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ClutchFans Game Thread: Pistons @ Rockets 1/20/2025

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Clutch, Jan 19, 2025.

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  1. OremLK

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    Duren does this to everybody y'all. 69.3% on field goals this season. This ain't last year's Pistons team, they're a solid .500.
     
    #141 OremLK, Jan 20, 2025
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    Hard for me to watch the game and say Sengun is an MVP level player. He is getting bodied by Duren.
     
    #142 tmacfor35, Jan 20, 2025
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    Alpi making Duren look like prime Dwight...ugh
    Bad time to be missing Adams
     
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  4. mac_got_this

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    He’ll be better in the second half. Alpi doesn’t fast starts anymore. First half are his warm-ups this season
     
    #144 mac_got_this, Jan 20, 2025
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  5. Believe It!

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    Nothing like an early day game on a chilly day
     
    #145 Believe It!, Jan 20, 2025
  6. xtruroyaltyx

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    Jalen looks like hes legit figured this **** out.
     
    #146 xtruroyaltyx, Jan 20, 2025
  7. roxallways

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    Exactly. With how well Jalen has been playing the team needs to re-establish hierarchy. They look to get Sengun going early on but Jalen has been playing much better and doing the heavy lifting offensively.
     
    #147 roxallways, Jan 20, 2025
  8. Newlin

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    Put in Landale, Sengun getting torched.
     
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    Only Sengun can brick an open 7 footer. It’s a rare skill in the NBA. His shooting is getting to Mutumbo levels.
     
    #149 Wizman, Jan 20, 2025
  10. mac_got_this

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    No he isn’t. He’s not even matched up on Duren. He’s on a forward and the shot goes up and he has to race back towards the basket where Duren is already nested. If he matched up against Duren , Duren might be able to be kept off the boards
     
    #150 mac_got_this, Jan 20, 2025
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    Alpi looks softer in person than on TV.

    I’m on row J behind The Pistons basket
     
    #151 A_3PO, Jan 20, 2025
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    @DaDakota was right. We need a rim runner at Center
     
    #152 H. Christopher, Jan 20, 2025
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    Why are they forcing Brooks post-ups?
     
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  14. mac_got_this

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    The Brooks lost Ik is for matchups only. He can’t backed down a player bigger than he is in Tobias Harris
     
    #154 mac_got_this, Jan 20, 2025
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    banned
     
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    The Rockets' defense is annoyingly inept this early in the game. Alpi is the main culprit and he doesn't seem to be even trying to stop the drives to the basket. They are just content to trade baskets and this is looking more like a trap game for the seemingly overconfident Rockets. They better wake up.
     
    #156 albuster, Jan 20, 2025
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    i'm not blaming sengun on most of these allowed offensive board.

    half of the time he's caught out of position because he had to come help on the drive.

    perimeter defense needs to be better. on possession where he's on Duren, he's able to rebound just fine
     
    #157 mvpcrossxover, Jan 20, 2025
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    Hopefully we can wake up on D after this quarter (or 2nd half like the other night), because urs shameful at the moment.
     
    #158 bro2044, Jan 20, 2025
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    Rocket killer Tim Hardaway
     
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  20. Os Trigonum

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    AND JUST LIKE THAT WE SUCK AGAIN
     
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