ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Blazers 4/25/2014 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 3)

LOF 101.

 

Hmm yes - he's been dreadful in the 2 OT's this series. Tonight with his 4 pts and 2 asst, 1st game with 7 OT points. Are you really that smart or did you stay at a Holiday INN Express?

 

Lin hustle play was key to the shot by Daniels. Both players saved the playoffs for team. What other player on the bench can contribute as the series continues?

 

tell the truth. you just hate Lin. everybody makes mistakes in this game: Howard, Harden, Parson, Asik, Lin, and ect. But when Lin didn't make a shot, you got on his case. you are not a true houston rocket and you call yourself GoROX2013. shameful as you are even after we won the game, you still blamed the whole game on Lin. GetOutofHereROX2013.

 

Similarly, it's difficult for you to acknowledge when your holy Lin struggles. I'm sorry that you don't understand why Harden takes many more shots than your boy in our offense.

Lin reminds me of a really shaky closer in baseball. He blows saves by giving up epic home runs and even his saves are shaky. He's our new Brad Lidge.

 

So are Blazer fans b****ing about the refs yet?

 

Props to Lin. Dude is frustrating and gets a lot of flack, but he stepped up tonight. Got hit in the face and no one helped him up except Parsons. He did screw up some layups and had that TO but his hustle is what saved us.

 

If McHale lets Harden keep doing a ton of his low % iso next game instead of dishing out assists to our new sniper king TD, and we lose, then McHale is totally a dumb coach and Morey should fire him.

 

Which games did you watch? Did you know the clutch shooter with beard is not Lin even though he could be easily taken as Asian.

 

Hrden actually played good D for the majority of the game.

Do the same game 4, make better shot selections, n we're good to go

 

And the War continues lol will it ever end.

 

You have no point. Even with Harden's bad shooting this game should've been OVER in regulation. The game before that Lin commits a ill advised foul in closing second. You gotta rebuttal for that boneheaded play too?

 

These guys all make frustrating mistakes sometimes, but Kudos to all of them for not letting it shake their confidence - this was a HUGE win - and a chemistry building one for sure.

 

about what? I thought the refs tonight were pretty inconsistent but there wasnt any "terrible" calls that were made which made them seem sort of invisible.

the blazers got a lot of ticky tack calls on drives to the basket that the Rockets did not and it led to the huge disparities in FT attempts even with the "not as obvious Hack -a- dwight" at the end.

even on the play that one the game the way Batum bodied Harden on his drive before he lost the ball -- there was far less contact on drives by Lillard, Aldridge and Williams in the fourth which led to Blazers FTs

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Beverley on Daniels: &quot;he is one of the best shooters in the NBA. People just didn't know it. They know him now! &quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23rockets&amp;src=hash">#rockets</a></p>&mdash; Randy McIlvoy (@RandyMcIlvoy) <a href="https://twitter.com/RandyMcIlvoy/statuses/459937772585762816">April 26, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Harden dove for the loose ball but didnt get it, mo goes for it but he falls down when he touches harden to try and get the foul which is stupid because all harden did was make a basketball play for a loose ball. He could have easily dove for it and got it. Lin sees the ball is not secure by mo, dives for it, picks it up and penetrates then kicks it out to the open troy daniels for the win.

Daniels also did a great job playing off the ball during the entire play which is something the rest of the rockets struggle with. They tend to just stand around when they are open and they dont do anything close to what daniels did on that play.

 

Actually this game was ideal for Lin detractors. He once again made a couple of terrible decisions in the clutch before being in the right place at the right time to get the assist to Daniels.

Lin was not good today. -10 plus/minus meaning we were +15 when he was OFF the court.

Rockets win, Lin didn't have a good game. Perfect for LOHs

 

It couldn't happen to a nicer "bammer turd". There are certainly no tears here.

 

Asik shut Aldridge down

 

Troy's GW wasn't in the top 10 on Sports Center lol