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ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Magic 4/18/2021

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Clutch, Apr 18, 2021.

  1. Tato1971

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    I have it very clear and I understand your point; the problem is that the margin with the fourth worst record is, because of today's result, smaller. I hope the management knows what they are doing.
     
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  2. heypartner

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    there are guaranteed wins coming for our competition, too, in H2H where someone wins

    DET plays MIN and ORL once more
    MIN plays ORL as well

    we play MIN one more time
     
  3. saleem

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    We must end up in the bottom 3 ranking in my opinion. The Magic have out tanked us.
     
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  4. Dr of Dunk

    Dr of Dunk Clutch Crew

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    Williamson JOSH CHRISTOPHER ONLY FAN
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    I didn't watch but it looks like Tank Commander Wall took the night off so we snuck in the win?
     
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    Missed the game? We won.
     
  7. HP3

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    @Jontro See bro you have started a movement.
     
  8. Dr of Dunk

    Dr of Dunk Clutch Crew

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    It was a crippled Magic team and the noob Armoni Brooks didn't follow the gameplan and decided to play heroball. Then no Tank Commander didn't help in the 4th quarter.
     
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    dam brehs be stealing my thunder. now i will really have to watch games
     
  10. Rockets34Legend

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    Why?
     
  11. Rockets34Legend

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    We need him to continue Tankathon as our fearless Tank Commander. So not yet ...
     
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  12. sirjesse

    sirjesse The Udoker has spoken!
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    I told you guys Bradley is not ready to be a general yet. He is a captain at most. One more screwup by making two shots and he needs demoted a rank. Without those two buckets good chance we could have achieved our objective. It takes a general the caliber of Wall to nullify the performances of KPJ, Tate, and the mini vanilli towers.
     
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  13. Tfor3

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    wait, I thought we were tanking?
     
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    Olynyk messing w/ our plans, I knew he would be a pain.
     
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  15. don grahamleone

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    I know this is from a couple of days ago, but I've just been really busy. So busy. Do you maybe want a link to my onlyfans account? That's what I'm busy working on. I'm doing some really cool stuff with cuisine on there. A lot of people enjoy watching me eat nachos while laying in bed right now. They go nuts if like some cheese slides down onto my chest or a jalapeno slice finds it's way near my man-belly button. There's a lot of crumb fans out there too, so don't feel like you have to be pigeon holed or anything. It's low stress over there. A very safe space for exploring... mostly with nacho deconstruction and body dispersement, but hey... onlyfans like what they like.

    So to answer your question: Yes, yes I am... and I'm happy to know my charm is real.

    This was a really nice thread for me. I had to miss the game and watched it as soon as possible. Afterwards I was able to read the whole game thread in well under an hour. Very low stress... much like my only fans environment I try to create above.

    @Os Trigonum @Salvy

    The Greta material was fantastic. I find her tactics a bit pushy and dramatic while understandable. I find your tactics cheeky and amusing. Thanks. It felt very fresh and lively even though I was reading well after the end of that magnificent display of basketball by Kelly O.

    J.R... to quote you from the Warriors thread... oh how the mighty have fallen.


    @Roc Paint ... I miss one game and it was this beautiful masterpiece... FML. I mean, KPJ/Scoot was incredible mixed with incredible foul stupidity. Good thing you can fix stupid because that guy is fun to watch. I thought maybe Avery Bradley was the next Tank Commander, but nope! He's the worst tank commander of all time! Great win! I mean, hopefully I can say that if the lottery ballz bounce correctly still.

    @HP3
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  16. hakeem94

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    I missed the game, did we win?
     
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    Just looked up the schedule. We have a 4/27 home game with Minny. The only other team we play with a loosing record is GS, but don't worry Stephie'll go off on us like he always does. We finish @Bucks, @Utah, @Blazers, @Lakers, Clips and @Hawks.
     
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    Gods plan
     
  20. Croatian Sensation

    Croatian Sensation I'd rather be a forest than a street

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    The box score is lying, this should've been a much easier win.

    On offense:
    Wood & Wilson missed bunnies
    Wood & Brooks missed free throws
    Porter Jr had some bad turnovers (the one on a 4-on-1 fastbreak particularly stands out, led to Magic scoring on the other side and gaining momentum)

    The Rockets should've scored 10-15 points more.

    On defense:
    The effort was there to start the 3rd quarter. I guess Silas seems to coach at halftime only when the team is down. They clamped down Orlando and went on a 22-6 run during the first 6 minutes of the 3rd. This legitimately shook the Magic and they scored only 12 more for the rest of the quarter, although the Rockets significantly relaxed their D.
    You don't need to play 48 minutes of fantastic defense against bad teams, just shut them down a few times for 6 minute stretches, and they'll start missing when they're open too.
    1st, 2nd and 4th quarter were crap, giving up 30 points on average, playing subpar D (Rockets would give them plenty of space initially and then close out on the shooters just to make it seem they care) and taking bad fouls (Porter Jr had 6, half of them were reckless).

    There is no reason this Magic team should score more than 20-25 points a quarter.


    Realistically, with good coaching, a fair result would've been 125-90. No disrespect to Orlando, but the players they put on the floor are vastly inferior compared to what the Rockets have.
    We can talk about the tangible benefits of tanking all we want, but the truth is the 3 worst records have the same chance of getting a top 4 pick (52%) and that Houston has the toughest remaining schedule in the league. Even if they tried their best, I can't see them going better than 2-13 or 3-12 (maxing out at 17 or 18 wins), which is enough as Detroit (17 wins atm), Minny (15) and Orlando (18) still need to play each other.

    A win against this G-League Orlando team won't make a difference, but a good win would show that there is something to look forward to in the future. Of course there will be growing pains with young guys on this team, however, the effort level on defense and missing free throws is what annoys me. That's just bad basketball.
     

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