ClutchFans Game Thread: Warriors @ Rockets 5/28/2018 (Western Conference Finals, Game 7)

You are missing some context in that "0-27". 3 or 4 of those have a potential 13pts for the Rockets IF CORRECTLY CALLED by the refs.
Now, if you can show any bad calls to GSW, then it may moot the "bad-reffin- cause-of-loss" argument.

 

https://clutchpoints.com/rockets-news-james-harden-doesnt-stay-handshakes-after-game-7/

 

Were the Warriors trying to get under Harden’s feet on every 3 point shot he took? Did they just do that to him, or were they doing it to all Rockets shooters?

 

Do y'all think this loss will make winning the Chip next season that much more enjoyable? I don't even think I can look at my game 7 shirt ever again.

 

rockets never had a chance.

 

If we had only hit 15% we would be in the finals. We could have won IN SPITE OF the refs shaving points.
But we choked it away. So much so, we came away with a new finals record. UGH

 

The Odds Of The Rockets Missing That Many 3s? 1 In 72,000

 

The question is one of mental fortitude. Some players are actually afraid to win.

 

I'd love to know the odds of the officials missing as many calls as they did.

 

What a whinny bunch of BS! Victims Groups??? Puleaze!!! Am I happy with KD going to a loaded team thereby making it even more loaded? Hell No!!! But that was his right to do so and he did what was best for him and his career. I can't fault him nor anyone for doing just that. But that is the reality of the situation we are faced with today, May 29, 2018 and to ignore it is to fool yourself. And the person I hold the most responsible for this "superteam" situation? Why LBJ of course. And it doesn't matter what you say to try to "excuse" his culpability because it as he who let the perverbial genie out of the bottle when he went to Miami to be on a superteam. Now everyone is trying to do the same thing.

Now as for being a "bandwagon ring chaser", WTF do you expect KD to do? Stay with a team that's not going to get him a ring? Why should he be the one to do so when LBJ and even CP3 did the same thing? Oh and if the situation here doesn't change, you can bet your last dollar that Harden will be doing it also if he sees it not happening here because that's how greatness is now being measured: NBA Championship RINGS. KD knew that no matter what he accomplished in OKC, it would have been always prefaced with "But he didn't win a ring". And that's also the reason CP3 jumped ship from LA to Houston - because while his is a bonafide first ballot Hall Of Fame career, there's alway been that little clarification about the lack of playoff success on his career that has to be driving him insane. And, I clearly understand because all you have to do is to look at how the careers of guys like John Stockton, Karl Malone, Bob Lanier and Charles "chunky monkey" Barkley are remembered today - they all carry the same clarification. Again, do I like that things are this way? No, this artificial concentration of talent on a few teams does not bode well for the league but that is the way the world now works.

 

Most importantly Lebron is a better player at age 33 than KD at 28/29.

 

No. I don't give a sh-t if the Rockets go on to three-peat. This was a stolen title. The Astros' choke in 2015 in Game 4 against the Royals hurt. But that was the team's fault(well, mostly Will Harris). I still believe to this day that they could've won it all had they closed out that series. The Blue Jays weren't that good in the postseason(must be a Toronto thing). And the Mets were easy pickins in the World Series. So even though I lament a blown opportunity, I can at least say that the team cost themselves that shot and not MLB or some rogue umpire. When they won it all last season, they were atoning for their own postseason shortcomings which I could take comfort in.

Let's say the Rockets win it all next year. Sure, we'll take pleasure in celebrating the championship. But I won't suddenly forget how the league screwed them over this season and denied them what could've and should've been the first of two straight titles. Not to mention that I don't have much hope they can win the championship next season barring the acquisition of LeBron. I no longer have faith that the NBA is a legitimate professional sports league. It's become "sports entertainment" like the WWE.

 

It seemed like Rockets went away from everything they did in the first half and we’re going for the three pointer knockout blows. Honestly, I had a feeling we were in trouble from the start of the third when Harden settled for a three pointer on the very first play and missed. Then, the Rockets players went back to standing around while Harden ISO-ed. The tale of two halves.

 

I disagree. They did settle for 3's on a few early possessions. But after that, Harden and EG did try to attack the basket only to get hammered and not get the whistle. And it had to be demoralizing for Harden to bank in that 3-pointer when Klay fouled him only to have it taken away by Foster. BTW, Harden did score on that possession by driving to the hoop and hitting a floater. So again, he wasn't just settling for the 3.

 

uh no. they didn't go away from what they did. they were taken out of what they did in the 1st half and not by GS's defense. sick of reading bs like this. how theres actually people out there that dont see what really happened in reality in that 2nd half is terrible

 

Lmao yea right

 

Glad everyone got to see that the league is rigged.

 

So how does one become a NBA ref? Asking for a friend.