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

Pretty proud of the team even with the loss. Actually might eat crow on the Cup. It's a great learning experience for teams who haven't played in these types of games. Also shows some warts that separate regular season performers from playoff performers.

All of our issues reared their ugly head in the second half. Same ones as always. Either way, we move.

 

I hope that losing "stays in Vegas".

 

This loss has nothing to do with Dillon, if anything he KEPT us in the game.

 

Next Season

PG Reed Sheppard
SG Jalen Green
SF Amen Thompson
PF Jabari Smith
C Alperen Sengun
SF/PF Tari Eason
SF Cam Whitmore

Rockets need to limit Fred and Dillon next season too many minutes will make them miss shots.
PG Fred VanVleet
SF Dillon Brooks

 

difference is our 2nd pick starting SG 3 year near max beginning next year will never be SGA or Steph or even Klay

 

Stone really needed to have traded for Dennis Schroder imagine if we had Schroder instead of FVV this game smh.

 

Dillon has been shooting well this season. Theres no guarantee Sheppard will be a better shooter next year.

 

It's bad that the Warriors get Dennis Schroder

 

Reed aint ready
and we need a legit NBA starter at SG

 

Dillon played his ass off. But he shouldn't be shooting 13 threes. The whole team shot too many of them.

 

people here act like Reed didn't have his chance this year and miserably failed

 

Should've kept Dennis in the beginning. Jalen loved Dennis passing for Alley Oop passes for Jalen Dunk.
Alperen Sengun enjoyed Dennis Veteran leadership.

 

he was forced to because starting backcourt shot 2/19

plus DB is our best 3 pt shooter this season

 

When JG is 1/8 and FVV is 1/13 its good DB shot 13.

Theres no such thing as shooting too many 3s. You just have to make those 3s.

 

To be fair, Tari twice fouled a three point shooter. You can't make that mistake

 

Starting to think the bad shooting has worn off on Reed Shepperd. Sad he cant see the floor but thats how bad the offense has been running. Someone has to really take the lead to initiate good offensive possessions. Our guard play has been very poor. The FO has to consider a trade to address this. Sad that we drafted the 3rd pick in the draft but we couldnt find a way to get him incorporated into the bench offense.

 

Without decent shooting, this team Is 1st round playoffs exit at most.

 

Sure, if you can hit them. This team can't.

 

Isaiah freakin' Hartenstein!!! Talk about coming back to bite the hand that drafted him.

 

then FVV and JG shouldn't have played that much minutes or shot that much threes