ClutchFans Game Thread: Warriors @ Rockets 5/14/2018 (Western Conference Finals, Game 1)

Well 4:33 AM in Ireland makes this loss even more disappointing!!!!!

 

We need that Artest/Battier combo to defend Durant. Tucker/Ariza need to step up defensively.

 

Which is what you want...

 

The Rockets do have a "freaking offensive game plan". It's called ISO-ball. It worked all season. It got the Rockets the best records in the NBA. And it worked this game with how well the Big 2 scored. That's not really the issue at all.

 

Agreed, but the calls they missed were momentum shifters and possibly affected the outcome of the game. Ariza’s fouls, the missed back court, the missed foul by KD on Tucker’s layup late in the game

 

Sucks to lose but it’s not over. Gotta refocus and adjust. Remember we have a better coach. Kerr just hides behind the most talented team of all time. We still have a chance.

 

I don't know what to say. The Warriors were just too consistently good throughout. The Rockets need to be at the very top of their game to beat the Warriors when they are locked in like that, and they weren't.

We depended so much on Harden in this game, and he's simultaneously not getting time to rest on defense. That style of play just isn't sustainable. He was getting blown by with relative ease and it puts so much pressure on our defense to recover.

 

Klay on Inside the NBA like they already won the series....

 

So why is it that the NBA owners can block the CP3 trade but can't stop Durant from signing with a 72 win team?

 

Nothing to blame
we play a good game and we take a nice lead.
but Durant start making shots from everywhere
With that %, it will be impossible

 

Durant has been the reason ...hall of famer running to a team that whopped him like a b****. I guess that's what the NBA has turned into. I suppose players know what they can and can't do. Durant had no chance at winning a championship unless he joined a championship team that beat him. He wanted rings, no matter what a b**** he will always be remembered as in the process of getting them. Good for him. Bad for the NBA. Cheers.

 

I know Tucker is in there for defence, but we need offence in this series and getting just 1 point from your PF spot is not good enough

 

I want to see Joe Johnson.

 

Curry had an off game and we still couldn't pull the win

 

NBA owned the Hornets at the time.

 

Makes you wonder.

 

MDA is not a good coach. He rarely makes adjustments. Get Harden off the ball and have him coming off of down screens. Easy lob to capela or a layup. Simple basketball. Chris Paul needs to play better, you can't coast early in games in the WCF! 3 assists is not enough. The guards have to get Capela involved. That switch on the pick n roll means he has a mismatch as well. The ballhandler has to recognize that instead of holding the ball.

 

I definitely guarantee next to no points from Ryan Anderson, Ariza, Tucker, Green is a loss. The series is going to end in a sweep or 4-1 at best. Mike DAntoni should make more plays for Role players should contribute more at home. No Bench points after Eric Gordon is a huge disappointment. No plays for Gerald Green or Anderson

 

How do we slow KD

How do we get Luc to get rollin

How do we cut turnovers

What do we do about dirty azz donkey green?

 

Because it’s a trade that involved a team the nba owned vs a player signing on his own accord.