ClutchFans Game Thread: Pelicans @ Rockets 12/28/2013

Again? He didn't carry us to victory yesterday, in spite of some good minutes for a change.

But, yes, it would be awesome if DMo would use all of that talent and lead us to a victory tonight, just like it would be awesome if anyone off of the bench did the same.

 

Once again we are dying by the 3.

I still think we will pull away with this. The defense looks pretty good with the starters.

Mchale is trying to keep at least 1 starter on the floor with the bench, but I think he needs to go on step further. So bring Jones and Lin out early, bring in Brooks and Dmo/Casspi then when Parsons and Harden or Dwight sit those guys come back in.

Hopefully by getting Lin in with the bench line-up he can control the ball more and get himself going.

Mchale needs to find a way to stabilize the bench unit.

 

That Austin Rivers 3 I saw from a mile away. Harden was dragged lazily off of him and I just KNEW Rivers would drain it with that much space when the ball eventually got back to him. What pisses me off is their was NO reason at all for Harden to drag off.

 

Could've been worst....not much offensive from Lin so far, but keeping Holiday in check with zero points after switching with Harden. I expect more 3 balls falling in the 2nd half.

 

At this rate, D12 is getting triple double.

 

rofl 2-16 is unacceptable for 3s, just drive more ffs

 

The coaches admit all the time they have no plays, just glorified street ball. I just don't know how this approach is going to work for a team hoping to contend.

 

It'd be awesome if DMo could just play defense.

Looks like the team is looking ahead to tomorrow's game.

 

Lin 0-5 missing all three of his 3 point attempts is killing us. We need a better shooting performance from him in the 2nd half.

 

It's called read and react offense for a reason.
I think you need 4 Duncans and 1 Olajuwon on the team to make it work fluid.
Need fundamentally sound and IQ guys out there.

 

It works if you have high BBIQ players who can make shots and force the action (like the starters). Not so good if your bench has no real rudder...

 

This team relies to much on the 3 falling which is not a good foundation for long playoff runs. When the Rox 3s aren't falling they look like they don't know what to do. Spacing was bad in first half as well.

 

Wow Clutch is like....wow

Can we sign the bear??

 

That's the thing, this team makes too many stupid mistakes. They need more direction which McHale is not able to provide.

 

I don't know. On this team when Harden, Lin and Howard don't get TOs, they usually aren't scoring well. Howard is scoring well and has 6 TOs. Lin has 1, Harden has 2. Lin is 0-5 and Harden is 3-9, 0-5 from 3 while Lin is 0-3 from 3.

 

Yep, I'm calling it now too. If we lose this game, its because of Lin.

 

R & R: reads in crap and reacts with crap => down to opponent's level

 

thinking the d he is playing on holiday is taking away from his offense. keeping holiday to 2 pts so far if he can continue good d on the pgs he plays he will start getting a rep for good d. team can't shoot this poorly for a full game shots will fall at some point.

 

The starters are TO prone at times and make a lot of stupid mistakes as well. Like I was saying earlier team needs direction.

 

Love him

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Jeremy Lin out early and alone to put some shots up. He was 0 for 5 in the first half.</p>&mdash; Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen/statuses/417116555265069056">December 29, 2013</a></blockquote>
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