ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Cavaliers 1/7/2015

1. Dwight needs to play like her did in the 4th quarter the whole game. He showed that he is a dominant player in the 4th tonight... with that said he just looks slow sometimes and I think it is because he is hurt. Hopefully he gets healthy.

2. Josh Smith needs to play this way every night. His shots all were drives to the basket and it was too easy for him.

3. Ariza.. he just needs to shoot 100 threes per practice.. if he has an open 3 he has to shoot it, but these bricks man, especially early in the shot clock... just ugly. Luckily his defense is incredibly elite.

4. Terry needs to play off the ball, he is an incredible spot up shooter. I hate watching him play point guard.

5. Bev needs to get his shot back too.

6. McHale's rotations still baffle me sometimes. PaPa played 6 minutes, still no Canaan.

Overall this was a game we were supposed to win and in the end we did by double digits. I know what this team is capable of and I think it is up to McHale to get them to play smart like they should. The ceiling is through the roof but not if McHale doesn't sit down and do some actual coaching

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvjCGgG26CI

 

This... Ariza is why Irving couldn't do an And1 in the second half..

 

This.

Ariza's main purpose in the 4th q was to contain Irving.

 

Smoove can maybe the #3 option for this team, but Dwight needs to consistently step up as a #2.

Beverly and Ariza needs to give us some production. Their job is to shoot 3's and they've been constantly bricking open 3's.

 

Some are trolling, when others can see the forest for the trees. Some aren't satisfied with a victory because despite winning there are clear underlying issues that will get exposed against a better team especially in the playoffs. Most aren't being negative just to be negative. Some of us aren't satisfied with winning medals for making the playoffs we want the whole damn thing.

 

Fire the architect who designed that building.

 

I saw Brewer and Ariza on him in the fourth. Bev has officially hit the "sophomore slump".

 

Hope Dwight realized how easy offense came for him when he started running pick n roll. that changed the whole game. Its was so effective , that i was getting angry because we dont do it all the effing time. If I had one question for Morey/Mchale that would be it. Why no constant PnR with dwight n harden. It should be the best two man game in the league smh.

 

Post-game comments? The ESPN crew for this game simply SUCKED. Smoove finally earned being called "Smoove" by me. Without him, we lose this game, in my opinion. Sure, he made some mistakes here and there, but several were mistakes from trying too hard to fit in. That pass in the second half to Bev, which he missed, of course, having lost his shot somewhere, when Smoove could have gone in for the layup or dunk, probably with the foul, is a good example. Effort mistakes, for the most part. Loved his post-game interview. Hope Clutch posts it!

We should crush the Knicks.

 

and so he should, he has gotten worse ever since November

 

Good that the team showed some life. Against this floundering Cleveland team, I expected better. A part of it, though, was just Kyrie Irving keeping them with some hot shooting-- sometimes it's just touch shutting a guy down when he has it going like that.

 

Actually McHale DID put Canaan in for the final 20 seconds. See? Not only does he not wanna play the guy, but he sticks him in with almost no time left in the game so his PPG will gradually approach 0 since he has no time to make a basket.

 

he was very humble, even said he's trying to mimic what dmo does in order to fit in.

 

I would like to add, Houston has had 23 games against the western conferance

1. GSW 23
2. Portland 18
3. mem 21
4. Dallas 17

Translation? Rockets have some games against the east coming up, we should take advantage because the western conference already has

 

we don't use Dwight properly as it is

 

you cant win the Championship in January... its a marthon

 

There's no harm and won't hurt his legacy if he did what he knows best since his Orlando days. Heck Karl Malone is one of the best PFs ever and he was picked and rolled with Stockton to build that legacy.

 

Smoove's Chasedown Block was HUGE...5 point turnaround and stopped their momentum...Now that's a Smoove Move :grin:

 

also if ariza just shot the ball bad and not "really really" bad , we would be so much more effective . So trevor all im asking is for you to be just "normal" bad at shooting, we will see alot of improvement lol