ClutchFans Game Thread: Blazers @ Rockets 4/23/2014 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 2)

Meltdown Alert!
Sir, stay away from CFans for a few hours. Or you'll regret it. :grin:

 

The Rockets dont need to win 2 games in a row...they need to focus on getting 4 straight...IMHO, the series is done in 4. The Rockets have shown that they fold under pressure and teams in the playoffs should never do so.

 

We need drastic measures.

Harden needs to shave that beard.
Parson needs to meditate.

Lin needs to fck a b****h.
Dwight continues to work with Dr34m.

 

McHale needs to play his bench players that have not seen any minutes thus far. Daniels, DMo, Casspi, Powell need to get some PT.

 

There was no turnover on that play. And Harden below average? ONLY below average? Here's the actual breakdown.

Howard - Amazing early, but get caught up in foul trouble and also went cold
Jones - Pretty good
Parsons - bad (how the hell did he play above average?)
Harden - complete crap, quit on the team, no heart
Beverly - good game
Lin - bad
Asik - pretty good

Your posts in this thread - EXCELLENT!

 

LOL You are crapping on the wrong guy. If that was a "below average game" for James Harden, then what's above average? 6/20?

Please stop trolling, when you know who we needed to depend on, but didn't come through. Harden's O usually masks his crap D, but if his O is even off, then he's one of the worst players on this team.

 

ROFLMFAO

 

You are unreal - you do realize that Harden has shot 14/47 for these 2 games and had 5TO's to 4 asst tonight - in 43 freaking minutes.- instead of obsessing with your man crush, Lin, take the blinders off and realize that this was not, as you put it, a below average game for Harden - this has been a pathetic excuse of a series for him.

 

are you blinded by your hate for lin?

 

Yeah you're right! How smart of you to notice. You are one holy cow to notice that. I'll call you the Oracle. Please let me indulge more on your eternal knowledge

 

Reminds me of the Hawks a couple years ago. A ton of talent but too cool to hustle.

 

That should be the exact same answer as if he were asked "Is your job on the line, Coach McHale?"

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>So disappointed in James Harden.</p>&mdash; Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSkipBayless/statuses/459185907481202688">April 24, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>James Harden might want to show up in his Anthony Davis disguise for Game 3 if he's going to keep playing like this</p>&mdash; Michael Lee (@MrMichaelLee) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrMichaelLee/statuses/459180350447812608">April 24, 2014</a></blockquote>
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**** u, GTFO , i would usually ignore you but I'm in a bad mood right now. Now is not a good time to troll.

 

This loss has broken you. Get off clutchfans, take a step outside, and get some fresh air. Seriously bro.

 

The Rockets went into a street fight with paper scissors...#Blazerssweep

 

And- you have slightly above average games for Bev and Chandler???? Wow. Both of them were like sieves on D tonight - just getting blown by and making dumb plays.

 

Here's what sad to me. Dwight will catch a lot of the criticism for our playoff failure but he can't do it by himself. He has IMO certainly done his share. I have been shocked with Harden. I believe there is a ticker problem with him and he's not alone on this team. Just some serious lack of heart. You can say what you want about Bev but take his heart and put it in all of our players and the Rockets are NBA Champs.

 

If Harden doesn't show any signs of life in this series, the Rockets need to unload him ASAP. There's no point in hanging on to a loser who doesn't make any effort and wilts when things aren't easy.

I almost wonder if the guy really doesn't want to be a #1 option, and would actually prefer to go back to his 6th man role (not on this team, but on a top tier team like OKC again).

Maybe he can be salvaged with a better coach, but we saw it only took a single season under JVG for the Rockets to recognize Steve Francis' limitations. I would be very interested to see if Harden's gaudy scoring went down if a similar coach (i.e. one that holds players accountable for bad play) is brought in.

In any case, I don't see the Rockets pulling this one out and I hope that means the end of McHale. He's just not coaching material - I think he identifies too much with the talented but not relentless players. That was the kind of player he was - Bird was the one that pushed him. As a result, he's not capable as a coach to push his players.

 

Dont feed the troll.

He/she lobs in a grenade and goes quiet.

If nobody responds, then he/she has no power.