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ClutchFans Game Thread: Bucks @ Rockets 1/9/2019

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Clutch, Jan 8, 2019.

  1. bro2044

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    Deserved to have a bad game?
     
  2. BasketMAD

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    Anything just to not play +12 Gary Clark more than 5 minutes. The coach is absolutely clueless. We need to get rid of him. Harden has been carrying his job for most of the season, but has he made any smart adjustments, managed minutes well? If you think about it, what has the coach really done to improve the performance? It's basically just Harden playing spontaneously.
     
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  3. ElPigto

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    I wanted this win bad. Now the media can cast doubts on Harden's incredible season again.
     
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  4. shvedsucks

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    Order of 3 main causes of loss;
    1) Capela
    2) MDA not calling timeout when bucks went on like 15-4 run to start the third
    3) PJ thinking he draymond and not even looking at taking WIDE open 3s after a game he made 7
     
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  5. aliadiere25

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    It isn't sour grapes. They defended better than us and hit their shots in the paint well. But they're also playing against one of the worst teams to defend the paint.... and without 2 of our best players.
     
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    Hate to say it but this is where Ryno would have paid dividends. He’s valuable in the regular season for precisely this reason...
     
  7. SF3isBack!!

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    When Harden walks into the Rockets locker room and sees his teammates:
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  8. Thefabman

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    MDA had r****ded rotations tonight. Why is Ennis still playing. Play knight and Clark more. Knight is probably on Ennis level right now but he looks like hes getting better the more time he gets. Why didnt Nene play? Capela was disappointing.
     
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  9. malakas

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    Good game. All this crying is also funny.
     
  10. pippendagimp

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    primary reasons this game was lost:

    1) morey, other than signing or trading minimum contracts, has done absolutely nothing to get harden any help
    2) gordon and capela are p*****s
    3) brogdan is an elite defender
    4) pringles refuses to play clark
     
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  11. Andy Sheets

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    Had a bad feeling about the game when it seemed like Harden was playing slow and a little passive in the first quarter. The whole team just looked half-speed. They had spurts in which they played well, but just didn't have much urgency overall. And I don't know why they ever bothered passing to Capela. Lopez thoroughly emasculated him.
     
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  12. DreamShook

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    MALAKAS WITH THE SNEAK DISSING!! @malakas has to choose a side gawd damnit!! lol!
     
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    Playing Clark more won't allow him to play Harden less.

    The team's offense is abysmal when Harden isn't on the floor right now. Harden had to play 40 minutes...and it wasn't enough. Would have been down 20 if he was left on the bench any longer.
     
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  14. tmacfor35

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    Rockets lost due to Capela’s soft play.

    He could have had 40 tonight with the looks he got.

    Lopez out played him and that was the game.
     
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  15. YallMean

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    Poor shooting aside.

    Turn overs, no fast break points, and piss poor defense. They thought it would be easy game in the 3rd quarter.
     
  16. SF3isBack!!

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    This knight is smarter than Ennis and they keepp giving that idiot minutes its frustrating. All season he's sucked and he still gets minutes, imagine if they did that with MCW and Hartenstein and Melo we'd still be 14th place.
     
  17. DreamShook

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    They already started forgetting about the Warriors game.. I wanted this win for Harden too.. smh.. what can you do.
     
  18. HillBoy

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    He definitely didn't come up with a counter to what the Bucks were doing on defense. All he had to say was "We got James Harden" at the beginning of the 4th Qtr.
     
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  19. malakas

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    You can only beat who is in front of you. Its not the Bucks fault the Rockets are injured or cant stop a layup.
     
  20. shvedsucks

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    Good news we should have a 7 game win streak coming up
     

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