ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Mavericks 4/24/2015 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 3)

Well, he IS riding into the sunset soon. He wanted another chance at a deep playoff run.

 

He would've gotten a chance if he left the Mavs for us last summer lol

 

Damn Dirk sounds pretty depressed. He knows his run for championships is over. Mavs have no hope unless they absolutely win free agency which they have never done.

No one wants to play with an aged Dirk and little else.

 

Yeah I low-key have a thing for her.

 

Dirk flops like a mother fuxker but god damn he is a helluva player. Always has been. Def one of the greats of all time

 

Props to all our bigs--they're hitting their FTs, even Caps.

 

As much as I hate his flopping, Dirk seems like a guy I would hangout with even if he wasn't a basketball player.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>&quot;We've been through a lot of adversity this year. We just find ways to pull games out.&quot; - <a href="https://twitter.com/JHarden13">@JHarden13</a> <a href="http://t.co/OAFz22ZHMJ">pic.twitter.com/OAFz22ZHMJ</a></p>&mdash; Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoustonRockets/status/591790819532607488">April 25, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>James Harden just dropped a career playoff-high 42 points (15/24 FG, 5/7 3FG, 7/7 FT) in <a href="https://twitter.com/HoustonRockets">@HoustonRockets</a> Game 3 win: <a href="http://t.co/69d7dAU4zT">pic.twitter.com/69d7dAU4zT</a></p>&mdash; NBA.com/Stats (@nbastats) <a href="https://twitter.com/nbastats/status/591782592124428288">April 25, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Dirk on the officiating: &quot;I usually get my complaining in during the game.&quot;</p>&mdash; Tim Cato (@tim_cato) <a href="https://twitter.com/tim_cato/status/591794434322247681">April 25, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Carlisle said he was tired of Dwight Howard &quot;throwing people around. This series has to be played within the rules.&quot;</p>&mdash; Bryan Gutierrez (@BallinWithBryan) <a href="https://twitter.com/BallinWithBryan/status/591787823570685952">April 25, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>You get 68 from Dirk and Monta...and lose. Not your series. Maybe there's a reason HOU's the 2nd seed.</p>&mdash; Matt Mosley (@mattmosley) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattmosley/status/591781943554879488">April 25, 2015</a></blockquote>
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McHale is also playing Howard the entire 4th quarter in these playoffs.

 

He's got a high arcing shot from a high impossible to block release point. There's not that many 7ft+ combo forwards out there. I would even go to say Dirk, when he was younger and quicker, was a seven foot shooting guard. He's just maximized shooting at maximized size. Not sure if he could be as good as he is at 6 inches shorter.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Harden's 40 point game is first 40 point game in a playoff by a Rockets player since Tracy McGrady in 2008.</p>&mdash; Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoustonRockets/status/591779056380551168">April 25, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>&quot;We took their best shot and instead of folding, we stayed together.&quot; - <a href="https://twitter.com/DwightHoward">@DwightHoward</a> <a href="http://t.co/7B7bY1HOd3">pic.twitter.com/7B7bY1HOd3</a></p>&mdash; Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoustonRockets/status/591790265540554752">April 25, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>&quot;It was a hell of a game if you like offense.&quot; - Kevin McHale <a href="http://t.co/SwUw70GOSX">pic.twitter.com/SwUw70GOSX</a></p>&mdash; Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoustonRockets/status/591783856669200385">April 25, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Final box score: <a href="http://t.co/Vda8WmENIU">pic.twitter.com/Vda8WmENIU</a></p>&mdash; Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoustonRockets/status/591781796787818496">April 25, 2015</a></blockquote>
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yes there is. rockets had every excuse to be a lower seed team. dwight and jones missing half the season, and ending th eseason with 2 rotatin players out including the playoffs. being in the highly competitive west conference and in the southwest division where every team made the playoffs. still end the season with the 2nd seed. you can do that with free throws and luck. this should be an obvious things these haters cant recognize

 

No worries. Dwight will get plenty of rest if they close them out on Sunday. They may be off over a week if the Spurs and Clippers go 7.

 

Harden was double-teamed a lot the first two games. And Carlisle had just admitted in the post-game press conference that he changed the look on ways to defend Harden tonight.

I'm actually happy that Harden did what he's doing in this playoffs, taking whatever the defense is giving him, be it him having to dish or score.

 

Only on offense. He is a pathetic defender and flopper.

 

I read it as him giving credit to the Rockets and trying to say that maybe the Rockets are good. Basically trying to shut all the "haters" who try to blame everything else instead of just giving credit to a good team.

Mavs threw the kitchen sink at the Rockets and still lost. Says a lot about this Houston team.

 

You can or can't?

 

That may not be a good thing. Once you get three straight days off, that's when the chance of your team getting rusty starts to creep in.

 

Where can I watch the post-game press conferences?