ClutchFans Game Thread: Warriors @ Rockets 4/30/2025 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 5)

Win tonight, build some momentum for game 6 and we will have them on the ropes tired and frustrated. I believe we can slay the dragon!

 

Last game of the season - Let’s go.








Anti-Jinx

 

The fatigue factor is the biggest advantage the Rockets have if they can extend this series(well, aside from Game 7 being at home). Especially with Butler and Curry playing 40-ish minutes a game.

 

Don't let this be the last game. I'm not ready to wait till November. If it's, remember to punch someone before it's all over.

 

Cam Whitmore 40 pts

 

Clutch City.

 

We need to set the tone early and show maximum effort. Every rebound, every loose ball, and every ****ING free throw matters. I’m looking at Amen to build off his improved play last game. He can get to the rim with ease, just needs to not get too dribble happy with his moves and FINISH. He’s my x-factor for tonight.

 

I really believe we will be back in Houston on Sunday.

 

still debating if I should go to this game

could be the last game of the season, but at the same time, I don’t think I could tolerate a loss and seeing Steph and that Darth Mule Draymond celebrating on our home court yet again

 

The fast turnaround time favors Houston and our younger legs. We have to adjust how we start games. I vote to tweak the starting lineup. It's game 3, an elimination game. We can't go through business as usual.

The team needs a jolt and something to snap them into a higher level of focus. Somebody sitting on the bench who usually starts is a good way to get everyone's attention.

 

Amen's on and off numbers are terrible. We would be so much better off starting Jabari. Warriors got off to big runs in the 1st and 3rd quarters and it took so much energy to crawl back.

 

Still think this has more to do with Jalen being terrible than it does with Amen but ultimately yeah, he needs to be replaced with Jabari who gives us a better chance to win right now with the Terrible Twins leading the charge.

 

The big lineup works. Hammer them with it, FTs be dammed.

 

Seriously, just keep running it. It really is not that hard. If one of our bigs get in foul trouble, put in Jeff Green or Jock, TRY IT.

They have no size, exploit it, because they don't have some magical big on their bench to put in. They have Post, they have Looney, that's it.

 

Not sure I understand what it means for Jalen to be "on the hook." I'm not trying to attack nor defend him. My point is just that even though Jalen is struggling this series, we've only been able to win when he has had a good game, which I think is the inevitable result of Stone and Ime's decisions. The rest of the squad just doesn't have the (potential) firepower this series.

 

The Rockets didn't need "good" games from Jalen to win. If he had not been a flat tire in any of the losses, they would have won, especially game 4. Just 15 points, not 38, and it would be 4-0 or 3-1 Rockets.

 

The game starts at 6:30, down 3-1 in the series. Toyota center is going to be half empty.

 

Tickets are reasonable. Ehh **** it, I bought tickets. Could be the last time we see Jalen in rockets uniforms.

 

Dillon Brooks is really terrible at grabbing crucial rebounds in clutch time. Has happened all season long and has hurt us especially in the last 2 games.

 

You could go, then if it looks like a loss go and pull the fire alarm (hood up, run away really ****in fast) if the game doesn't end, we can't lose, right?