ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Warriors 5/19/2015 (Western Conference Finals, Game 1)

The inevitable return of Dwight Howard

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thanks for your support and messages. Will be back on court after a couple of weeks. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ROCKETS?src=hash">#ROCKETS</a> <a href="http://t.co/u2ZV23mZJk">pic.twitter.com/u2ZV23mZJk</a></p>&mdash; Donatas Motiejunas (@DonatasMot) <a href="https://twitter.com/DonatasMot/status/581905354503663616">March 28, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Green flopped. It was dangerous because he could have easily took out Ariza's knees on that play.

To compound it, Green decided to hold Ariza like a teddy bear.

On that play, Smith did not even try to follow Curry. He stuck with Green and Ariza, both on the floor. Curry got a wide open layup from that. Smith needs to be more aware than that. The bench should have been screaming.

 

Regroup and get the W on Thursday. Will need to play through the grabbing and non calls. The Rockets will be ready.

 

lol ESPN IS ALL OVER THE WARRIORS PEANUTS.

I want the Rockets to beat them SO BAD. To shut the Rockets doubters up! But without Dwight, even the most optimistic have to be worried

 

Proud effort especially Ariza....let's steal game 2.

 

Of course he didn't show up for the fourth. He was hurt and sitting out. People on ESPN can be really dumb. Howard dominated the 1st quarter. I hope he gets the best treatment for that knee.

 

Lol stephs daughter looks identical

 

Lol curry's kid is so cute.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dwight said after his collision with Josh Smith, he couldn’t “run, jump or do anything.”</p>&mdash; Jenny Dial Creech (@jennydialcreech) <a href="https://twitter.com/jennydialcreech/status/600879821686706176">May 20, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Game was right there but they just couldn't cash it in. Would have been really nice if Terry showed up. As short-handed as the Rockets are (even moreso in losing Dwight) and as good as the Warriors are, they can't afford off-nights from anyone.

Speaking of which...Jones didn't give them anything, either. I don't know what happens for the rest of these playoffs, maybe he blows up all of a sudden and makes me eat my words again, because he always seems to make big plays right when I'm cursing him the most, but I think he's the odd man out when the off-season comes. If you're going to win a title, you need guys that you know are going to show up in the big games and you just never know what Jones is going to give you.

Assuming Dwight comes back fine, I hope this game puts home that he should not be fed as a first option on offense. No more post-ups. Or if they insist on a post-up, Dwight needs to understand that he has to make his move immediately, no putting the ball on the floor, and if the shot isn't there he needs to kick it out. Anything more than is an almost guaranteed turnover and the Rockets can't afford any turnovers against these opportunistic bastards.

I'm sad they lost but I'm also sort of proud that they hung in there and didn't lose their composure. Previous Rockets teams would have panicked and gotten blown out. This team has confidence from the Clippers series and realized that they can hang with this team and if they make the right plays they can even win. I'm not big on moral victories but it's nice to see real progress. Fix what needs fixing and they can steal game 2.

Oh, and I love Capella. I was a skeptic during the season but that guy is going to be special. That's what's cool about this team - whatever happens this year, they're not done evolving. The Warriors are basically a finished product but the Rockets have a lot of room to grow. They're in the in freaking conference finals despite their offense basically amounting to "Let Harden figure something out".

 

Totally tacky of Curry to have his kid up there with him on the press conference. "OH look at me I'm the good guy with the kid, I'm so endearing"

 

I never blame the refs because that's what whinny losers do when things don't go their way. That 25-6 run of theirs is when the game changed IMO. However, consider this: This wasn't GS's "A" game we saw tonight - it was more along the lines of how they played in those losses to Memphis. I'm sure that Kerr will get on them about their sloppy play they starting this game and how poorly they played late in the game. I expect a war for game 2.

 

Curry and his daughter look like brother and sister lmao

 

I just heard ESPN tell me Curry was a little bit better than Harden tonight. That's some ****ing bull****.

 

You obviously have friends that aren't fans of the Rockets, we all do. When you talk about the Rockets back to back championships. all the adversity those teams faced to get those championships and then your friends say, "well MJ wasn't in the league." How does that make you feel? All this talk about you shouldn't care what people think as long as YOU know what they did is bull ****. You want your team to get the respect that are due from everyone.

 

Lol shorty trollin..

 

Dwight is probably in denial about his injury.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">James Harden was the only Rocket who said something as the team entered the locker room. Harden said repeatedly, &quot;It's just one.&quot;</p>&mdash; Henry Wofford (@HenryWoffordCSN) <a href="https://twitter.com/HenryWoffordCSN/status/600869705734193152">May 20, 2015</a></blockquote>
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