ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Thunder 3/3/2025

Sucks that we can’t get no calls - JG and Cam both hammered on drives and no and-1 … yet you can’t look at SGA without a whistle

 

****ing sweet! A zumba halftime!

 

Jalen is playing like the real deal. His growth is legit.

 

Gotta say, I’m pretty proud of these guys.

 

A lot of shot making means no stoppage. It was actually a sweet sequence of basketball going back and forth.

 

Time for the inevitable... It was a good half

 

Great half. Too much Holiday. Reed definitely should have played more.

Landale is showing why he’s the best 3rd string center in the league, whatever that’s worth.

Jalen getting downhill, Bari looking active, Reed hitting shots. I like it.

 

We always play well against good teams

 

It’s the best first half after January

 

youre gonna jinx them. Cam and Reed have been jinxed by DD.

 

Even as a rockets fan I admit I really admire SGA, dude makes scoring looks so easy

 

Green press conference better be him mumbling

“I don’t need these regular starters, they all quit on me. Give me the bench squad.”

 

Why rush Alperen Sengun, Fred VanVleet, Amen Thompson back

I want to see this group more.

More Reed Sheppard, Jalen Green, Cam Whitmore, NFaly Dante, Jabari Smith

 

Missed opportunities. We might have a decent lead (which is pretty crazy) if we could just take care of the ball.

 

Losing by 1 point at the half was unexpected. There are some guys out there that want to play more minutes it looks.
I thought Nate though showed he still a Gleaguer, he is tryin but skill level isn't quite there. So I don't understand his contract

 

Midway in the 1st quarter, Rockets led the TO/Oreb margin by 7. At halftime, OKC leads it by 7. That's a crazy turnaround. OKC started hitting the offensive glass (some were lucky) and they flat out stopped turning the ball over. That's the reason for the turnaround. SGA was scoring like a mad man the entire 1st half.

Pin the tail on the two donkeys known as Aaron Holliday and Nate Williams for most of the Rockets TOs.

Aaron Holliday's main problem this season is he no longer plays within his abilities. He's a much dumber player this year.

 

We can't exactly be surprised about the turnovers. This unit is not used to playing with each other. Hell, some of these guys aren't used to playing period. And OKC is a pretty damn good defensive squad.

 

We’re calling that guarding?

 

Longest Wingspan to shoot over players, very fundamental. Hornets and Clippers missed on SGA

 

Williams and Holiday were terrible but everyone else was great. Weird to see Jabari and Reed play like they're actually allowed to shoot the ****ing ball.