ClutchFans Game Thread: Warriors @ Rockets 4/20/2025 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 1)

Of course it's Golden State.

Houston should be tough enough to handle them now. Time to whip that ass!

 

We gotta win, we gotta win. We gotta win.

 

What a dream scenario lol

Put an end to the warriors era and avenge the fallen. do it for cp's hammy, james eye, and all those bricks they put up in that game 7.

 

I think Butler will mostly be guarded by Brooks.

 

I expect at least one brawl

 

Amen.

 

yeah brooks and jabari on butler

amen and tari on curry

 

Started by Adams rightfully getting his revenge nut check on green.

 

Hopefully this is like Pistons-Knicks 1992. That series put the nail in the coffin on Isiah's Pistons being relevant for a while (Pistons-Bulls 1991 put them in life support, but the Knicks finally pulled the plug).

We can (and will) do the same thing to the Warriors.

 

We need to just inflict endless body shots to this team. They will never fold until the final whistle's blown. League office gave them a Tuesday play-in game for five days' rest before game 1 to let them heal up, but with a team as physical as ours, we need to re-open those wounds. They play dirty and we need to step it up just as much.

 

The only thing that concerns me here is the League office. So, rather than 5, Rockets in 6.

 

Yeah, I am surprised the league isn't making them home team for the series.

 

Rockets go up 3-0... game 4 fight breaks out but we ultimately lose then we win game 5 in Houston. Holla at ya in the 2nd round.

 

Come on Rockets, make the wins look easy!

 

I think we come out flat game one with 2 weeks and no meaningful games. Golden state will screen until Jalen is on jimmy and he will midrange us to death (flashbacks to lamarcus aldridge). Looney didn’t play in our last win and I have seen him hit some corner 3s recently. Loony has always been tough for us for some reason. I hope Ime has some wrinkles he’s been saving for the post season.

I just hope in the press conference after the game there is no quotes like “ we need our fans to come out and be loud”. It’s just embarrassing when people don’t show up for our team.

 

Yeah that works for me, assuming you mean Tari as the help defender not the primary. I would try to have Amen on the court every minute Curry is and defending him as much as possible.

 

Warriors stars went off, and still barely beat a struggling Grizzlies team sporting a new coach and a hobbled Morant. I believe the Warriors are a spent force. Rockets in 5.

 

Let's have some more movie revenge (spoilered so I don't clog up the thread too much)

Spoiler

Not to go off on a tangent, but is it just my nostalgia talking, or was roughly 1975 through 2005 the best era in film history and kind of its own distinct thing? Before silly franchises took over Hollywood and real grown-up movies could still get real budgets, but far enough along that budgets and production values were high enough to make really convincing, epic movies. When some of the best directors ever like Spielberg and Ridley Scott were doing their best work. When the movie star was king and the king was good. When CG was at most used for a handful of special shots and most effects were done in-camera.

Yeah, those were the days.