ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Warriors 4/26/2025 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 3)

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I agree vjohnson...I was watching boxscore at half and early 3rd and noticing kerr had used 9 to our 8 players. I actually was thinking why not some burn for Cam...and, no excuse not playing your hot hand in Bari. Just ignorant..Ime plays favorites..not who is actually "on"..he doesn't have a clue. One had to want to frig this game up and he DID. Very disappointed in his coaching. They attacked Jalen early on and totally took him out of the game...I mean TOTALLY. And Fred...LOL..I got nothing to tell you.

 

Youth

 

Dude, I yelled a few times tonight to put Holiday in the damn game. He's one of our better spot up three point shooters and does have that tear drop. Why is he not playing????? Like warriors are getting tired, but so are the rockets, they're already bricking everything, like what do we have to lose to give holiday and Green some time also, maybe even Sheppard.

 

Im more concerned about Alpi who cant make a shot when all his attempts come from with 8ft. Let alone the freethrow line where hes useless.

Im also irritated at Amen who takes all.his shots with 5ft and still cant make any.

Dont get me started on Fred

 

Sure it would feel a lot better if we got game 4, but the PTSD I have just has me thinking of only the worst negative outcomes.

“ugh but we’ll win game 4 and then drop game 5 at home”

“damn but what if we won the next two and then end up losing game 7 at home”

almost feels like it’s gonna take a complete miracle to beat these ****s. Idk maybe hell will freeze over

 

Point blank misses.

 

now I know he needs to be fired.

He lost us this ****ing game.

If he leaves Jabari in we win. Haven't looked at +/- but imagine amen is going to be like -70

 

Fred doesn't need to be on this team next year. I would say only if on a really cheap contract, but in they need to pick up his option and use his salary in a trade. That really is the only way to approach he FVV issue.

 

PREACH PREACHER !

DD

 

We were terrible in the second half. They exposed Amen, and our inexperience showed as we panicked

 

No matter how this offseason ends, the front office needs to hire an offense assistant coach for the team. The young players were high draft picks, but ended up with poor offense skills and low shooting percentage. Barring no changes in player development, this team won't go far in playoff, even if we add an all-star player. The system is outdated and needs major overhaul.

 

What game are you watching? This game wasn’t remotely Sengun-centric and neither was the first or second. In fact, the problem is that it isn’t centric around anyone or any style of play - it’s mostly just a lot of frantic dribbling by FVV or Green who pass it to Alpi on the perimeter instead of in the post.

 

Bullshit. They do need those things, but you're out of your ****ing mind if you think it's a bail out. They need to toughen the **** up. Period. I'm not bailing them out in the slightest. They need to feel this ****ing burn and own it!

 

and Ime doesnt have the sense to swap out whoever is missing those easy shots!

 

If sengun makes his dumb 2 feet shots that are pratically automatic for him we win. This loss was on sengun having one of his cant hit anything games. Rushing every tap.

 

Rockets have 4 players (really 3 who play) who shoot over 40% on catch and shoot 3s for the season

Holiday
JG
Brooks
Landale - Ime will never play him

Fred
Bari
Jeff Green
Tate

are all shooting 37% catch and shoot 3s

Ime should have those 40% shooters on the floor with Bari and Tari if he wants to spread court and make GS pay for scheming JG out the game

 

Oh he definitely barely tried to get out on any other dudes other than Curry when they were open, they all got wide open shots. It maybe because he was exhasuted, but if that's the case then sit his ass more and play Holiday, or Reed, or Jabari, or Cam, f*ck we are so young and atheltic and DEEP, go with a 10 deep rotation and run these cocky little GS b*tches out of the damn building man. Curry was already exhausted, but so were our players. We have a much deeper team, let's freaking use it man. Damn it man...

 

Amen and Sengun a combined 12-34 from the field on pretty much all paint shots

 

that King’s team had players like Malik Monk playing like the absolute best version of themselves and elevating their level of play in the playoffs.

This rockets team on the other hand, I was hesitant to say it after game one because I didn’t feel like they choked. I just felt like they played bad. But after today, it’s hard to say that they’re not completely wilting under the pressure.