ClutchFans Game Thread: Warriors @ Rockets 4/23/2025 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 2)

Bari

Bari best in catch and shoot... not off the dribble.

 

That is Rox basketball tough and hard nosed.

Good win.

DD

 

that is def not what im saying, come on man.

Give all Fred shots to jalen is what im saying. Give most of Fred's on ball minutes to Jalen. Fred should be there as an outlet for jalen when he gets in trouble. The offense is already ass, it is what it is.

 

I don’t think you understand what “stfu” means. It doesn’t mean write 6 more paragraphs bashing the dude that just won us a playoff game for the first time since 2020 and against the warriors. Just stfu and appreciate the night.

 

Warriors fans whining about Amen, but Green caused all of that

 

Fred was fine tonight. Played good defense, controlled the pace, reined things in when the youngsters got out of control. Only took shots when needed. I have no issues with how Fred played tonight.

 

You just have to take the hot and cold and no average

 

Ime basketball @Reeko

 

Shoved him to the ground from the back during a rebound that didn't get called

 

If you didnt see Jalen was the best player on the court tonight for the Rox you clearly dont know basketball. Its crazy for you to call others idiots for hoping a Rockets player plays well. You are the idiot here.

 

The crying from them is unbelievable when they have Green who would hurt multiple players with nut kicks and eye pokes.

That one series they would undercut Harden's jumpshot MULTIPLE times, they did it all night. Hard to shoot well when you have to worry about not turning your ankle because of Warrior players closing out right under your jumpshot.

So yeah, they are the last team I want to hear from about playing clean.

 

Damn, I wonder what it’s like to lose because your second best player got injured.

I never wish that on anybody, but I won’t lie saying Draymond being the cause to the effect didn’t bring me some joy.

Guy is an all time ******* and finds ways to hurt his team. He’s just lucky Steph is usually good enough to overcome it.

 

The multiple ones he took when we were up like 15 trying to put an exclamation mark on our lead. We kept going up by 17-18 and then would take quick shots and allow them to cut it to 12. And 12 points for a Curry team is way too damn close.

brooks and FVV took at least one of those types of threes too.

 

You can see it at the 2:00 mark of this video. It's the entire sequence (well, most of it).

 

Golden State have clearly been told to try to rough up Thompson at every opportunity, and the assholes with whistles are loving this approach.

Hope to see him bounce back in G3, although he may blow a fuse and suplex a Warrior, which I would also like to see as long as it doesn't come with a suspension lol

 

With the way Kerr made Pods play while he's ready to puke his guts up he'll probably shoot a bunch of pain killers in Jimmy's ass and tell him to play or die!

Kerr is a piece of sht.

 

Thank you, dirty Warriors players, taking after Donkey.

 

Jalen is streaky, but your point that he is unable to string together good games repeatedly is untrue. He has won 3 player of the week awards including 2 this season, his entire March 2024 was incredible and he should have gotten player of the month. He just needs to get hot at the right time. I have been critical of Jalen's inconsistency, but you have to recognize he can be great at times and for a significant stretch of time. I think the end of the year was kind of weird for him because he was trying to keep his consecutive game streak alive in games that did not matter, he played sporadic minutes. Most of the starters got almost a full two weeks off, which I am hoping is why they were rusty on the offensive end game 1.

 

Imagine Jalen with superstar-ish calls from the refs

 

Amen has been banged around a lot, but I can't remember a game where he only got one board. Expecting a big bounce back since he only played 23 minutes in game 2.

Fred deserves credit for his hard work with Curry. The Rockets limited him to 9 three-point attempts and 6 TOs. They pushed the ball out of Curry's hands. Not many teams have been able to do that.