ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Sixers 11/13/2013

We are going to lose more games early on before it gets better. I don't think we win this one even with Harden. We got outplayed.

Valiant effort but no cigar.

 

Nice Bev/Lin combo tonight. Linsanity numbers for Lin, especially the TOs! His scoring & playmaking was needed earlier, but after picking up some quick TOs and playing some tired sloppy D he went totally cold… but then he got hot again! Man he looked like he was going to keel over from exhaustion. Bev, what a great steal at the end of regulation, was hoping he would get another rebound. I thought both guys did what they were asked to do.

Great games by Hawes and Anderson. Hawes has a nice shooting range for a big guy, and played really well against Howard…. that OT dunk over Howard was… uuggh. Anderson made some very difficult shots; looked like he was on a one man mission with something to prove to Houston.

Howard got the ball a lot, but Hawes played him really well, and Howard's post moves are just so awkward. The team transition D is awful, seemed like someone was always open for the Sixers on those breaks. Looked like the Sixers coach out did McHale at the end on some of those plays too.

Good game to experiment with the lineup though; there’s gonna be more games like these before they figure out which lineup combos work best and for chemistry to develop.

 

You forgot his 8 turnovers

 

If there was any time to use Brewer, it was tonight. Lin played 49 minutes, carried the offence for most of the game, and couldn't contain the bigger anderson.

So you put a bigger freaking player on him...

 

Exactly

 

Casspi took the wind out of the team's sails in the 4th.

 

Actually Parsons missed two key free throws in 4th quarter which indirectly caused us a game.

 

Huge problem for us but somehow it's Mchales fault that we are missing out on like 10 free points a game! Alot of the problems can be attributed to the players not the coach. Like on the D12 double team at the end of reg, someone has to yell "Baseline" to let Dwight no is coming, there needs to be more communication on offense and defense!

 

what happened to being better posters?
there were f' ups all over the place. No doubt anderson shouldn't even score 20 but how about sending a double team when he clearly outweighs lin on the post.

 

Too me, it seem like Anderson was an overmatch for Lin, bigger and about 3 inches advantage.

 

after a double overtime last game and no one else hitting 3's. I thought Beverley got the starting job cuz he was a better spot up shooter

 

When Lin took only a 2 minute break near the end of the third quarter, I knew that was a mistake. He started missing and turning the ball over because he was gassed. What was McHale thinking? Especially since Lin played a lot the previous
game.

 

4Q

 

and 36 points by Anderson

 

Not sure about that.. we kept setting him up down in the post in the middle of the 4th --> multiple turnovers, no foul calls, missed shots, lack of overall team offensive rhythm

 

What he said is true. The Rockets perimeter defense is HORRIBLE and that includes Lin. If it doesn't get better changes will be made. Harden, Lin, Brooks and Parsons need to improve.

 

With the way Lin shot the 3 tonight, Kevin should have had the faith to draw a play for him at the end of the game.

Good game by Casspi off the bench.
TJones, didn't shoot well..but nice game overall.

Anderson just went off tonight...clearly Houston has defensive problems.

 

Everyone crapping on Lin, meanwhile Wroten had a triple-double.

Also, why the HELL was Asik not played.

 

Alright I wouldn't got that far to say he's a liability on D. For the most part hes been playing solid Defense. You look at all the pts Anderson scored and it's easy to just say Lin played crap D. But Anderson was hitting tough shots all night. That 3 to send it into OT was contested perfectly.

 

Why is it so many fans of Jeremy absolutely hate all our coaches and all our other players? Every post an attack on somebody.