ClutchFans Game Thread: Nuggets @ Rockets 11/21/2025

the whole team can be stupid more often than not. have you seen the team's TOs numbers?

durant, amen, jabari, sengun, and reed.

they all throw risky passes or loses the ball too often.

 

Realistically, at most one of Tari and DFS would be starting. But both are good enough to start, so I think this is kind of fair.

But Denver were also missing two starting-caliber players (after halfway through the 1st quarter).

 

I'm not pissed. More frustrated than anything. But they're 10-4. Let's not panic here. The upcoming 4-game road trip is critical though. Hopefully they rebound from this and go 3-1(or better).

Last time they had a 5-game winning streak snapped, they responded with another 5-game winning streak. I wouldn't mind repeating that pattern.

 

KD might be borderline washed up. Or on the beginning stages of it smh

 

We are still that 1st round exit team.

Ime has no coaching skills.

KD is too old to be great.

Sengun is not that good as advertised.

 

Good, I get to see less of this eyesore court.

 

Reed missed those FTs because they finally played him a bunch of minutes, had him run around all game while ice-ing him out and gassing him

 

This is the bigger picture. We just need to keep playing, learn, get better, keep playing more games. We will look up and end being an unstoppable team.

 

If we play Denver in the playoffs I don’t see a way we can win. Sengun is completely neutralized by Jokic and their double big of Jokic and Valanciunas is just as effective as ours.

 

This is the thing. As frustrating as it was, this was a GREAT game, and sadly small differences could have changed it against a championship level squad.

 

Oh, I agree, but he still needs to nut up and make those FTS he is too pure to miss those.

DOUBLE BIG STARTING this year 1-3....KILL THE DOUBLE BIG.

DD

 

Rockets didn't have enough tonight. Onto the next one!

 

If Steve Kerr could coach Reed, he would run plays around Reed.

Ime wastes Reed's shooting talents.

 

The whole 4th quarter I kept waiting for KD to take over. He is deferring too much and hiding behind Sengun who was aweful.

 

Stupid cup. Don't need to face OKC for an extra game anyways.
Sengun just tried to do to much, threw him off his game. Oh and he was getting pushed around, no biggie since they were letting us do the same. Key moment was when he had that nice euro dunk, then got dunked on then wanted to return the favor so badly, Murray snuck up and poked it away. Spiraled down from there.

Durant every shot was contested. Nothing easy. 2 hand checks as soon as he touched the ball.

The Salvation, Reed might just straight out start now after starting the second half. You can't go back, Ime.
Jabari's timely threes reminiscent of those old Rockets.
Amen found his drift step shot again. It's beautiful.

 

Ahh gotcha, our missing pieces don't matter, only theirs.

 

Call me crazy but I think that this would have been a good game at times to feature Jeff Green, Jabari Smith big lineup along with Reed, Thompson, and Holiday.

 

Another hot take, but even though this has been Reed’s best game so far, I have a feeling that he’s going to have a much better game then even this pretty soon.

It’s like something has flipped since maybe the San Antonio game, and he’s looking every bit the highly-touted prospect we drafted. Also he can barely drink, right?? Exciting as ****!

 

I do miss Dillon but pining for Jalen Green makes no sense at all Shook

 

starting reed in the 2nd half was a mistake. i don't mean it as disrespect to Reed.

as others have mentioned, too many mouths to feed in the starting lineup. okogie should be with the starting lineup.

Reed should only be out there when KD or Sengun sits.