ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Spurs 5/9/2017 (Playoffs Round 2, Game 5)

He's a better C than he or anybody ever thought possible. The guy can move and has some meat on his bones...

 

I wish I could fly out for the game man.... I really could then come back. I just need like $2k to blow.... man. I wish I was semi-rich at this moment.

 

It did look strange. You can pull up vids of Jordan's many clutch performances. For Harden, thus far, they will be record setting turnovers and endless dribbles. Harden is better than that. Not sure why he spazzes out, but it has happened numerous times through the years even back to his OKC days. He is definitely NOT clutch in the playoffs.

 

the guy is worth every penny of his 18.74

 

are you referring to last minutes of games or in general?

what i remember from the all season long in the last minutes it was mainly harden iso heroball

 

I'm still hurting from the loss last night, but our season isn't over yet.

I love Harden as our superstar to death, so you live and die with him. We wouldn't even be here to complain without him.

That being said, someone, ANYONE, has to get into his head and talk to him about things being different in the CLUTCH, pun intended.

He has to understand that he can't play in the last few minutes or overtime of a game, the same way he does during the rest of it. He has to learn to do what he does BEST in those moments, and that is drive the ball and either finish or if he is covered, then kick out! He has to look to take those shots at the rim unless he is covered, and thereby one of his teammates is open.

He can NOT use fatigue as a factor for not driving. Or he can't use other players not doing what they are supposed to do. Or he can't use that he was open for a 3, because that is not his strong suit. He has to run PnR with someone and then drive to the basket to either finish or create....PERIOD! That is the ONLY play he should run in crunch time.

AND HE SHOULD NEVER DRIBBLE THE BALL DOWN TO 5 SECONDS OR SO UNLESS WE HAVE MORE THAN A 1 POSSESSION LEAD AND HE IS TRYING TO RUN OUT THE CLOCK. IF WE NEED A SCORE, RUN THE DAMN OFFENSE EARLY IN THE CLOCK TO GIVE THE TEAM MORE THAN ONE CHANCE PLEASE!

LEGGOOOOOO ROCKETS IN 7!!!!!

 

So...

I am actually really happy as a whole on how we played last night. We lost momentum in the 4th, but kept going back and forth.

We lost our pace and focus in OT, but all the Spurs did was answer 1 more time than we did.

Sure.. refs played a part, but they didnt make us turn it over 4 times and only take 3s, or lose all sense of ball movement and clock management.

Its too bad, we complety couldve stole that game.... but it was on their homecourt, and Spurs needed a LOT to go their way to come out 1 basket on top.

Feel good about Game 6. If we push it to 7, im happy. Yeh, I want more and we can DO more, but our under-sized, young, inconsistent team with new coach loses to a consistent, bigger, disciplined and more experienced team with all-time great coach...in 7 games.... yeh, I can accept that.

Push it Rockets, its still a series!

 

I'm still mad as hell, they had the game (essentially the series) won and they threw it away against a team of scrubs. I don't think I'm even going to be able to watch game 6. Watching that **** made me sick.

 

In general mainly, but this season more than any before Harden has involved his teammates in the last minutes. There have been numerous examples of this throughout the season. I will grant you that prior to this season, it was mostly Harden heroball in the last minutes tho.

 

Remember the Clippers

 

We are in the playoffs and playing extremely well outside of a few periods. I'm extremely proud of the way our guys are fighting. If we could have hit 3-4 more 3's in the second half last night, we are closing this series out tomorrow. Harden created a ton of chances, but lou, gordon and anderson missed shots they made in regular season. Harden definitely got lazy at the end and we should have expanded the rotation. This is definitely a team loss.

 

I'm ready for the Game 6 thread, please. Wash the taste of this one outta my mouth.

 

Just saw this, but I felt cocky going into game 2 and down to earth yesterday. Probably what saved me from having a heart attack...

 

Late in the fourth quarter and for the entire overtime I could have sworn that McHale was coaching the team.

 

We need to play Dekker and Harrell a bit in the next game, even if they suck. We're running everyone into the ground. We brought Harden back in at 7:56 and I knew he'd be exhausted. Even an insane athlete like Westbrook gets tired and less effective when brought back too early. Our players are running out of gas after three quarters.

 

Refs strike again.

 

Unless you're Jonathon Simmons., then you'll get a superstar call.

 

Rockets will win a close one. Kawhi won't be 100%

 

rockets victory tomorrow confirmed