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

Sengun better learn how to shoot against Harty because they're gonna be battling for a good while

 

Rockets can’t shoot
Texans can’t score in the 2nd half
SSDD (after each loss)

 

Please, please, Santa: All I'm asking for this year is a half-court offense

 

Advise some folks on how to actually make the wide open shots the offense already generated.

 

Shooting 37/24/60 won't win you many games

eta: In fact, it's a recipe for disaster

 

Ime need to take a long look at his offense scheme. The FVV, Sengun PNR needs to be a shelved.

Some how he needs to find awy to get EVERYBODY involved

 

Bro he hit half of his field goals when the game was over and OKC had stopped trying defensively.

Tilman on the phone to Stone asking if they can give him $150,000,000 instead after that clutch performance.

 

No team is going to win shooting 26% from 3 , especially at the volume we shoot them. Teams are just going to pack the paint and that leaves us with nothing in terms of offensive opportunities. I know we love our young guys but at some point, we have to choose 1-2 of them as the core and trade the rest for deadeye shooters.

 

I am impressed by the Growth of this Team Defense.

Experience and Shooting is a need.

Reed Sheppard and Cam Whitmore need to be added in the Rotation off the bench.

If only those 2 played better in shooting and passing, they would be playing in the Cup.

 

I just imagine JG showing up 1/4 games.

Figured this could be one. It is however before All-Star break. He is what he is, and unless he proves otherwise then we cannot depend on him.

 

OKC is a better team than us and played like it.

We hung tough, but Jalen and Alpi have got to be more aggressive and assertive. Obviously the Thunder were the beneficiary of the whistle, but as our players get better, the whistle will too.

Fred has been a disaster shooting the ball in the last few games, worse than even Jalen at his lowest. And yet he still has the green light and we wasted multiple fast break opportunities when we give the ball to FVV instead of going for a lob dunk. Again, he’s better for the Rockets on the court than he is off of it, but it’s frustrating watching him waste chances.

At least Amen played his ass off, and Jabari did well too. We did well to make it this far, but it’s back to the grind of the NBA schedule, and that’s ok

 

u know your offense is down bad when you’re relying on Dillon Brooks for buckets

 

That and plus the 30 plus million he earns next year.

You don't give 30 plus for defensive efforts.

14 million should be enough.

 

Nah man, we had good shooters back in 2018. I know game 7 didn't show it, but damn we had some good shooters during that year.

 

I think making it that far was an accomplishment for our young team. I didn’t expect us to beat them. I think the coaching staff and front office can clearly see we need to go get a young offensive player that can go get buckets when we need them. Give OKC credit, they are a very good defensive teams and it showed. We alright we just gotta keep getting better then alter the roster with a couple offensive threats.

 

Dillon Brooks missed 2 wide open 3s from Jalen Green passes.

 

Right?

I’m not blaming him for the loss (total team suck!) but some of you have lowered the bar so ****ing low. Holy ****.

“He did some good things!”
“At least he didn’t chuck tonight!”
“He had 6 rebounds and 3 assists! Great game JG!”
“His defense was solid!”
“I saw some hustle from him, diving for loose balls!”

Did we draft Tony Allen? Thabo Sefolosha?

He’s in his 4th year. 2nd overall pick. He came from the G League. (“G League! Most NBA ready! Preparing him to be a pro! Coached by a NBA coach in Brian Shaw! Going against actual NBA talent!”)

Left to praising him for doing the minimum things to be in a NBA rotation.

 

For a couple of years at most? Hell yeah, I'd take him