ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Mavericks 4/26/2015 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 4)

As much as I love LeBron, his Miami Heat wailed a lot. To the point where players stopped getting back on D because they were complaining to the refs lol.

 

I agree that he is a patient player and he doesn't force things but sometimes down the court in key moments of the game, he didn't even touch the ball. Some times down, he practically camped at the corner three and let Smith or Brewer do their thing.

It's just totally opposite of what Harden has done for most of the season. Usually he will take total control of the offense in such situations. Not saying its a good thing that he does that all the time but when the game is in the air, I want my best player with the ball.

Smith could be shooting fireballs to Harden's bricks and I would still want the ball in Harden's hands down the stretch. He has to want the ball in his hands even though he may not be shooting well. He can't just park himself in the corner and expect Smith or Brewer to bail it out.

He is the leader of this team. He needs to own up on both sides of the ball first. Others will follow.

 

...and couldn't "guard" the horses running out of the barn.

Shots will come and go, hit or miss. Defense can't be optional.

Still more concerned about the lack of defense the last 2 games.

We'll just outscore them.

NO!

 

Only 7 series ever have gone to game 6 after a 3-0 start.

 

When someone sets a pick for harden TAKE IT IMMEDIATELY!!!!!! to much of him just standing their wasting shotclock time. Does he need to play in slow motion every time ?

 

I just wasn't able to see any effort from Ariza tonight. He was terrible on the offensive end and too passive on the defensive end. We need him in game 5 and please put someone in front of Barea!

 

Whats with the media asking every maverick "how big was devin harris's tackle on dwight?"

Stupid ****s

 

we were one of them. the series with okc. Man if only we had won that 6th game

 

McHale just thinking our offense sucks. He want to contest scoring with Mavs. SMH.

 

We were one of those series against OKC two playoffs ago and all we did was jack up threes with no D.
And we arguably had a better offense that season than Dallas does now. Dallas won't last.

 

This should be clear but I'll reiterate it.

The answer is not to outscore them but to hold them down defensively. I could care less about us hitting more threes, I care about us holding them from three and easy buckets.

I want this team to "sell out" on defense. Wasn't that they M.O. early this season? Time to get back to that and adopt it for the rest of the playoffs.

 

Are there any season ticket holders here that are not buying game 5 tickets? Message me plz!!

 

In the second half, when Dwight grabbed a rebound and the Rox were in a fast break, Dwight did not just hand the ball to Harden just instead made a dribble and tried a long pass to Brewer.

That's basically the highest % of shoot for the Rox offense now.

 

Hmm.... Who here expected a Houston Rockets sweep at the beginning of the series? I'll gladly take the 3-1 series lead back to Houston. Would it have been nice to close out tonight, of course. The guys will regroup and come out on Tuesday with a complete series ending game. It's all good.

 

We lost that series when Durant threw up that prayer from downtown late in Game 3 that bounced 30 feet in the air and settled into the basket. I still can't get over how lucky of a shot that was.

 

Our offense sucked bug time in this game, and there is no ball movement for majority of the game.

The 4th Q is just a fluke with the Josh 3 bombs to get closer, and our offense was still bad even when we got closer.

 

I think it's more the fact we got blown out. I could deal better losing a game like game 3

 

I picked Rockets in 7 before the series stated. Granted, that's back when I thought they'd have Parsons available and a halfway decent Rondo. But I'll gladly "settle" for them winning in 5.

 

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Dwight Howard: &quot;We're very upset about the way we handled ourselves. That's not becoming of a championship team.We didn' bring it tonight&quot;</p>&mdash; Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkBermanFox26/status/592549617545453568">April 27, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Josh Smith:&quot;They played like a team that was trying 2close us out.We played like a team that was going home.We got2have the killer instinct&quot;</p>&mdash; Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkBermanFox26/status/592550671397720064">April 27, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Josh Smith:&quot;The guys in this locker room are feeling this loss &amp; we're taking it pretty bad.We know deep down that this won't happen again.&quot;</p>&mdash; Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkBermanFox26/status/592551305098366976">April 27, 2015</a></blockquote>
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