ClutchFans Game Thread: Kings @ Rockets 11/26/2014

Black Friday is early

 

Canaan needs to score 15+ tonight.

 

YARRRRRGGGGGG. I cannot wait for the game to start.

 

casspi could be benefitting with all the spacing the kings have inside. the paints was always clogged here. he stopped shooting threes too. but he wont do much anyway, his point average is at 8

 

I think we'll hold him to 7.

 

Double Boogie and make everyone else beat you.

 

McHale planning to hold Harden to 15 points tonight, oh wait, unleash him...

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>McHale indicates he doesn't expect Howard or Beverley back Friday either. Will likely want a practice before either returns.</p>&mdash; Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen/status/537747404414398464">November 26, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>McHale expects to rotate defenders on Cousins tonight with Dwight and Jones out. Doesn't expect anyone to stay with him the whole game.</p>&mdash; Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoustonRockets/status/537746794810077184">November 26, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Kevin McHale on D.Howard, P.Beverley, T. Jones:&quot;I know they're not coming back tonight.I don't C them coming back tomorrow or the next day&quot;</p>&mdash; Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkBermanFox26/status/537749870241521664">November 26, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Kevin McHale on Pat Beverley: &quot;I think Pat's come back too early. I fought him on a couple of those, but he kept on saying he was better.&quot;</p>&mdash; Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkBermanFox26/status/537750330214060032">November 26, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Kevin McHale on Pat Beverley: &quot;We got to get him right so this doesn't become an on-going thing of playing 2 games &amp; missing 5 games.&quot;</p>&mdash; Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkBermanFox26/status/537750678437761024">November 26, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>McHale on Pat Beverley coming back2soon from hamstring injury:&quot;We got 2do something different because what we've tried so far hasn't worked&quot;</p>&mdash; Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkBermanFox26/status/537751587620257792">November 26, 2014</a></blockquote>
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McHale needs to give him minutes then!
We need Canaan, Paps, Terry, DMo and Ariza to all step up and hit a higher % of their shots.

 

Cousins gonna have a field day... but on the bright side Harden's gonna have a field day too.

 

Yeah, we do. But it is what it is. It is hard to expect a miracle three games in a row.

 

Is Dwight's injury that serious? I understand Pat and Jones being out for a while, but is a strained knee that serious?

 

These injuries are more disappointing by the day. At some point it will take a toll on our record.

 

Got to give coach some credit.


Harden is one of the best players in the league.

I think he can keep us above water.

 

Team power, Baby. The Rockets play as a team! It's going to be an uplifting win.

 

should've kept that suns trainer

 

I'm not liking how evasive the organization seems to be about these injured starters, especially Dwight. Are we looking at the dude being out a month? Maybe more? If so, Morey better get these guys some help. Don't leave the healthy players shorthanded out there just to maintain cap flexibility.

 

lol

Lol. Morey is trying to do something as probably half the league. With this weak roster we are still an above .500 team. With Howard and Jones and Bev healthy we are a top 2-4 team.

 

Just so all you Debbie downers know we are 4.5 point favorites

 

Don't expect a straight answer.

Jones was originally out "at least week", more like "at least a month" (or two).

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Make that a bruised right leg for Terrence Jones, not on the knee. Would assume DMo starts, but McHale has preferred to keep bench rotation.</p>&mdash; Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen/status/529776996352409600">November 4, 2014</a></blockquote>
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They rushed Beverley back(twice? three times?) and/or let him dictate his recovery time.

And Dwight, not that they should rush him, but what was literally a last minute scratch against LA has turned into a 4 game ordeal. (5 vs. Clippers on Friday, 6 on Saturday vs. Milwaukee, which is a back to back and then don't play again until Wednesday vs. Memphis.) So...no timetable, sounds about right.