ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Warriors 4/26/2025 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 3)

We do need to flip some pieces on the roster though, we don't need 3 defensive oriented SFs in Tari, Amen and Brooks.....move one of them and get some shooting in here.

DD

 

I don't know what planet you live on, but Curry got going by going to basket then started dropping 3s. I think you can tell if a player has it or not. I always see you posting sticking up for Jalen Green. Which is fine I understand. I root for the Rockets as a team. I will call bad plays and bad players for what it is. Jalen Green is not the only player who didn't show up, but he can't be this inconsistent in the playoffs. You're either going to do other things to impose your will on the game or not. Alpren Sengun was soft as hell today as well.

 

that’s true, but we might’ve been able to steal this years championship had we added someone like Jordan Clarkson or Anfernee Simmons

I would trade green/brooks and picks for giannis

then sign Luke kennard resign FVV to a smaller contract


And at least try to SNT Ty Jerome and let him and Reed Shepard battle out for starting pg

 

YUP, and I freakign knew it when they said Buttler was out, I knew they would relax and take the foot off the pedal. They've done it all freaking year.. played down to competition just expecting to win because we are "better" with Jimmy being out. Zero killer instinct tonight. The game was THERE for the taking. This warriors team wasn't all that good tonight man you can tell in the first half the dubs were prepared to lose basically, and then we let them off the hook. Honestly from what I see now, I think next round the wolves probably whoop either of these teams.

 

That lineup was never meant to be something they play a majority of the game with. It’s a wrinkle they threw in late in the season. I like it at times but we won’t win this series thinking Adam’s going to carry us. We need to find ways to put more points up.

 

I highly doubt this team plus KD even makes the conference finals.

 

Let Quinten fukkking Post get double-digit rebounds.

Amen has to be benched. He’s been consistently bad.

 

I don't know if this team with KD is guaranteed to make it out of the 1st round.

 

If we swap KD with Brooks we're going to the Finals. Easy.

This team has it defensively, the issue is they cannot score. KD can score. You can give KD the ball and he will score.

 

Fred AND green AND amen touches killed us tonight also

Should have played Holiday and Jeff Green and Jabari more. Amen was awful with his decision making tonight, and green wasn't' much better. Not playing Holiday and Jeff and Jabari more was criminal.

 

It's time to give some minutes to Holiday and Cam. Lost 2 games already to a depleted Warriors team. If you're going to lose this series, don't hold back on anything.

 

I really don’t care what we offer outside of Sengun and Thompson, we need KD.

 

well of those three brooks is the best shooter but I’m getting tired of his antics when they are not needed so we can move him

 

Game 1 - LOSS

Fred 19fga
Sengun 18fga
Jalen 15fga
Amen 9fga

Game 2 - WIN

Jalen 25fga
Sengun 15fga
Fred 8fga
Amen 7fga

Game 3 - LOSS

Sengun 18fga
Amen 16fga
Fred 14fga
Jalen 11fga

He did do the other things well.

He pssed well.

He rebounded well.

He defended well.

He protectwd the ball.

He literally did everything tonight EXCEPT be a monster scorer.

 

Yup, for sure, we actually have a better chance to win if we play them. Jeff Green also can get some time and Reed. Our guys are worn out in 4th quarter and cant' do ****, let's use our deep talented team ,,,, for f*cks sake

 

Oh I completely agree that Stone should have made a move at the deadline. It's borderline malpractice that he didn't.

 

Honestly, I expected us to lose this game.

First road playoff game for 99% of our guys? Warriors with a star injured? I figured they'd come out motivated and hot from the field and take a big first half lead that we'd be fighting back from. I thought it'd end up being close but still figured we'd lose this game and win the next one.

Its just how.

Ugh. We missed so many layups and had so many opportunities. FVV was even hot early and that fizzled.

Instead, sure we led for most of the game, but we missed 10 FTs and shot <40% from the field. All around everyone played about as badly as they could and it was still winnable until the last 2min. Draymond elbowed one of our guys in the face and sent him flying, no call, Warriors hit a 3. We get the ball, turn it over, Curry hits a layup and is fouled.

It went from being down 3 and should have had FTs and Draymond another foul, to them going up 9.

As much as we had FT favor, we couldn't make them and still didn't go to the line nearly as much as we could have.

I'm so tired of losing to this team.

I think we can take G4, but my god it was RIGHT THERE, we had it if we could just string a few shots together but no.

Weaknesses magnified. Trying to drink it off now. Geez.

 

Cam needs to play, the rockets & Ime can’t afford to bench one of our best scorers simply because Ime doesn't like him

 

I hear ya! It was so hard to watch us struggle to even make little floaters, layups, and shots in the paint. We wasted a season on truly developing Reed and Cam. 12 min or less here and there was stupid. It's not like Fred is going to get better. We need more shooters! Reed and Cam needed more time all year. Not just the same guys shooting hot and cold but staying in.

It's usually Jaylen, Fred, and Alpi passing the ball to each other, and when that's not working, it's still those 3 passing it back and forth, even when Jabari is hitting more 2 and 3PT shots. Adams isn't a great shooter, Amen is one dimensional offensively, with no outside shot, and turnover prone, and Dillon gets in foul trouble too much. He's a good 3 PT shooter, but doesn't take many shots. Our starters even make layups look impossible to do at times. That's hard to watch.

I also hate the way Ime underutilized Jabari's shooting skills in the scheme of things most of the year, and tonight. It's times like tonight I would have loved seeing Reed, Holiday, and Jabari launching 3's, and Cam taking it to the rim. If only Reed and Cam had gotten more time on the court to develop quicker. I still believe those two can make a difference.

Too little too late. We showed our big weakness tonight, and that's having any great players we could rely on to do what they do, outside, inside, and double teamed, and just score.

 

Coming into this season our big weakness was outside shooting. So what do we do? Keep playing the same dudes who can't shoot while letting our younger potential shooters languish on the bench. Hope they learn something from this. But the Rockets will probably just trade away some pieces of our core in a desperation move to get KD instead.