ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Warriors 5/2/2025 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 6)

There was a five or ten minute span there where he hit two or three triples and done a few other things that sorta broke their back.

 

Ned has jokes lol

 

Man, you're not lying about that, legit broke me for a while.

 

You're on the playback?

 

For the love of GOD keep Ted Cruz away from the Toyota Center for Game 7!!!!!!

 

I don't know much about the American basketball system but I wish Jalen had gone to college, that G League circus hurt him, when I watch Jalen I think to myself, this dude is talented but he doesn't know how to play basketball

Being a star means controlling the action, but Jalen is controlled by defenses, he should definitely add post ups and floaters to his game

 

Man, yeah, really hoping they let the teams play Sunday and we finally get GSWs to go away. It's overdue.

 

Too late. He is our Jordan Poole.

 

Exactly

 

very exciting to see FVV have 3 great games in a row. I have to admit I gave up on him.

don’t trade Tari or Bari

 

The Sam Cassell big balls dance is one of the best celebrations ever in any sport. Somehow even better bc Sam is one of the strangest looking alleged humans to ever grace the earth.

 

The less Dillon the better. He tends to fall for the Warriors antics and get stupid fouls after being so amped up.

 

Tari is a very good defender. There’s a reason he rates highly in nearly all defensive metrics. He just is like a young puppy that plays with too much energy at times, and savvy vets know how to use that against him. Hence why he gets called for so many fouls on shooters at the end of quarters or at the end of the shot clock. It’s something he should get better at as he gets more experience.

 

after that Cle Game and Garland he should never make that mistake again - yet here we are

 

Meanwhile, on the other side....

Draymond generally complimentary of the Rockets. Praises Adams' play but plants a seed in the ears of officials by asking for 3-second calls on Adams, praises FVV and said it's not surprising since FVV was the reason they lost a championship to Toronto, and has some really nice stuff to say about coach Pop. I still hate him.



Jimmy from Tomball-Not-Houston is confident they're going to make the required changes and go to Houston and win Game 7. Says they need to focus more on them rather than Houston - if they correct their mistakes and hustle after balls and do what they know they can, everything will fall into place. Says neither team has played their best ball, but if they play their best ball, things will take care of themselves. Generally complimentary of the Rockets just like Draymond was. Still don't like this Tomball person.



Curry confident they'll fix their issues and win Game 7. Like Draymond and Jimmy (and Kerr), they point to the 4-point play by FVV to start the 4th as a morale killer. Just like the others, looks to get more aggressive with better attention to detail in Game 7. Also talks about how to attack the Rockets' zone defense they're throwing at the Warriors. Says they got some pretty good looks in the 4th, but they didn't capitalize by hitting the shots. Referred to the Rockets as a good team. Also, like Jimmy from Tomball-Not-Houston and Draymond, talks of controlling 50-50 balls and going after them and winning that fight as one way for them to improve. I still can't hate this dude.

 

Lol, this can't be understated. I honestly can't wait for these Warriors and their "fans" to go away, I did enjoy them beating Dallas 1st vs 8th seed a long way back in that upset (2007, I kept thinking 08 by memory, haha) , but that was way way before any of these current runs that made pretty much everyone a fan, I mean I'm sure they have actual fans but it reminds me of Bulls 'fans" during their runs, but those Bulls teams I respected a lot more vs the Warriors during the Curry/Green era.

 

I agree he needs to become smarter in those situations, but I’ll live with mistakes from overaggressiveness when you bring the defensive effort and energy Tari does night after night. That’s something a good coach like Udoka can teach out of him. What you can’t teach are the defensive instincts he and Amen Thompson possess.

Also, the foul on Curry tonight was bullshit, to be honest. Tari was to Curry’s right and Curry jumped that direction instead of forward as you would in a natural shooting motion.

 

Yeah, definitely agree on this, that bullshit foul was trash. Also, definitely prefer a player with instincts that are there, because if they're not, it's pretty much impossible to teach/add later.