Clutchfans Game Thread: Lakers @ Rockets 9/8/2020 (Playoffs Round 2, Game 3)

NBA Replay is useless if they dont have another Referee Added in Replay Room to overturn obvious CORRECT CALLS.

NBA Coaches deserve more challenges.
Coaches should have a handkerchief to throw on the sidelines to challenge plays. On a dead ball.

 

I was about to post that. So the league decided to give Harden a tech to make things come out “even.” I’m really getting tired of this crap. Not one word about Foster ignoring the foul. Nothing. Guess we’re supposed to ignore that little error.

The league seems intent on tossing what reputation they still have for fairness, not much, in the toilet.

 

NBA Replay is useless if they dont have another Referee Added Sitting at a Table or Inside the Stadium to overturn obvious CORRECT CALLS.

NBA Coaches deserve more challenges.
Coaches should have a handkerchief to throw on the sidelines to challenge plays.

Every Type of Play should be reviewed.
Goaltending, Hard Fouls that referee ignored.

 

Great point about Rockets starting/closing 5 being unused to playing together.

 

Still believing! Time to go up 2-1 tonight.

 

He needs to BENCH Westbrook if he is hurting the team.

That is literally all he needs to do.

DD

 

Arggg I have night events for work tonight AND Thursday! My mind is certainly going to be elsewhere...

 

Short sighted solution.

 

Russell Westbrook Role only should be

Run Fast Breaks
Drive to the Basket or pass out for a open 3.

Make Eric Gordon play a 2 man game with Russell Westbrook. Eric and Russell need each other more. If Russell has the ball Eric has to play closer to Russell for open 3s.

Post Up on Rondo or pass out open 3 pt shooters

Out Rebound their Guards, Centers.

 

Yeah but Rivers only played 6 minutes. Green played 20+. Can’t have anyone parlay 20+ like that

 

Agreed. Was watching Milwaukee-Maimi on Sunday and there was a play late where Jimmy Butler is driving, gets his arm blatantly slapped, and the ball goes out of bounds. The refs, not wanting to call the foul, but trying to do a makeup, award the ball to Miami. Milwaukee wants it reviewed so they have to review it. Now, the problem is that they can't call a foul on a replay...so now the ball gets awarded to Milwaukee because Butler was the last person to touch it even though he was fouled.

Game went to overtime where the Bucks won...could have been the difference there if Butler gets the freebies.

Problem is, it happens every game...refs have too much control and aren't good enough (or are good at fixing) at their job.

 

The Rockets as a team haven't even played their best basketball yet.

Westbrook hasn't been good, and key role players off the bench haven't been performing.

I don't think the series is close if everyone on the Rockets start clicking. That's a big IF at this point.

 

This series is going 7, too profitable.

Even without China.

 

Nah, Rockets in 5.

 

i thought that he should of benched Westbrook when he picked up that fifth foul. He couldn't even play defense with it. In all reality lets be honest, that's probably not going to happen. What coach needs to do is have the stones to have russ set screens and roll for rivers or jeff green and then take the layup or kickout. We simply cannot have turnovers at all cost.

I think they are going to give him once more chance to run the second unit.

If he still can't peform, he's obviously still hurt and they may need to do so in game 4.

i started a thread earlier in the season that Austin Rivers should start with harden because yes i do recognize russ deficiencies.

 

Something has got to give.

 

Russ needs to snap out of this funk.

 

Green also did not play defense well either.

Needs to do better no doubt. Had a 1 no show game in OKC series too.

 

Yikes, this might be a must win game.