ClutchFans Game Thread: Warriors @ Rockets 2/13/2025

1-2 more landale buckets and we somehow come away with a win in this game.

the biggest difference is the ball was actually moving around in with the 3rd stringers.

 

Totally! I liked the offense a lot in that period when people did share the ball. Sigh it came too little and too late.

 

And last!

 

The fact that Reed wasnt out there with the 3rd stringers helping with the come back shows where he is ranked right now amongst the team, it would seem their is little faith in him right now.

 

Because we are missing PG, PF and SF? Take Curry, Butler and Draymond from GSW lets see if they win.

 

Because he couldn't do what Holiday was doing

 

I've always liked Jeenathan. He should be given more chances.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6135982/2025/02/14/houston-rockets-wall-jabari-smith/

Balls to the wall for 82 games is not a strategy and certainly not sustainable.
Eating glass (offensive rebounds) is not an offensive strategy (or again, not sustainable)
Calling your team soft (over and over again) isn’t coaching or motivation





Then again, this is what many wanted. McHale fired, hire JVG! D’Antoni fired, hire JVG! Silas fired, hire JVG! Yeah, well we got the black JVG.

 

Mike D'Antoni is with the Pelicans.

Hire him Back as a Assistant. He is really needed for Amen Thompson, Jalen Green, Alperen Sengun

 

After we pulled within 2, then started the 1-12 stretch, I believe Ime should have came back with the fresh starters when we missed about 6 in a row. The guys deserved to finish but they were gassed.

 

Landale choked that layup that could have tied the game at that point it was a sign of things to come.

Warriors had closers like Curry and Butler. Those two made the plays to win the game. We didn't have that with our bench mob.

 

Yeah, Udoka acknowledges that this team plays much more physically than the rest of the league (it's the style he wants). That level of intensity means the Rockets aren’t like everyone else - they're probably more fatigued physically. To sustain that level of play throughout the entire season, the rotation needs to be deeper. You don't need to do that in the playoffs, but it's necessary over the course of the regular season.

 

This team can’t shoot and doesn’t have an efficient go to scorer/shot creator. Tell me ONE other team in the league that is good that meets that criteria.

 

This is the problem with the starters. Ime has 0 offense. It looks worse than the Silas years. Giving it to Green to create is worse than giving it to KPJ.

 

@J.R. still waiting for you to answer this?

 

It is like Rafa Stone did not get the memo and missed out on class.....bad student.

 

All you’re doing here is giving a reason for our recent slump … and without 2 starters.

So, why couldn’t they finish the season now, after that soft slump, playing with hair in fire, each game, with all their players. Then you get into the playoffs, where there are no B2Bs.

So, you can be right about unsustainability, yet the predictable low-energy slump is now behind us.

This is a very young team, with young legs. Coach knows what he’s doing. He’s preparing them for playoff intensity, by insisting on it each game, slumps be damned.

 

Since ATW is not here, someone needs to remind everyone how important Alpi is to this team. Even though he often avoids taking the shot, he always finds a way to step up whenever we need a pillar on offense or defense. We sometimes get frustrated when he misses easy shots, but his true value becomes evident when he's not on the court. Without him, the team looks like a rudderless ship drifting aimlessly. We all have to admit that he is the All-Star of this team.

 

what happened to ATW?