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ClutchFans Game Thread: Blazers @ Rockets 2/8/2015

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Clutch, Feb 7, 2015.

  1. rockets belle

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    What the heck! There are still two quarters left.
    Portland is just playing great basketball. They're making tough shots and are overall playing better. Rockets can still win.
     
  2. PeterKingX

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    Lazy dwight? nooooo.
     
  3. kingkingston

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    D Mo also has been fouled, so he has had the ball but he is just 1-4 from the foul line. Can't keep going to him, it becomes predictable and the other team just swarms him
     
  4. soupman

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    We just do not match up well at all against teams with outstanding PGs such as Curry, Lillard, Westbrook and Paul. The problem is compounded because we really miss Howard's post presence when the opposing PG breaks down perimeter pressure, which happens a lot with the 4 aforementioned PGs. Finally, Jones still has not come back to form from the injury and long absence.
     
  5. kingkingston

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    i'm sick that we have a fanbase that gives up way too easily
     
  6. RoxBeliever

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    DMo and Jones should just go strong to the basket and fish for fouls.

    Refs calling touch fouls against us but not when Matthews is crowding Harden.
     
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    Mchale waited too late to sub his starters back in.

    No defense again. We need to play defense consistently.

    Portland played last night, so push the tempo and feed Dmo in the paint more often.

    Harden is balling but he needs help.
     
  8. ksny15

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    Papa needs to be used. He would help out tremendously
     
  9. kingkingston

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    Dwight torches the Blazers and he holds down the defensive end........something we seem to struggle with tonight hmmmn
     
  10. J Sizzle

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    So basically...same as 85% of our games...
     
  11. AuburnRocket

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    Well...all I've seen is a team laying down at home like a cheap hooker. The one I pity is the poor guy who buys a ticket to watch a bunch of players paid handsomely to play a game that decides they don't want to play for whatever reason.

    The good news is that we should have plenty of energy in the second half because we definitely haven't expended any to this point. You spin oit how you want but I see quit so far. Give me anything but don't give me a quitter.
     
  12. count_dough-ku

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    They can still win, but they don't look like they want it tonight. Portland looks like they're trying to make a statement after last night's collapse in Dallas. The Rockets meanwhile are having another one of their no-show games.

    You figure the game will tighten up a little in the 2nd half. The Blazers are shooting 55% to our 42%, but I had a bad feeling coming into this one and it looks I had reason to be concerned.
     
  13. PeterKingX

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    1 rebound for Rockets Center???? This is the worst start center I have ever seen.
     
  14. SPBR

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    The Beard is young, but this can't be good long term.
     
  15. pippendagimp

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    very true.

    i'm also surprised that nick johnson's been off the team for so long now. his defense was quite effective during the 1 month stretch he was getting playing time. while terry/canaan/shved have looked pretty much terrible on D so far.
     
  16. Aleron

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    it's big front courts without dwight, dmo plays little and the rest of them aren't big enough for multiple 7 footers, see Detroit game, New Orleans, etc for other examples.
     
  17. count_dough-ku

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    How can they push the tempo though if they never get stops? Portland made something like 14 out of 23 shots in the 2nd quarter.
     
  18. soupman

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    Since when did an injured player become the same thing as a lazy player? Let's see you run up and down the court and get roughed up in the paint against the best players in the world night after night on a bad knee.
     
  19. kingkingston

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    all i see is a team shooting the lights out even when we defend them, they are not missing much. You can't always say it is bad defence if a shot isn't stopped
     
  20. kingkingston

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    Brook Lopez once had 0 rebounds
     

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