ClutchFans Game Thread: Clippers @ Rockets 3/29/2014

rebounds 27-17 for houston.

turnovers 13-4 for clippers.

in second half harden needs to step up to be a floor general like cp3 does. Little tricks, eurosteps fakes, bumps etc may win you some games but not this one. Gotta fire the team and pump some confidence.

Lead it beard!

 

He's been really bad, it has nothing to do with CP3.

 

Damn, we have to watch this scrub Lin for the next year as our starter?

I think McHale will start Canaan even though it will result in a 1st round exit and cost him his job.

 

Good thing for Terrence Jones is that there's no Blake Griffin in the second half.

Maybe that will get him going..

 

the clippers are laden with depth, we have a bench that gets outplayed by philly, why on earth would we win a depth battle?

 

Lin has to not be a net negative. Like he can be a zero...that's infinitely better than whatever he is doing now.

 

Keys to rockets winning.

Stop TO harden and Canaan combine has more than half of entire team

Better bench play

Stop hating on the rockets

 

I said this at the start of the second so I was already in first with the knee-jerk post.

 

I'm not trying to defend Lin, he was terribad first half did pretty much nothing on the court. Why do people assume I'm trying to defend him everytime I simply state my observations about this board

 

Lose by 10

 

Rockets should be fined for every TO they commit.

Parsons should never switch off CP3 whoever gives the pick. Otherwise, switch and he should go immediately to the roller.

Is Hamilton dnp? I would keep Lin's minutes down in the 2nd half as much as I can.

 

Parsons on fire over the past month!

His 3 ball is looking as sweet as brick sht house

 

Lin is forgetting what got him here. We signed him to penetrate the paint and score points. His strength is getting the easy layup or drawing foul shots.

You can't do any of that if you just pass the ball all the damn time. I'd rather see Jordan block his shots into the crowd then another awkward mid air pass, because those type of TOs result in fast breaks for the other team.

 

If Hamilton isn't playing F.O needs to do some introspecting. You traded our veteran PG for a guy you aren't ****ing playing.

GIVE HAM SOME PT

 

Harden would be broke if that happened.

 

No but he should be. He is the PG.

 

Ha! Lin fans. SMH. Yeah, Lin's as good as Steve Nash in his prime, it's just that one of these things is always holding him back:

1. The lineup = his teammates' skills don't compliment him
2. Harden specifically
3. The coaching staff
4. McHale specifically has it out for him
5. His minutes are down or not consistent
6. He doesn't know his role because the coaches
7. The refs don't respect him.
8. Opposing players don't respect him and they get away with fouling him a lot.
9. If none of these excuses can be use, then he's injured, or recovering from an injury, or he's tired, or....

I want the Rockets to win, so I hope he pulls a 180 and proves almost everyone who is not a huge Lin wrong, but all he has shown is that he is overall a consistently mediocre player. Slightly above average, at best.

It will be really fun to read Lin-fan comments over the next few weeks as he plays the way it appears he will. The excuses and justifications for his poor play will be as predictable as his poor play. For the Rockets sake I hope he magically finds a deep well of mental toughness in the next few weeks.

 

those 5 turnovers early on in the 2nd quarter is what killed us...

 

Are you watching the game? The Clips are packing the paint. Both him and Harden can't drive in.

And he only had that one turnover where he did that, and it looked to me like he was trying to shoot but got blocked.

 

These games without Bev will really determine Lin's future with the team.

If he can't step up with all the minutes available to him, I think it's a safe bet Daryl will move on without him.