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

Did it surprise anyone that Draymond Green gave Pat Spencer a big hug after he was ejected for head-butting Sengun? He was like a proud father. I hope they both get syphilis.

 

Kind of hard to come in and perform when you've not played in the previous 4.5 games, no?

 

Udoka now 4-1 in elimination games for his career as a coach.

Difficult to imagine that he can end up 6-1 after this series, but I believe.

 

People know my feelings on Sengun.

But I agree with this, definitely didn't think this was a smart play by Sengun.

 

I have a bad feeling about that pods dude. He feels like a curry clone.

 

I agree Sengun instigated the situation which is probably why Ime went on the court and pulled him out of the altercation.

 

He always goes right but some reason we were playing him to go left Game 4…. They fixed that tonight

 

It was dumb but he put some extra sauce on that foul. Goon was sticking up for his guy. If the bench would’ve taken care of business they wouldn’t have even been in the game with those scrubs.

 

It does seem fitting for the Rockets to get eliminated by the Warriors because of a goofy dude named “pods.” One year we got closed out by freaking Jonas Jerebko.

 

Perhaps... but right now it appears Rockets just need to avoid being atrocious shooting FTs.

Games are every other day now. Warriors' older legs could succomb to fatigue.

Rockets might have a real chance even while shooting 65% FTs going forward -- Rockets actually shoot well.... oh my.

 

Warriors on their way out anyways, they are like those old man Spurs teams, just a dangerous out for any team because of their reputation and experience but no real threat to win a championship.

Lebron-Curry era over.

The future in the West clearly runs through OKC, Minny, and Jokic since he's a skill based player he'll likely be dominating for the next 5+ years. Hopefully our Rockets can slide in there.

Also, I guess the Lakers somehow are in the mix since they stole Luka and will likely be gifted another superstar soon someway somehow.

A 2nd round matchup of Amen v Edwards would be nice.

 

Kerr runs a lot of the same actions with him off ball. Watching a little dude squirreling around screens and back picks to get open gives me ptsd.

 

The difference is experience. The key to success in the NBA is to stay level: don't get too high, don't get too low. More experienced teams know how to keep it even and take care of business. Young teams like Rox are prone to get too high after a big win and too low after a bad loss....

Also, quality of our opponent is higher than OKC, BOS, CLE. GSW with Butler is a much better team than a regular #7 seed. Many commentators (myself, too) had GSW as the favorite to win the series, based on 'ship experience, the Butler addition, etc...

 

GS pressed in the back court every time in the 4Q. Once we beat the press it was essentially a fast break and one player that could have feasted in that situation was Cam. I do not understand why Cam only gets 2 minutes. He should have been given some of the minutes Holiday got when the other bench guys first came in.

 

Agree, in general... Except the foul on Dillon was a bit dirtier than necessary, a shove in the back when landing. So Alpi reacted a bit to that, which he shouldn't have... Then p*rn Mustache escalated, Dale Davis Jr. jumped-in... Everyone could have let it go, but things just escalated a little bit...

 

We got lucky we were so hot from the field, losing the FGA battle usually isn't a good recipe for us. Won't win in SF this way.

 

It'll be a moot point after tonight. Neither of those guys is going to see the court in Game 6 barring injury.