Clutchfans Game Thread: Rockets @ Thunder 8/22/2020 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 3)

Series isn't over yet! I hope their heads are down and ready to take care of business!

 

YES!!!

Now Lovell is a real American hero!

 

Tonight's secret weapon?

 

Gotta be greedy here.

Any game that you can take is a must. Gotta give WB as much time as possible to heal up.

Rockets need to keep attacking the paint. They’ve been able to finish very well in the paint and that opens up the drive and kick game. Threes will fall.

Most excited to see some more defense. It’s pretty funny that most casual fans want to see offensive highlights but for me, seeing the Rockets scramble on defense and be one collective unit is a lot more exciting lol

 

Jazz 2nd most prolific 3's. Interesting.

 

Any likes?

 

baby blue is biting off the clippers. the rockets one is kind cool but its just like the HTown jerseys of this year. What is different about the old school uni's other than a tacky jordan brand stamped on them?

 

Baby blues give me Oilers vibes.

And I really like Rockets font on the whites.

 

not sure thats columbia blue though. and the design just reminds me of the clippers one too close for me. I'd like a more colorful Rocket uni myself something completely outside of the box. Pastels, neons, elephant print man I dont know something NEW.

 

Elephant print?

 

thats doper than the dopest dope!

 

I'd like to see a yellow mustard jersey at some point. Maybe the classic scheme with mustard as the primary color.

But I like the black jersey, the spaceman, and the throwbacks

The new standard red/white are terrible, one of the worst in the nba

 

Can't wait to hear the announcers mention that Luka might only miss 1 game and deem it a heroic playoff effort.

Meanwhile, Harden rolls his ankles several times a year and rarely needs more than a timeout.

"Giannia is somehow summoning the strength to power his way through his third hangnail of the season!"

 

And Roberson banged his knee in game 1 and he just kept playing. Even if it's bothering him, he keeps pushing through.

 

The prob with BMac is that PnR heavy teams hunt for him.

And MDA needs to run sets specifically to get him open looks whenever he's in game to maximize his time on floor.

 

One of the things that's SO overlooked about Harden when his superstardom is discussed is that he rarely lets his team down by sitting with injuries. You pretty much have to chop off his leg at the knee to get him to sit, and even then, he'd probably just toss the detached leg over to Keith Jones and continue to play on one leg.