ClutchFans Game Thread: Warriors @ Rockets 4/21/2016 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 3)

DMo should be inbounding the ball - looked like Harden was pissed at Ariza after throwing away the lead.

DD

 

don't forget when they were reviewing the play to see if the ball went out of bounds, kerr was drawing up plays and marv albert commented that the rockets were just standing watching the replay lol. then has to call our last timeout cuz we couldnt inbounds the ball...

 

Dwight's more likely to get hit with a fine and flagrant for lightly tossing the ball in Bogut's direction vs GSW getting any punishment.

I was pretty much screaming the same thing last night. GSW has 1 foul to give, and they gave it to Howard. At that point, how does JB not know that they're gonna foul Dwight again to get him to the FT Line?? Then he takes him out and finally puts him back in when there's less than 1 min left?

 

Less than a minute left? Try less than 3 seconds left. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think Dwight reentered the game til after Harden hit that stepback. I get that the Warriors had gone small, but you have to have your best rebounder in the game when every possession matters.

 

that last inbound play is the perfect example of our disastrous season, no discipline and no execution, our team plays best in a free flowing style, whenever they are asked a run a play, they broke down..... Basketball is a game where sets/plays are needed and free style is also needed, we have been without a X/O coach for too long, that our only style is free style now

 

Bogut should definitely be punished. It's like we have to wait for someone to get injured before bogut finally gets his time. NBA needs to look into this punk. Also...What's up with that green bs to beasley at the end?

 

It was very idiotic for JBB to put in Josh Smith and didn't take out Howard after their last free foul. Then I think he realized he made an error on Howard and kind of froze during the moment. I thought maybe they wanted to match up with their small lineup since Howard can't go out on the perimeter to contest but he had Dmo out there also and he can't guard the perimeter either. I think it was just JBB sucking as a coach and we got away with it this time.

 

Let's give JB some props for taking Howard out once GS decided to hack him.....this may have won the game for us.

 

Offense and defense looked good In the first half. I can't believe how many wide open 3's we missed. Can you imagine if we had legitamate 3pt shooters? This game wouldn't have been close even with our sub-par 2nd half.

 

Speaking of taking Howard out. That play where we called a time out, lol it seemed like Harden really wanted that time out to take howard out because he had nooo faith in Howard hitting even one ft. He knew the game was on the line

 

Exactly! Frozen up was the right word. It was just beyond me how many bad decisions or indecisions could happen to close out a playoff game at home. Major props to Harden that we escaped this on. Boy, he stood up big time from the very beginning.

But 3 bad inbound passes in a row to close a life or die game?! With ONE second left and ONE point lead, how did we manage to inbound deep into our own court and nearly get picked up?

 

1st half, a lot of team ball. we had the lead. the lead couldve been bigger.

2nd half, went back to iso and hero ball when the going got tough. lots of miscues and almost lost.

that says a lot about this team.

 

Yeah, give him props since he almost cost us the game...he actually taked Howard out one or two possessions too late...

 

Well, that has been the problem all year. A lot of wide open looks are being created for everyone - they just don't hit them regularly.

 

Didn't realize DMo had 13 rebounds. That's huge. We need that from him every night (at least 9). He seems to be the only one who looks for Dwight.

Speaking of, what's the deal with JBB's rotations. The first half, the first quarter really, we dominated. Why didn't we return to those lineups in the 3rd and 4th? Dwight should have been in at the end of the game for defensive purposes, but we kept him out for the last 3 minutes because of free throw shooting. Dangerous decisions.

 

I'm still trying to figure out what the call was against Capela. If that was an illegal screen, then the NBA might has well make screening illegal completely. That was text book in my opinion. The Warrior player flopped going around it, but the ref who blew the whistle because of that should be benched.

 

I was screaming the same think at the TV. Made no sense why any Rockets players were even on their side of the court.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">should have been Golden State win - takedown is worth 2 points <a href="https://t.co/28TTy1pKCG">https://t.co/28TTy1pKCG</a> <a href="https://t.co/8wonKWgvFb">https://t.co/8wonKWgvFb</a></p>&mdash; Daryl Morey (@dmorey) <a href="https://twitter.com/dmorey/status/723400220717903873">April 22, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">J.B. Bickerstaff: &quot;We coulda surrendered but we didn't.&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rockets?src=hash">#Rockets</a> <a href="https://t.co/Yolmx4MSkh">pic.twitter.com/Yolmx4MSkh</a></p>&mdash; Howard Chen 陳定豪 (@TheHoChen) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheHoChen/status/723396381528875008">April 22, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">James Harden on his game-winning shot right after the Warriors had taken the lead. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rockets?src=hash">#Rockets</a> <a href="https://t.co/ErJmhKtm6p">pic.twitter.com/ErJmhKtm6p</a></p>&mdash; Howard Chen 陳定豪 (@TheHoChen) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheHoChen/status/723394599830482946">April 22, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dwight Howard: &quot;The next game has to be like we're playing a Game 7. We didn't come into this to win 1 game. We want to win the series.&quot;</p>&mdash; Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen/status/723383950433906688">April 22, 2016</a></blockquote>
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JBB is completely clueless when it comes to in-game decisions, there's no logic behind it. Can't believe he gets paid to do this crap.

 

Been hearing a lot of crap about how Harden should have been called for a push-off offensive foul on his last shot, basket should have been disallowed, and Warriors should have been at the FT line.

Refs aren't going to call ticky tack fouls like that in the waning moments of games (especially playoff games) unless they are totally blatant. They are going to let them play.

I assume its just GS fans crying over spilled milk.