ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Pacers 12/20/2013

Dwight - Amazing
Harden - Poor
TJones - SMH with those turnovers
Parsons - OK
Bev - OK

 

pistons murdering bobcats...gonna smashed tomorrow nite.

 

We are playing good enough to win... Refs taking us out and we are missing free throws! 4+ missed free throws no calls for us and all the calls for them. We down 10 but it really should be a 2 point game. Dwight best center in the league. bill Simmons needs to eat crow, and I use to like him

 

Not sure if serious. He's been getting exposed against elite competition if anything.

Dirk, Lee, Aldridge, West etc they've all had their way with him.

 

We need someone to step up. Howard and Parsons have been great, especially Howard. I hope Harden gets it together. But we still need someone to step up other than those three guys. Brooks, Garcia and Casspi have been very disappointing.

 

Give Harden a break. He's playing with a high ankle sprain. He probably wasn't going to play tonight unless it was the Heat, Thunder, or Pacers.

 

Harden was shouting at Tjones for a good while

 

Certain defenders seems to play Harden quite well. From what I remembered both Tony Allen and Paul George defended Harden very well last year.

 

Against the best defensive teams the team has to work way too hard to get buckets.

The problems are pretty obvious.

Can I also ask what is the difference between Asik at the 4 and Smith at the 4? Games like this and Portland, when Asik is healthy there is no excuse for not going to it for at least a few minutes here and there.

Garcia just isn't cutting it, he needs to play less minutes until his shot starts falling and use Brewer.

George leads the league in second half points, it may be a good idea to throw different defenders at him to try and keep him quiet.

 

I know right. Lets just focus on one side of the game. Who cares about defense. If their both shooting 2/8 their game must be similar.

 

Bad game from Jones and Harden playing too tentative. Good we're only down by 10 but I don't think we have the weapons to keep apace with them.

Casspi and Garcia playing like garbage. Only Brooks and Smith on that bench unit were doing something.

 

ROFL


Jones is sucking. He's getting blown away by West and Scola. He goes to the bench, we make a run. He comes back in, turns it over trying to dribble around, gives up a transition 3, and then comes down and clanks the paint off the rim on his own 3-ball. He's absolutely awful tonight. He's getting beat over and over by Indy's bigs.

We are trying to compete for a ring, guys. Not squeak into the playoffs and develop kids. Jones is costing us big time.

 

nope Paul George is a beast, he is WAY better than Harden... unselfish star, who is more athletic and isnt a ref baiter( wants to get better instead of clubs with slores at nightclubs)... did i mention he actually plays d, and is actually CLUTCH

 

I was thinking that too...but I am also thinking about the game pacers lost to Miami and they are pissed too...and prob a better overall team than Rox at this point...so I do not think they win this one. It will be the most impressive win of season.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Pacers 56, Rockets 45 at half. Rockets have no chance if can't shoot 3s (2 of 9) or fts (7 of 11); little chance if Harden can't shoot.</p>&mdash; Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen/statuses/414217185129553921">December 21, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Pretty. Much. This.

 

Refs killing rockets right now

 

We seemed outclassed in the 1st half even though we have a lot of talent.

Could be a coaching deficit.

The Pacers just seem more fluid on offence and more together on defense. I'm surprised we're as close as we are.

 

Thunder? Warriors? Heat? Blazers? Spurs??

Wtf are you talking about?

 

Beverley defense has been great for us tonight, keeping us in the game

 

Parsons is playing twice the game Bev is