ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Cavaliers 3/22/2014

exactly, i found our bench does not have much chemistry... I don't like Jordan Hamilton's play, the guy is selfish, other than Lin, he is supposed to be the guy who can create for others, but he was going one on one, forcing things to happen... cannaan still needs time to develop... Lin really should step up, command the floor, it is not pass around time for him...

 

I dunno... crotch maybe?

 

sometimes i feel the need to mute the rockets commentators, biggest group of clowns I've ever heard

 

James freaking Harden was immense today.

The bench besides DMO were putrid.

 

Why? They didn't say trade Lin. They pointed out an ill-advised layup in traffic with nearly a minute left. Lin should have based it to the trailing man.

 

We were up by 9 with 30 seconds left. As awful as the closing minutes are, the game was not in danger.
Lin may just want to run with the flow, or may just want to pad his stats...

If we were up by only 4 or 5, I believe he knows what to do.

 

And to be fair, the Cavs announcers said precisely the same thing.

 

Oh, shaddup. They blew out three straight teams without Dwight Howard. NBA teams make runs, especially when they are at home.

 

naw not just that, they're just horrible commentators for the entire game...crappy jokes, focusing on the wrong things....they need to watch all the games that JVG Hubie Mike Breen have covered

 

Got out-rebounded by two 7-footers in Hawes and Zeller, plus one Varejao 48-31 even when Asik was in. The bench got only 7 rebounds in total and Lin got 6 by himself.

Terrible to almost no defense, allowing the Cavs to shoot 50.5 FG% and 40.0 3P%.

Terrible scoring by bench except for DMo. Parsons did not help scoring when he played with the bench in the fourth quarter.

McHale was obsessed with playing Casspi when he clearly was not in the same condition as in last game. Should have subbed him early for Hamilton.

The Cavs had great perimeter defense when Varejao came up to the perimeter.

Waiters was allowed to score 26 points. Who was supposed to guide him?

Time to review Hamilton's offense and defense. Hasn't been good for the last three games.

 

If the Heat go on to lose, we'd be 1/2 a game behind the Heat currently in the standings. Seriously how surreal is that? I know the Heat are coasting and everything. But just the thought of how long we've came from 2 years ago is just so awesome.

 

It's good to see that we can be equally comfortable playing with either Howard or Asik at the 5.

I would propose that vs the teams that Howard disappears, we play Asik more. I refer to OKC. Against the twin towers of LAC and MEM, we would need to play them both.

 

Lin played solid too, he was a bit unlucky, a wiped out and1 at the end of 3rd, a bad call(J Jack hard foul on Lin's shot) under the basket, missed too easy layups in transition... he was very active on the floor, rounding, block, steals... did all the intangibles...Should command the floor a little more at the end though.

 

I think this is a bad sign by the Rox overall. It's not looking good going towards the PlayOffs.. Morey needed to pull that Rondo trade off somehow and he didn't. That would have cemented him as the GM of the decade right there. Howard, Harden, and Rondo within just year and half.

 

Oh! Oh! Have you seen the impact he's having on the community? Look over here!

 

lol the rockets defense guided him to 26 pts...

 

People sweatin' about this game? Really?

You know who's not? Harden, Asik, Parsons & Beverley.

 

As usual, you miss the point. Of course I know the record and I am excited that we are "taking care of business," and of course basketball is a game of runs, BUT this team struggles with "focus." Losing leads and giving scrubs career nights is not the characteristic of a championship team. I see the potential for this team to be a true contender, but they must master the mental game within the physical game as you learn to master the art of of being courteous. It is an acquired skill.

 

Ifs and buts....

Amazing how low the expectations are for Lin now.

If 3/11 shooting, 1/5 from 3 point land, 1 assist in 26 minutes is solid, I'd hate to think what his had game would be. The only thing he did well is rebounds and the free throws he made in garbage time.

 

you're missing the point, the eye test confirmed he played fine