ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Thunder 12/14/2024 (Vegas)

everyone is having a bad game. EVERYONE. if anyone was playing a good game any team would be up.

 

Whoever wins 3rd qtr wins the game? Hopefully the script isn’t in for Sga vs Giannis

 

This dude is even making it impossible to set a screen for him. He tries to avoid the rub.

 

i agree with this.

 

get a call for what? Trying a layup 4 feet from the rim?

 

What ruins the game is the moment SGA makes a move or shot, the whistle is going to blow...a lot are WTH fouls.

 

I just read on blue sky that - era adjusted, these are the #1 and #7 defenses of all time since 1976.

 

I LOVE VOLTA SWARM

 

Folks, that first hafl was not a playoff game. It was much more intense than your average playoff game.

On the offensive end, neither team was prepared to face the defensive intensity and discipline of the other. This was Alpi's first taste of anything like it and now he knows. Similar for Jalen.

Amen and Tari were the stars. I love it!

I do not believe the 2nd half will be the same as the 1st. Something will give.

 

they are going to call the moving screen.

 

No one on earth but Jalen thought he would make a last shot. Why the **** is that our go to.

 

Somebody needs to tell Clutchfans that we’re winning. Ya’ll seem to be depressed tonight. Hope everything is okay.

 

What kind of game is this? Foul calls against the Rockets on Shai were mostly phantom fouls. When the Rockets challenged the loose ball, the refs instead called a foul on the Rockets resulting in 2 free throws for the Thunder. The replay showed that it was all ball. On the other hand, the Thunder players are holding and hacking in the paint but only a few fouls were called. Both teams are playing great and it is frustrating that the officiating is below par.

 

Sengun airballed a 3 footer with little resistance and then missed a wide open 10 footer. OKC literally backed off of him and gave him the open 10 footer to keep him from passing it. It’s getting to be an absolute joke how bad his shooting is. There’s no layup safe from his shooting incompetence. He taking shooting lessons from Ömer Asik? He really should be embarrassed, and talk of earning an all star appearance silly. Unless you’re a dominant lock down defender or averaging 10 assists, someone who is that incompetent a shooter has no business being an all star.

His improved defense is great and all, but I’m not why he still shoots a basketball like a 7 year-old picking up a basketball for the first time. He’s making Kendrick Perkins look silly for talking him up as a go-to guy .

 

GD, even Stevie Wonder could shoot better.

 

Sengun is getting outplayed by Hartenstein and you all just blame Jalen

 

This guy is really good at spinning a big cube

 

“Thank the Heavenly Father we don’t have to see them in the Finals against one another because it wouldn’t be attractive.” — SAS

You can go a long way with defense but at end of the day, need someone to put the ball in the basket. OKC has one in Shai. Do the Rockets? — Meyers

“This is beautiful basketball to me.” — Perk

 

Franchise players showing out for both teams.