failed to rotate to shooters or move the ball on offense. Everyone made errors in those last crucial few plays.

Parsons should not have passed to Dwight on the inbound
Lin should have gone over the screen
Bev should have at least made an effort to switch and should have found a pass in that last inbound play
Dwight should have seen the leaker earlier or hit his FT's at the end

 

i thought those long time posters on this board know much better about bball. clearly they don't. it's a typical inbound pass play. 2 or 3 players hug together to start with.

 

Oh hell yes, him too...Harden is the worst defender on the team ...bar none.

DD

 

b/c that would require an actual in-game adjustment by the coaching staff

 

Anyone has a link to post game conference? I bet McHale is gonna be like "Lin lost his man on the screen".

 

OOP 1-10

 

I think I backslid in that last 39 seconds…

Unbelievable…absolutely unbelievable.

You can't even get the ball in?

29-77 FG
7-27 3PT
33-52 FT

Bev, Casspi & Garcia combine for 3-21

Meeks, Farmar & Johnson combine for 45 pts

I hate LA...

 

I am just wondering why the heck was Bev doing so deep inside the paint for the last play? Why was he spotting up against Gasol - so what if Gasol scores a two - that would only have tied up the game - as a guard there was no reason for him being so deep inside the paint versus staying out at the perimeter defending against potential 3 point shooting.

We got out-played, Nash did a veteran move by holding on to Lin (not sure if the rest of the refs would ever get to catch that kind of play - it's times like this when I think retrospective penalties ought to be given out - i.e. punish the player for unsportsman-like behavior suspensions/fines - heck they are doing it for flopping, they might as well do so for this kind of sneaky behavior as well (since it confers an unfair advantage) - since it is so obvious and blatant when viewed on the video.

 

Harden's 35 points got us back the game. I don't know why some idiots are cryin about him taking the last shots. Howard needs to work on those damn FT's. (Or just sub in Greg to close out).

 

Pretty much this. I don't think that it's a coincidence that the only game they actually looked in rhythm to start a game was against the Mavs when Asik picked up 2 fouls in the first minute and was promptly benched.

 

you should ask the coach for the reason ...

 

Don't remember that inbound pass to Dwight?

 

They got caught up. Great design by D'antoni.

 

I blame to whole team.
It is not LIN's fault

 

What's going on with CP?

His defense has clearly regressed over the last year, he has career low FG% (.439), career low 3P% (.167), career high TOs (2.2), and he's sub-70% from the line. Where did the fire & grit go?

 

He took his superman name....

I think Shaq loved Dwight when he was a young guy and he was disappointed

 

Some of you are crazy. We're really going to blame this loss on Lin because he got caught in a bear hug with Nash? Our defense was the problem all night long. Just like the Clippers' game, there's no way we can recover from a poor-ass 1st Q/1st half performance if we don't D up. And freaking Dwight Howard, couldn't show up on time for this game? How the hell did we get out rebounded so damn early on when we had the TT?