ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Pistons 12/21/2013

D12 looked really great in the post tonight. Post game seems to be developing.
Parsons played another really nice game.

Nice little blow out.

However, let's remember that the Eastern Conference is really, really bad. And to be sub .500 in the East you have to be pretty bad.

Tough luck for Beverley. He's going to be out for quite a while.

We will definitely need Harden and/or Lin back somewhat soon if we're going to stand a chance against the Spures. Unfortunately for us, not every game is going to be against Detroit.

 

Was Harden limiting Dwight when he had 30 plus in Golden state or his 29 and 13 in the win in Portland? How about in the win in San Antonio?

 

you cant even post up if Harden wants to run pick and roll or ISO. How many games has D12 had where he didnt even put up 10 shots? Too many, all because Harden took too many ill-advised shots or holds the ball too long there isnt enough time to post up by the time something gets going.

 

Switch lin with Parsons and yes.Parsons is the 3rd best player and important player.

 

Wat a load of tripe, Harden is probably the player who is allways looking to feed Dwight with post enteries or off the pick and rolls.

 

No way....Parsons is the glue guy but he hasn't proven that he's able to carry a team by himself.....Harden, Howard, and Lin have in the past. That's just a simple fact.....not trying to say Parsons is great.

 

You're so anti-Lin. Lin can carry the team when players are out. And sometimes LIn is 3rd or 4th and who cares? Parsons, Lin, Harden and Howard are big players and have come up big for the team. Isn't that what matters of a pizzing contest?

 

Lol, Dwight is #1 on the team, followed by Harden. Parsons is a complementary player.

He has been playing well though.

 

over a pizzing contest?

 

In my opinion you just got to have the Parsons-Casspi-Garcia trio on the floor and Dwight becomes a very effective offensive weapon. They know how to feed him.

 

Yea, it crazy to think that Howard played the post this well since the beginning of the season. We owe this win on him, but it's taken him a long time to get to this point. Hopefully it'll continue to pay dividends.

 

The dude is a major player. We don't need to always rank. He's a big part of the team.

 

I wish Harden would learn to catch and shoot and play off Dwight, we'd be a killer team.

 

Are you nuts? Parsons>>>>>lin. It's being realistic

 

I just added that b/c the other poster seemed to imply that we only beat bad teams without Harden. I pointed out we lose to bad teams with Harden too.

My takeaway from all of these games however is that we play better team ball without Harden having the ball the majority of the time and running all the offense through him. I think that we need to get Dwight more touches as well as the other players. Harden should play a traditional SG role b/c that's really what he is.

 

Great win tonight btw. Nice to see us bounce back, seems like we always win after a bad loss. Wish we played every game with this effort and intensity, if we did we would be a top seed in the conference.

Dwight has finally found his rhythm. We are a much better team when we play inside-out. I've been on the "feed Dwight" bandwagon all season and I'm glad that we are trusting him in the post more.

Injuries have been killing us. Our whole rotation from last year is out basically. We just have to keep winning and we will be healthy eventually.

 

Oh damn, didn't even see the injury update on Bev until now. Are there different degrees to this injury that determines recovery time??

 

If the game was on ESPN OR TNT , i BET YOU HARDEN WOULD PLAY. SINCE THE GAME IS NOT NATIONAL TV , HARDEN IS HURT.

 

Dwight's obviously has been in the gym hard. Sometimes, I guess due to his clownish personality it doesn't seem as he's as serious as others about winning but he is. And even at this stage of his career he's working on his game and improving and adjusting it to changes in his body.

 

Oh for sure. Thought he was our second best player last year and he is becoming one of the "big three" for us. He's arguably our most important player.

That poster I replied to was talking nonsense however.