ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Timberwolves 2/10/2014

Lin had two bad plays the whole game. Every nba player has about two bad plays a game. Big deal. Blown dunks. Dribbling off a foot. Not knowing the shot clock is running down. It happens to everyone.

I was more bothered by the fact that he seemed to totally lose confidence in his shot. It looked like he missed a couple shots and then got scared. That's why he passed at the end of the quarter instead of shooting it. And that bothers me. The fact that he got so scared.

 

I remember awhile back Sweet Lou was sayin a "good" game for Lin should be judged based on how involved he is/ staying aggressive/not being timid, and breaking down defenses even without directly getting assists, rather than his scoring production. If he had, say, 3-4 assists this game instead of 7 but kept being involved while still taking care of the ball, would this still have counted as a solid game? Just curious.

 

He only had one but guys here thought he had 7 or something.

 

Harden was rested. He played well along with the rest of the starters. Wish I could say the same for the bench. Good win nonetheless.

 

No, most say the same thing. Guy is an underside player that stat pads and his team sucks as a whole. He looks a good 2 inches shorter than Blake Griffin and 3 inches shorter than Aldridge.

 

Not a bad player, but total bust considering where they picked him and what they want from him. They are going to regret saving the 5-year extension for him instead of Love.

 

Yup, only 19/5/5 in three quarters. Just awful basketball.

In all seriousness, I'm glad he was able to rest in the 4th quarter, and it's good that he didn't have to come back in. Dwight was able to hold down the fort.

Only player that played great was Beverly. Dwight was dominant down low but had a bunch of turnovers and foul trouble. Harden had an off shooting night but still impacted the game in other ways and hit some big shots.

Jone was just being lazy today, not boxing out at all. And it shows with his zero rebounds.

Bench just had an awful night. Montiejunas had a couple good possessions. Lin had a couple nice passes at the end but was pretty bad overall.

Glad we were able to pull out the "W" though, we are playing better as at team, together even though individually guys weren't on their games.

 

All right, here is the plan: beat the Wizards silly on Wednesday, go to ASB, and then come out blazing. Win the West Coast road trip and play like your playoff seeding depended on it because it does.

 

yep..... a coincidence that a certain someone did not play...... :grin:

 

when Lin runs to the 3 point line... he hesitates quite a bit...

contrast that with Bev and Parsons... who are attacking as soon as they get the basketball

Parsons has been great at drawing defenders and then dishing it to Howard these last few games... I think TNT guys talked about it at halftime

 

Beverley since returning from the hand injury:

Code:

Opponent	3P	3PA	3P%
POR	        3	8	0.375
SAC	        1	4	0.250
MEM	        1	8	0.125
MEM	        3	6	0.500
SAS	        4	8	0.500
DAL	        3	6	0.500
CLE	        0	5	0.000
PHO	        2	3	0.667
MIL	        3	5	0.600
MIN	        4	8	0.500
			
Total	      24	61	0.393

Not bad for a guy that can't shoot the 3. A couple of bad games (CLE and MEM1) really brought him down. Other than that he's been really solid from deep. Pleasant surprise upon his return.

 

So, you only saw two bad plays. You must have not seen the entire game. His decision making was terrible tonight. I hope he turns it around. Players who get scared don't inspire confidence.

 

The difference is everything Lin does is dissected about 1000x more. Followed by intense knee jerking.

 

Honestly I think Lin has great athleticism but probably has smallish hands that prevent him from being like a Westbrook or Rose at the rim finish.

 

love isn't going back to minny no matter what.

 

So if Lin is a turnover machine, Howard is a turnover industry and Harden a turnover god.

 

Not "thought", but "pretend"

 

His decision making was decent with good passes for great assists. He outplayed Rubio tonight and you are obviously trolling.

 

Great all round effort.

DMo was huge with a few hustle plays and some big 3's

But Bev was MVP today

 

lol what