ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Lakers 2/19/2014

How do you think the game would of been if Blake didn't get traded?

 

We started our current 8 games win streak with 3 very solid game from Jeremy, espeically in the first 2 games because we were without Harden and we were playing against SA and away @ Dallas. I know LOF are really annoying, but taking a shot at those annoying ppl at the expense of Jeremy having 1 bad game (I know he had quite a few more b4) isn't all that nice. Probably still not at the level of annoyance of LOFs, but getting close.

 

Blake hitting a buzzer beater to beat us.

 

Man if we can get this kind of effort from harden and Howard every night the rockets are the 3rd best team in the league, behind Miami and OKC. I'm under the impression that harden was coasting a little bit in the first half of the season. I fully expect him to play both sides of the ball and trust his teammates to make the right play for him.

I know you cant take much from tonight's game but harden was making the right play every time he didn't force anything. 29 11 and 6 with elite defense, it's games like this that show you just how good he can really be when locked in. When harden plays through the team concept and gets his teammates going it seems to get him a lot more spot up 3s which he's really good at, tonight he showed us his top 4 ESPN ranking.

I'm not surprised about Harden he's one of the 5 best players in the league offensively. I knew he would figure it out eventually. But what I really like that I was worried about was Dwight's post game and explosiveness. The past 8 games his athleticism looks to back to peak Orlando days, His footwork has never been better and he's back to being happy which as we can see has a huge effect on his game. He's getting back to DPOY staus every game.

But the best thing I see.... Is the chemistry between Dwight and Harden. Their becoming the most dynamic duo in the NBA. In the last 6 games the two H & H boys are avg around 50 ppg combined to go along with 17 rebounds and 7 assists. They both play better together rather than by themselves operating and unstoppable two man game which should be extremely useful come playoffs. Hardens learning were to get Dwight the ball and when the post option isn't there the ball is finding harden for easy looks. We're starting to resemble the team we saw in the preseason wen everyone was healthy.

I'm extremely happy with the way this team has progressed and see a legit title team. I know the media is going to find away to right us off till we make some noise in the playoffs and that's fine. But this team is the real deal and IMO the 3rd best team in the league. Talent wins and the rockets have at the moment 2 of the top 6 players in the league as of today.

Ps Dwight's the best big in the NBA, regardless pf or center. His play and Rockets record speaks for itself, and James harden is really really special guys he's one of 4 players that can win games by himself and the other 3 are cp3 lebron and KD. He's not quite their yet but he's closer than many want to admit and could be playing at the level come playoffs.

 

Morey is pissed by Lin because he thought he can trade for Rondo without including Parson, but now he had to.

 

I don't think he's taking a shot at LOF's but just Jeremy Lin fans in general or else he would have used the acronym.

 

Morey structured everything. If anything, he would be pissed at himself.

 

Breaking news of the day lol.

But based on what I read Jeremy Lin fans would want him part with Rockets as much as you would like to see :grin:

 

I just want send out a congrats to James Harden, for not appearing like he was hungover this game. Good job man, now you gotta be careful before that Clippers game coming up.

 

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Seconded. Granted I don't visit the forum often and obviously don't have to put up with annoying fans as much as Clutch does, but posts like that coming from a forum administrator is just...

 

No matter what's going on in the trade front, that win was satisfying as ****.

 

Anybody at the game notice the guy in the Rox jersey jumping through the Lakers flag on the big screen during the 4th quarter?

I did that for y'all.

 

Oh, and I'm guessing that's good news for you too, right? Since you are a Rocket fan and all Rockets fans should be Lin fans.

 

Agreed. Especially considering how having these influx of fans on this board must surely increased his revenue. But he probably knows that LOFs will still be on here no matter what.

 

Haha definitely.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Amazingly, the &quot;Howard Sucks&quot; chant has made it onto the team plane. The whole team is laughing. Great chemistry with this group right now.</p>&mdash; Matt Bullard (@bull50) <a href="https://twitter.com/bull50/statuses/436400562666340354">February 20, 2014</a></blockquote>
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I don't see any need to begrudge a past bad game when he took this game over. I have not seen a game justifying the ball-hog label in over a month. There is no reason not to be supportive after a great individual and team effort.

 

This post was like a sweet Jeremy Lin alley oop pass to Aaron Brooks lol