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Series still winnable, but adjustments are sorely needed

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by ashleyem, Apr 27, 2025.

  1. ashleyem

    ashleyem Member

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    I am not ready to throw the towels yet but something got to change quickly. I don’t think the Rockets know what they are doing on the offensive end. They just don’t have a clear strategy. Here are some of the adjustments I would try in game 4. With Jalen not being effective, ball should go to Sengun more because he has a clear height advantage over Draymond. FVV is playing too slowly, push the pace up and see if you can open opportunities for Dillon on Podziemski or GP2 because Dillon is actually one of our best half court players and he has a good post up game. Play Jabari and Tari more and less Amen because the team needs more space to operate. Amen is being left five feet open is not helping the offense. I love Amen’s defense but at this point you have to make a trade off. This series is still winnable. We’ve held them to low scores for 3 straight games. We just have to squeeze out every ounce of offense from this squad.
     
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    I’m not worried, they just need to win on Monday.
     
  3. YI89

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    I mean, that was already clear that the offensive end was tr*** in the pre-season games. I’m really not sure what Ime can change in the middle of the series. It feels that a change in strategy could only happen with either other coaching or with different players. In our current situation we can just hope for more of our shots to go in, and more Warriors shots to go out, that’s about that. Assuming Jalen could just hit his average +-20 points, we could have won in both the 1st game and the last one, so it’s not impossible.
     
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    Rockets always make sh@t harder than what it needs to be... even in 94 and 95.
     
  5. bluffkin

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    Everyone needs to be more decisive and play their game. You can tell Amen and Sengun were overthinking everything last night
     
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    lol i’m already checking who we can get with the 9th pick. udoka is not winning 3 out of 4 vs kerr+silver it’s ova
     
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    they’re all hesitant standing around wondering wtf to do every halfcourt possession because the coach don’t know wtf to do himself
     
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    Yes, gotta calm down and focus on executing. When Sengun missed that point blank dunk I said man... but that was their first road playoff game.
     
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    Ime, adjustments. LOL
     
  10. lnchan

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    The team will grow. The Astros didn't blow up the team after the 2015 playoff disaster.
     
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    It’s the worst successful rockets team I’ve ever seen offensively. They were giving Amen all the space in the world and for some reason he was allergic to getting to the rim. Sengun has a half foot advantage on the GS midgets defending him and they go away from him in favor of parking lot 3’s. Fred is a straight up liability. All types of problems. I still think we win game 4, but we need to do some real self eval this offseason. We need to address the shooting, we need a real offensive system, and we need to move on from Fred.
     
  12. Salvy

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    Rockets needs to try and score more points than the other team... If they can do that history says they win the series...
     
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    Ime needs to use more players. We have a deeper team than they do.
     
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    During the Harden years all i hear are Rockets fans complaining they take too many 3s and you can't win by shooting 3s you gotta take more mid-rangers. Well congrats, we finally have a team that can't shoot 3s. Beautiful, isn't it?
     
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    “offensive issues are [not] a starting lineup thing.”

     
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    I had high hopes coming into the 3rd game but if we can’t win without Jimmy Buttler playing I sincerely doubt we’re going to win the series now, unless Jimmy stays injured rest of series
     
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    It's so obvious. Frustrating!
     
  18. Amiga

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    14-24 from the FT line. Hopefully they can make some adjustments there. ;)
     
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  19. Little Bit

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    While Ime continues to “look at everyone” time is running out. He needs to figure it out soon. Quit talking and DO, or go home.
     
  20. maj21

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    Jabari and Reed are critical for our success. Both were generational shooters coming out, which is what we desperately need
     
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