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

You cant expect to win when you go 33-52 from the foul line. '

We can't expect to win starting every 1st quarter playing sloppy and digging ourselves in a deep hole.

We can't expect to win allowing teams to shot 60-70% from the field in the 1st half. Thenpick up our defense in the second half. We have to play 4 quarters not 2.

We can't expect to win when our Coach continues to run out a starting 5 that is clearly not working. Yes we are 4-2 but in 5 of those games we had to come from behind to win it.

Harden is great but sometimes he falls in love with that ISO bull****.

If Howard going to be good this year he better start using what the Dream and McHale taught him over the off season. This dude has no post up moves at all. WTF did he learn. Plus good grief make your damn free throws.

Horrible shooting night by Casspi, Garcia and Bev. Combined 3-21. Damnnn

Terrible coaching by McHale, dude should have taking Howard out as soon as we went 97-91. Coach D already stated in the media that he was going to to that Hack-A-Howard weak bull****.

 

It's been all of 6 games and I'm already sick and tired of the Hack-a-Howard stuff that turns a game into a free throw shooting contest. It sucks the life out of the game. Why would anyone think Dwight is going to miraculously turn into a good free throw shooter at this later stage in his career? I was personally pissed that McHale didn't counter by substituting in Asik. If Howard is missing his free throws when other teams employ this tactic, then I'm sorry but you become a liability out there and must come out.

I don't even want to watch the games any more if this is all there is to look forward to in crunch time. It means we have to be up big or they employ this tactic.

The life has been sucked out of Houston basketball down the stretch by this Hack-a-Howard BS. You can point at all the other things that cost us the game...but it really came down to free throws. And, there's going to be a lot more games like this to come that we lose just like this.

At least when the Rockets didn't have Howard, the 4th quarter wasn't a pre-determined hack fest and we could actually watch exciting basketball in crunch time like it should be. I honestly think the 2 minute thing isn't enough. This tactic should be flat out penalized similar to the last two minutes after a certain number of fouls has occurred in a specific minute stretch against a certain player.

Trying to sleep last night on the end of that sucked. I may have to just start DVR-ing the 4th and come back to watch only if we win cause it's almost a given now that Hack-a-Howard will happen in any close games. No one will just play us straight up if they can resort to this. The Rockets cannot play like they just played and expect to beat the Clippers on Saturday. It just won't happen.

 

I don't really believe the finger pointing between players was that bad, cyberx was just trolling. From what I saw the players were just discussing. However the issue of McHale not having control of his stars is real.

 

I wish Lin wasn't in the game. Cuz now LOH on this board are blaming him for the loss.

 

I meany near the end of the game.

 

If the team hasn't D12, we can win this game very very easily

 

McHale should play G Smith & TJ

 

Ill agonize with this loss if the Rockets can find a way punish the Clippers...


which i dont see happening either...The Clippers are a bad matchup because of CP3

 

Rockets looked like trash last 3 games. Harden still lacks offensive variety ,Dwight frustration causing turnovers,to many 3pt attempts and Beverly /Lin arent good shooters. All around fail last night especially from harden

 

I don't know if anyone else agrees with me but Dwight's post game sucks. The only option he has left is to run pick and rolls. But I hardly see it during the past 3 or 4 games.

 

I wanted Lin to be a starter but not anymore. The hate and blame for Lin is unbelievable on this forum. Better yet maybe he should close out the games too.

 

*shouldn't

 

Looks like Rockets and Harden are the most hated team/player on Reddit now

 

Everyone, keep calm and quit knee-jerking. We're 6 games into an 82 game season, moves will be made and chemistry will be built. That is all.

 

End of the day, regardless of who was wrong or who was right, this is Harden and Howards Team now (remember the H & H connection?) they should be held accountable more if we want this team go anywhere...

 

This loss was entirely on coach.

- Playing Bev extended minutes when he stunk it up 1/10
- Not running any proper plays besides ISO's
- Not calling a timeout when we had one to run a proper play

And several others

 

Lin shot the ball well again last night. Have been consistent all season so far.

This is Bev 1st time shooting horrible so far.

 

coach sucks. using bev to inbound instead of dh? not calling timeout?

 

It's on Howard.
He noticed that after Blake runs out of 3pt line.

 

I hate L.A teams so much, ******* I really hate the Lakers. Why do they always have our number? A bunch of scrubs just beat us and to think we are actually a top 5 team in the West??? Hell no!!!