ClutchFans Game Thread: Jazz @ Rockets 5/8/2018 (Playoffs Round 2, Game 5)

Jazz - Rubio/Exum (and Mitchell for the 4th) != Warriors (one of the greatest teams in basketball history). This ain't gonna be easy.

 

So refreshing to see CP3 dominate the game from all over the court, including the midrange. That's what every superstar in the league are capable of, and keeps the defenses honest. Someone should really take note.

 

Your mom took note last night

Bam!

 

my point was cp3 playing iso all game scored 40

ISO is our bread and butter.. we gonna mix in other plays.. but ISO, 3s, and layups is our bread & butter and we not gonna completely go away from it

 

Who cares
We won
On to the next round

 

EXACTLY

The Wolves tried that in Game 1 and Capela had a field day.

The Jazz tried it in Game 1 and got torched by 14.

If the Warriors try it, Capela will get dunks all day. And if they rotate down to take away the alley oop, CP3 and Harden are good enough playmakers to find the wide open three pointer.

 

That’s the way things go when you don’t dominate opponents your supposed to. Gotta remember the media is extremely fickle. It wasn’t the prettiest but we’re exactly where we wanna be. Date against GSW with HCA. Now it’s time to show up for real and prove doubters wrong.

 

Against the freankin' Jizzloads....

 

Uh Not really. The Rockets completely dominated the first 3 wins and only lost a game where Utah shot above their heads offensively. They were undermanned tonight and then really undermanned when the rookie went out.

But over the course of a game and certainly over a quarter and a half the best team in basketball can be severely outplayed by the worst team at any given time. Sample size. The rockets won in 5 and did so very easily.

 

Kenny is a dumb shiit tbh.

 

we will mix it up and make adjustments but ISO, 3s, layups, and cp3 midrange are our bread and butter we not goin the opposite wat

 

If the Warriors pack the midrange area to thwart the Rockets the series will be over in 3 games because they will die of shame after game 3.

That might be the stupidest thing I ever heard.

Maybe they can break out a Zhou Qi stopper and watch film of Joe Johnson - Aaron Jackson pick and rolls too.

 

Coming into tonight this Rockets team was

1st in point differential
2nd in offensive rating
2nd in defensive rating
1st in net rating
Lowest turnover percentage

The talk on tv and somewhat around here is that we are squeaking by.

Not sure I follow. If this is not dominating and playing down to our competition than I’d hate for the rest of the league to have to see what we do when we “dominate”

 

i am so relieved now. i have been waited for ten years to witness my team to knock out this j*zz in a playoff series.

 

I hope chuck and Kenny saying what they said lights a fire under the teams ass. I think we are going to switch up and play some Anderson...and get EGo going.

They act like an injured team is easy to put down... see this years boston. Or the year rockets played without tmac Yao against the lakers. I think Utah found some guys in Royce and ingles.

 

Right. It will not be easy. The warriors are one of the best teams of all time. But the rockets dominated their first 2 rounds. It was honestly not even close. The media thought the Twolves were going to give us a series and then they thought the Jazz were primed for an upset because they won a freaking game. The rockets have rolled into the Western Conference finals. They will have to play better but they should be super confident.

 

So sweet! WCF!!

Never take 2 rounds of playoff wins for granted, friends. 8-2 in the postseason ain't shabby.