ClutchFans Game Thread: Warriors @ Rockets 5/4/2025 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 7)

I suppose but it sure didn’t help. And that’s a strange person to pick to leave wide open over and over again. It’s not exactly a surprise that he can make 3s. A few of them were deep heaves but way too many were just wide open horrible rotations.

offensively we completely **** the bed and that’s on multiple players. I choose to point the main finger at sengun bc he missed so many gimmes, pouted all night, and was a black hole on offense.

 

I think Cam got in the doghouse earlier in the season...When Buddy caught rhythm, we should've moved away from the zone and give a few minutes to Aaron Holiday to help with shooting and his on-ball defense on guards.

 

I like Jalen...but you absolutely can NOT defend his play in this series...PERIOD. He was a net DETRIMENT in 6 of 7 games. You are what your record says you are...when the bright lights came on, he was nowhere to be found.

 

Lol, they might be a factor if they can stay healthy...that I doubt...

 

I know, but losing to the Spare Parts Warriors is so awful. Tired of them

 

He will get disrespected Idiot, killing his own child over and over and not taking responsibilities.

 

it sounded like we were playing on a neutral court…like we were in Vegas for the in-season tournament

then at the end it turned into a Warriors home game

 

Even rocket girl has given up

 

One of friends -- a huge Houston fan -- said he'd be happy if the Rockets didn't get swept before the series started.

I was like... "nah, at least 6 games" because 6 is considered a long series.

That was before Butler DNP'd anything

Perhaps a moral victory.

Unfortunately, Houston has moral losses too -- see Jimmy V.

 

We desperately need a new pg. Our offense is putrid, would it make green and our youngster eason Smith better? Who knows.
But if he cant playmake he has to dominate via scoring.

Green needs to b replaced or bench cause we r paying him too much to b this garbage

 

Blaming the fans is honestly whatever.. At this point the Rockets have to do something meaningful in post season for fans to actually give a damn. I spent money this postseason on the playoff game in Houston - its NOT very cheap

 

Beating the Warriors would have ended the Harden era of the Rockets failures but no... same of Rockets same ol results after a rebuild.

 

Brooks was terrible in this zone and was constantly leaving guys open.

This is what people mean with Ime man. If it were Cam and he did that in a regular season game Ime would bench him for a month, but if Brooks is constantly leaving guys open he still gets his regular minutes as if he's done nothing wrong.

 

No way he gets fired.

 

I'm aware, despite that the offense would have ran better.

 

Yes but did Ime do anything to try to get him going? You also have to consider we were playing Adams/Sengun/Amen for a long stretch of time. There was no spacing. The whole team sucked at offense, not just Jalen.

 

The main idea was that alpi leading team in 4 categories. Not arguing about how many shots he should take or whether if it effects our winning chances or not. That's another topic.

 

your post literally made no sense.

Jalen is getting hate because of his on court performance. Wtf does Ants life outside of basketball have anything to do with the media? Ant is loved because he’s a killer and not a scared b*tch like Jalen.

 

yeah

except for game two he was a no show

 

When he attacked he either missed or got blocked ( I already said before this series his next step is to develop and midrange / floater game and he needs to work with Kyrie / CP3 / Cassell ) But like some himself said .. JG made the right reads in getting the ball to the player in middle (Alpi and Amen) Game 3 they missed 31 shots in paint

Game 4 Ime decided the last second shot should be Alpi 1v1 on Draymond while Alpi was 2-10 at that point vs Draymond that game

Bari had 4 shots that game
JG had 8
DB 7
Tari 2

that’s exactly what GS wanted - Kerr came out tonight with a plan to get Hield and Podz open shots and it paid off … that’s adjusting… Ime adjustment is I’m benching you and going with more defense