ClutchFans Game Thread: Bobcats @ Rockets 10/30/2013

Offensively we were a little stuck. But man oh man, how about our D. Cats are not a stellar offensive team, but we pretty much kept them out of the paint save for some fast breaks. BTW, I think Cats are a promising team, not as bad as people think.

 

So much talk about Lin's D but he held Kemba to zero points in the 2nd half

 

Lin starts off the season at 100% from downtown. Let's keep that up. Oh, and this sounds a bit harsh but Francisco has all but replaced Delfino as the veteran shooter in our team.

 

Dwight & Omer grabbed more rebs than the other team. lol. keep up the good work.

 

Glad I got league pass again this year, stream was perfect.

Ugly first half but good win.
Garcia was the man! He was the key guy keeping us going when nobody could get any points.

Harden was hurt and seemed off today. With Harden healthy, this team will be fun to watch.

 

One thing for sure, we will struggle against good stretch 4's. McRoberts was torching us

 

is there an online live post game?

 

It's not just that he played sluggish.

He was taking bad contested 3's early in the shot clock when there were others wide open.

If he's injured/not feeling it he should make more of an effort to create/take smarter shots.

He did exactly that in the 4th, he got Dwight going, attacked the basket instead of settling for bad shots.

I'd like to think Harden has better BBIQ than Westbrook, but he shows very similar tendencies at times.

 

so what happened to beverley?

 

The talk about Lin's D is just a herring to have him benched. His D is fine most of the time.

 

http://www.nba.com/rockets/live

 

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The twin towers have 40 rebounds between them. I like it.

We played big but we were on pace to break a 100 points.

Lets not trade asik

 

26 and 14 boards by Asik = 40

Bobcats had 37 overall

 

He was one Casspi three pointer away from sitting it out but Omri missed and fouled on the other end which got CP back in the game.

 

You sound a bit surprised. Why wouldn't Lin look fine playing with the starters? He used to be one.

 

Um... They had more points in the paint than us for most of the game...

Also, can we talk about how both Jones and D-Mo seem to be out of the rotation?

 

woohoo!!! 1st game of the season

we can win ugly, we can win even when we're not playing well

 

Last year, I think we would have lost the game or it would have gone to the last few possessions, especially with Bev out and Harden struggling. It's great we have such a deep team and of course Howard and Harden to pull us out of close games. It was an ugly but gutsy win.

 

Lin at Harvard faced Kemba at UConn and led Harvard to a win scoring 30 points.