ClutchFans Game Thread: Pacers @ Rockets 1/10/2016

I've seen her in quite a few games and she's AWFUL.

 

She's always bad when officiating our games. I saw it was here this morning before the game and new harden was going to get some bad calls against him. She seems to go out of her way to make it very hard for him all night to play his game.

That drive Ellis I think it was were he drove baseline lost the ball and she called a foul was one of the worst calls I have seen in a long time.

Good win made it way to tough on ourselves but at this point I'll take it. Long way to go but dwight is playing great lately and Harden was awsome with his playmaking. He had 5 TOs but 3 of them were offensive fouls so all in all he took care of that ball. The guys around H&H player huge especally Ariza and brew very fun game to be at.

 

Its break out, but dont hold your breathe. They go on another 3-5 game losing streak, and CF Haters will start coming in here try to bust heads. Not going to say anymore, let time tell to see if things really change, they've been at .500 before, and its getting closer and closer to midway. Now there only 40 games left.

 

Better figure out how to integrate Lawson. Harden can't handle the ball all game, plain and simple. He needs to be OFF the ball.

 

I AgreeI love when they both play well. Indie was stupid for not fouling Dwight earlier in the game. Usually when that happens he hangs his head and gives up. I'd like to see him work through it and hit some tough free throw shots. Harden needs to move more on offense and stop acting like he's Kobe Bryant. His defense wasn't too bad tonight which is a plus.

 

Nooooo don't jinx Beverley like that. Lol

 

in all fairness, even AFTER watching the initial replay the commentators declared it Pacers ball...

 

This is nice to read.

 

Harden is selfish though, lol. Only on Clutchfans. Good post.

 

It was by far the best game I've seen this team perform. Only nerve wrecking part was the 3 straight easy buckets the Pacers had in the OT as well as sequences throughout the game. Not a contender by any stretch of the imagination until there's a coaching overhaul.

 

Part of our teams losses was his inability to hit that 3 point shot i think he needs to work on that more. But he needs to be a creator like he was last night it really gets everyone going. I love when hes finding everyone for good looks. If helps the team play alot better and gives them great ball movement

 

Yep he's a selfish b****. I'm assuming Dwight was out. But I don't want to throw any assumptions at your bird brain.

 

We played awful basketball, sincerellly surprised we won this game.

 

It seems the Rockets don't really start playing until the 4th quarter.

 

A win is a win. But the fact that it took until end of the 4th and overtime tells me this team still doesn't get it.

 

You must feel guilty, I said nothing to you. Itching for an argument try getting a life instead.

 

Ariza is the least of our problems. He is the one guy who plays defense every single night alongside Beverly. CF loves to throw their pitch forks at this dude. He is the only guy giving it his all every night. He has to cover the best perimeter player on the other team. He has to help Harden cover his man. He has to help guard some PF's. What more do you want this guy to do?

Btw he is a deadly shooter when set. He shot 40% from 3 with the Wizards when John Wall repeatedly got him some good open clean looks and he has shown in his time here that he can hit those same shots at clutch times when given the same looks.

He is not a good 3 point shooter when you have Harden giving him a bail pass with 3 seconds left on the clock and a man on his face and that is why his percentages are down this season. Give him clean open looks like you're supposed to and he will knock them down at a fair clip. Give him bail out looks with 3s left and it's a brick.

Ideal 3 and D player

 

He needs to tone down his offensive prowess some possessions.

 

The Rockets team that won 54 games 2 seasons ago had a similar victory over the Blazers where they made a furious comeback in regulation and won it in OT. I don't mind wins like this. A W is a W. What bothers me is that the Rockets never seem to get a boost from a good victory. They just get full of themselves and squander whatever momentum they had by halfassing it in the next game(see New Orleans after the Spurs win).

Of course that may also be because they're simply not a good basketball team. When you consistently fail to defend or take care of the ball, you're gonna struggle to win games, especially on the road.

 

Yes, let's just forget about all the open, clean looks he has bricked every game of this season.

Sure, Harden dumps possessions on him with no time on the clock, but to say he would be shooting far better if he got open looks is pure speculation, as that's basically been happening every game this season, and guess what?

Clank, clank and clank.

He was awesome this game and I hope he continues and works himself into form. He played good defense tonight too, but he's been far from impressive on that end this season as well.