No I didnt. You must have missed the game before when their offense crawled to a hault against the Suns and they just got over the line.
Bro, I hope Harden has snapped out of his funk, he is capable of carrying an entire team on his back. I love when he lets the game come to him, gets his team-mates involved and drives to the rim and then gets his shots when he's warmed up. When he's clicking it's so fun watching him do work and rip apart apposing defense. Let's not pretend here, our success depends on Harden's play, we usually struggle when he struggles and when he's his usual MVP self, we are a championship caliber team.
Finally a good Harden game, looks like he's getting quicker and more comfortable now, although he had a few "wtf" turnovers where he got in the air with nowhere to go, very uncharacteristic of him, so still some improvement to make before reaching last year's level. And that's not even mentioning defense. Speaking of, we are totally clueless on defense as an entire team. I still can't understand the massive regression from last year, I didn't think it was possible. If we play defense tomorrow like we did tonight Clippers will score 125. It shouldn't take a god-like Harden game to beat this awful Kings team even with injuries. Capela had a good game, but he needs to get stronger with the ball especially when rebounding. Had quite a few rebounds easily ripped from his hands, he should have had like 16 or 17 boards tonight. Oh, and his shoulder is still hurting apparently? Like the same thing from a month ago? That's not good. Arzia finally shot well, Thornton continues to be a godsend, Harrell looks lost except when dunking and Brewer still has yet to get it rolling. Last thing.. what's it gonna take for Lawson to be the primary ball handler when Harden is on the bench? If Harden isn't handling the ball, it should be Lawson. Everyone else sucks at it. Glad to be back at .500, and expecting a loss tomorrow but I hope to at least see some focus defensively and hopefully it's a close game.
It is pretty funny, not sure why the Kings put him back in the game. He's such a hog and takes a ton of bad shots. I don't know who would want him at what he's making for the rest of this season and the two seasons after. At a cheaper price sure, I could see some playoff team wanting him to come off the bench and provide a spark but not at that price.
I don't understand why so many people are surprised at our defensive performance. We are playing without anything close to a PF, you can't do that and succeed in the NBA. Every game is gonna be a fight, particularly when Howard is out.
Honestly he's actually played pretty darn good this year hitting like 38% on 3s. As a hybrid stretch 4 he has a chance to be pretty decent IMO. He's got the size and wingspan to be a matchup nightmare at the four spot. If he focuses on being a full time 4 I think he could get one last big long term deal.
They just need to find a balance. Lawson is still playing too tentative, wish he would play his game. He looked great during the second half of the OKC game. It's hard to take the ball out of Harden's hands, he really does elevate this team to a whole other level with his playmaking abilities. Hopefully he does delegate some of those responsibilities to Lawson. I really hope the coaches let Ty play his game, need to let him shoot his midrange shots in the flow of the offense.
You guys are amazing, we are missing 4 rotation players, which 3 of those are our frontcourt rotation, what exactly do you guys expect?
Harden joins LeBron James as the only player in the last 30 years to have game of 40 points/13 assists/ and / 5 or more rebounds
Lol, we won it the Rockets way! Big lead, lost it quickly, build another big lead, lost it quickly, build another lead, then hanging on to win. So happy for the win. But yeah lighten up and enjoy the ride guys! It's been a bumpy one so far, but it is getting better. Harden playing like the Harden we love tonight doing a everything.
I want some Swiss Chocolate Capela for breakfast, lunch and dinner! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKSHAKALAKAAAAAAAA Goodnight!
