ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Spurs 5/3/2017 (Playoffs Round 2, Game 2)

Respectfully, I don't agree with that at all. Jimmy is not our problem IMO but we need another forward that plays both ends of the court. I shudder to think where we'd be without him...most probably not in the playoffs.JMO.

 

What sucks is our coaches rarely complain about the refs but it works. You tell the NBA "Hey, we're watching this. We see what's happening and we're not cool with it."

MDA should have mentioned that Harden didn't get called for a single foul in the paint tonight. He could have did it calmly. "Looking at the shot chart here it's a mystery to me that our guy wasn't fouled once driving to the paint. I mean either they're playing really good defense or some calls are being missed here."

 

watching NBA tv salty a** post game interview from James haha .... not having anything to do with questions asking about Kawhi guarding him and shot back at a question about whether he is looking to pass when he drives with, " I lead the league in assists I'm always looking to pass" .... ooooooo he angry.

 

dude you can party anywhere you like it's all about the intention. Obv Houston felt confident after the game 1 smacking otherwise they would have jumped on the Spurs right out of the gate instead of giving up all the "hustle" points.

I think this is a good wake up call for the team. People can blame refs but at the end of the day refs are only human, if the Spurs are fighting with all they've got and Rox are being lazy then who do think the calls go to? Harden was a total diva tonight, I love the guy but his psyche is a conflict avoider, when the going gets tough instead of meeting it head on like Westbrick he shrinks away and plays with less energy. He needs to stop doing that if he wants to really be the best player in the NBA.

 

2-3 calls wouldn't have made a difference tonight. Hell 5 missed calls being called would have still resulted in a loss.

 

Even with James going 3/17 , most of those shots are calls he would normally get. The free throws that he would hit would hell his rhythm. Instead of the calls he just missed the layups which not only gave the Spurs transition but put his shooting percentage down and also his spirit. Going from 10-14 free throws to 6 cant be good for his rhythm.

 

you mean because harden took a mid-range shot?


but seriously, i said kawhi only took like 3 shots at the basket. apparently it was even worse than that. he took 1! and still shot 13-16! 6-7 on outside the paint shots, 5-7 on inside the paint, outside the restricted area shots? are you kidding? lebron's about the only guy who has 13-16 type games and that's usually only if he has 12 dunks. kawhi has just morphed into the most efficient player ever suddenly.

and harden being 1-7 in the restricted area is also unsustainably bad. granted, not if he really hurt his ankle/hip. he can play very badly when hurt. let's hope he's not.

 

It does make a pretty big difference if you get a big in foul trouble, that only takes a call or two. Apparently, Pau Gasol is a defensive monster that is incapable of fouling.

If you continue to drive and get no calls then it is likely you will just become passive. Also, runs and momentum are huge in this game. A missed call on a drive is basically a turnover and an easy 4-5 point swing.

 

something called momentum influences the game.

when you know you can take it in and get the slightest bit of contact and get the foul you will be much more confident

when you know you can push off with your offhand on every drive you can make everything and score 30+ on 10/13 shooting

when you can throw someone on the ground and grab the offensive rebound and not get the foul called on you then you can get like 30 extra opportunities to score

when you can push and grab and body the crap out of your opponent and flop, and make it hell for your opponent to score. defense becomes way easier

 

the game got crazy out of hand in the 4th, a combo of the rockets letting go of the rope/getting screwed by the refs, but a few calls here or there turns this into a tie game/our lead early in the 4th. the team probably keeps playing then instead of everything just going to hell.

 

Honestly, all I ask for is consistency. Kawhi was officiated differently than Harden was today.

Tony Brothers is easily the worst ref in the NBA. He's always heavily favoring a team, it's rarely in the Rockets favor (Although, that one Bulls game he was.) but this dude is super sketchy.

Rocket fans are not the only fans to complain about this guy, because most times you watch him he's always heavily favoring one team over the other for whatever reason.

Let's just hope this is the last game he officiates for us this series.

I don't think the NBA is fixed or anything, but something ain't right about this guy.

 

Exactly. Officials need to call a foul a foul.

 

F8CKING UNREAL. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO FLOPPING FINES?

 

It was clear to me that the force of officiating bias was strong tonight. Maybe they really did inherently want the Spurs to tie 1-1. I guess 2-0 is bad for business.

Anyway, game 3 is all that matters now. Moving on

 

i really can't remember a single time that segment has been done where he disagreed with the call on the floor. they ALWAYS agree with the call on the floor even if they just say it could've gone either way. but what do you know, after the rockets get one of the better ref screwings in a while (of course from tony brothers), nbatv magically finds the one call we get all night to make their first disagreement ever in that segment. amazing. i couldn't believe when they started showing that play and then that he didn't do his typical thing and say mills was sliding into harden or some such like they usually do. nope, just the refs missed it. rockets getting too many calls tonight.

how about the 3 in the 4th where some spur just basically walked under and into harden and got all tangled up with him on a 3 and no call. somehow that didn't make the clip.

kinda like how the harden/leonard comparison graphic just wasn't ready for game 1.

 

I respectfully disagree.

You need to factor in the entire context of what's happening in the game surrounding those individual calls - even if it's only 2-3 (it was MUCH more than 2 or 3 tonight)

You don't call some of the Tony Brother specials and it's played fairly heading into the 4th.

We at the very worst are tied, and I'd be confident in saying we'd actually have a lead.

That changes the entire mind frame of a team.

Once they scored a couple of baskets to start the 4th + the fact the officials were wearing black and silver striped jerseys tonight, the Rockets seemed to know it was doomed and that reflected in their play.

As you can see, "2-3" calls would have made a difference tonight.

 

we only shot 13 free throws. since february started we haven't gone below 17 in a game, and even that was the only game we've been below 20 in that timeframe. that 17 was also against the spurs, but even in our other games against the spurs we were 20+. and this is the first playoff game we've been below 26. just a really really low free throw count for us.

 

Yep, we are just fortunate we didn't get this clown in a home game, yet.

 

man so many here are b****ing about the refs.....so if we win while our team shoots a **** load of freethrows is cause we play great and are kings at drawing fouls and when we loose its cause the refs changed the momentum and missed calls? comeon...

the spurs deserved this win. we accomplished our goal and that is to win one of the first two games. we all know that the performance differential by the two teams in the first game can't be duplicated.

accept this loss, make adjustments, move on and ****en take care of home court...we are still in a good position to take this series.