ClutchFans Game Thread: Warriors @ Rockets 3/17/2013

Thomas Robinson: 0 points (0-2 from the field)
Francisco Garcia: 0 points (0-2 from the field)
Patrick Beverley: 0 points (0-4 from the field), 0 assists, 2 turnovers

Where's Pat and TD when you need them? Oh, that's right. Morey, you suck!

 

Lol. Thank you for saving me from this one CSN.

 

curry lit him up. Lin gambled on defense and lost.

 

He's supposed to be helping Greg & Delfino in the paint, even though his man is a sharpshooter, doesn't make any sense. Of course they wouldn't need the help if they just put Asik back in, but McHale wants his floor spacers because of our inability to run a pick n roll.

But his idea of help defense is stand around the key waiting for the shot to go up and get the rebound, no double team, no closeouts back to the shooter.

I guess McHale is trying to conserve his energy on D, but then change the matchups if you're going to allow him to be lazy. I have a feeling some of these players want to call him out on his ballhogging and lazy D, but it's not their area, its McHale's and the coaching staff.

Ugh...Sampson and his Democratic ball comment...

 

Everyone time we were making a run to get close Thompson would score an open three. Ughh!

 

I haven't singled anyone out. I've called out Harden, Parsons, Dmo, but of course you choose to ignore that and focus on this one?

Freakin LOFS

 

I think thats why mchale kept them in so long during the 4th

 

It was basically Harden & Lin holding up this team again. Houston’s two starting guards are really doing triple duty, trying to get other players into the game, trying to switch off on help defense, and trying to keep scoring up for the team because no one else can create their own shots. AND they actually have to set picks for each other because the Houston bigs can’t consistently do it!

A bad habit coaching’s gotta get out of the way is having Harden hold the ball at the top of the key till almost no time left, then making someone force a shot up.

I still think Houston needs to have a style that allows them to be able to adjust to a slower pace and also play inside the paint. The playoffs isn’t going to be a track meet. Hopefully they’ll build that into the system next year.

Such a big plus for GSW to have a 4spot who can rebound, set solid picks, and score in the paint. Also, their center had a great game for them. Curry was really benefitting off of these two guys tonight.

 

Reading this forum is funny when the Rox lose.

 

really? LOL...he was the best rocket on teh floor tonight....and last game he scored 24 with 8 assists and 4 steals....those are serious numbers...hes shooting better from 3 than anyone on the team for the last 2 months....i dont think so

 

Once they cut it to five in the third, but let the lead grow to 13 again quickly, it was over.

 

Lin would be the last reason this game was lost.

 

Everyone always plays the blame game. It's so fun.

 

this is lin's first consecutive 20 point games this year lol

 

If Jones is ready, He, Anderson and Brooks need some minutes.

 

I had a bad feeling whenever Harden led the team in ASTs.

 

Well his plan of getting someone good better pay off and im not talking about Josh Smith! Cause the trade killed the 4 spot for this season.

 

haha I sure hope he's hurt or something...tough to beat a team 4 times in a season but still hurts

a lot of peope think mchales a good coach...i can respect supporting your guy but i have said all season that he is simply riding harden

how many games have we won when harden has a bad game? more importantly how many times has mchale benched harden when he goes into his iso-heavy modes? or made some kind of adjustment?

after that first mismatch with delfino on bogut he shoulda made some subs...instead he left carlos out to dry and any chance of a comeback disappeared into the harden iso black hole and bogut mismatches

i'm not trying to rip on harden too much...but playing iso-ball against the thunder and spurs of the league is asking to be swept

why not give jeremy some tick with the second unit?

 

I'm glad we lost this game. It's a sign of things to come if we don't make the right adjustments before playoffs. IF we make the playoffs, that is. So this team needs to suck it up and simply BE BETTER from here on out. Oh, and ffs, this team seriously needs to play better DEFENSE. Like I said weeks back, if our shots simply don't fall, the team's commitment to DEFENSE will eke out a win in the end.

 

instar, lin did gamble on d and he did get burnt....he needs to stay closer to his man when hes on the help side of the floor....