ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Bucks 11/18/2024

What defender Sengun was wide open. Bucks even ****ed up Sengun's defender fan from him.

 

We are also a team of rookies and sophomores against a team with all NBA talent and a MVP favorite.

Second night of a back to back. Udoka is working with what he has. If we had doc rivers this team is a lottery team

 

This is the problem with the NBA . Refs alw

 

So much to complain about but in the end, on a back to back we went toe to toe in their building and they are a championship contender.

We will get better, they won't.

DD

 

Hated losing this one.

 

This is the problem with the NBA . Refs always favor the star players . If the game is called fairly Gianis will foul out every game with offensive fouls . But then the league wont make money. Same as Jordan rules , Kobe elbowing Shane in the face , etc etc . No other league is so obvious about favoring their stars so much that they allow them to obviously violate basic basketball rules . Jordan traveled all the time, never got called . LeBron walks all over the court , Gianni’s elbows and drops the shoulder on every drive etc etc . Hard to beat teams when they have their own special rules

 

$hitty loss. Really $hitty.

 

I'd be shocked if the Rockets don't make the playoffs.

 

Agree, close game and our guys are growing…

 

Count me as another that is against Giannis being on the Rockets. Watching his style of basketball is joyless and who knows what it would take to get him, so I would make a HARD pass on Giannis.

 

Not to mention Karl Malone and the entire Jazz squad back in the day. Every rule was broken, every game. They disgusted me.

 

Fred earned his paycheck tonight.

 

Yea not sure how some blind player only fans don’t get this and blindly defend their boy. Your boy ****ed up. It’s ok. It happens. But he ****ed up. He should have caught that ball. Hopefully we can win the next game. We had to lose at some point I guess. Let’s regroup and get the next one.

 

Fred played great BUT why was he the one inbounding?

It just occured to me we had the shortest dude inbounding the ball no wonder the pass flopped.

 

I looked at it and from my perspective the pass was too high. I dont think Sengun ****ed up I think the pass was too high tbh.

A large problem uis FVV who is 6'0 was the one inbounding the ball. Why is the shortest dude trying to inbound above defenders?

In retrospect that just made zero sense.

 

@J.R.

 

Giannis was out of bounds.

 

Fans tend to expect way too much out of their team. This team could have easily packed it in after the 2nd quarter when the Bucks looked unstoppable. Ime did a great job keeping the players believing and we just fell short but Id take that effort any day of the week.

 

The last handful hurt but they count all game long. 40% FG and sub 30% from 3, woof. Like if anyone here is still blissfully unaware of just how crazy our defense and hustle bucket game is, let it be a glass shattering moment for you, specifically. One more bucket wins this game. 100 shots and they missed 60. I don't think even Ime's first thought here is "should've defended *one* more bucket".

NBA averages

Rockets:
FG% .446 3P% .327 FT% .758

This is a team that struggles to shoot. If they were even merely meeting the average marks we're 15-0. I mean perfection is unrealistic, just illustrating how insane this defense gets. Just dragging a limp body uphill that we're 10-4 with the 5th best record in the league.