2018-19 Houston Rockets Thread of running it back (mainly)

[HtownHorn 14780]

Motiejunas is close to signing a contract with SA. He was playing pretty well in China averaging 25 and 14.

[UDontKnow 10450]

11 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Motiejunas is close to signing a contract with SA. He was playing pretty well in China averaging 25 and 14.

I wonder if he actually gets time in their rotation or ends up being signed just for depth.

[NowThis 931]

Spurs are scary man, Pops can eat Dantoni alive if things fall into place. Houston needs to avoid I-10. 

[HtownHorn 14780]

51 minutes ago, UDontKnow said:

I wonder if he actually gets time in their rotation or ends up being signed just for depth.

Article said for depth as they only have 2 bigs in their 10 man rotation, to go along with 6 guards and 2 wings.

[Rockethorn1978 6102]

12 hours ago, NowThis said:

Spurs are scary man, Pops can eat Dantoni alive if things fall into place. Houston needs to avoid I-10. 

Dude stfu, you post every week how scared you are of the spurs and are clearly a pussy who thinks we are playing Timmy, Parker and manu in their prime. Just stop. No one is afraid of these spurs and I guarantee the rockets are trying to avoid anyone so go tremble in your closet and hope we avoid them.

[NowThis 931]

Just now, Rockethorn1978 said:

Dude stfu, you post every week how scared you are of the spurs and are clearly a pussy who thinks we are playing Timmy, Parker and manu in their prime. Just stop. No one is afraid of these spurs and I guarantee the rockets are trying to avoid anyone so go tremble in your closet and hope we avoid them.

dude, wake up, Harden had to ejaculate 61 points last time to win. 

[Rockethorn1978 6102]

It’s a fucking regular season game. You are a ducking idiot. No one is afraid of the spurs in a 7 game series.

[NowThis 931]

12 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

It’s a fucking regular season game. You are a ducking idiot. No one is afraid of the spurs in a 7 game series.

Regular season lives matter.  

[Rockethorn1978 6102]

We have won 3 of 4 from the spurs and a win is a win. Who cares if Harden had 61 to get it. It's funny you are scared of pop yet Harden just dropped the most points on a pop coached team and instead of praising Harden you make it like that's the only way we can beat them is if that happens. Just stop trolling and stfu.

[UDontKnow 10450]

Blazers are still hot on the Rockets tail. A win in Milwaukee would be nice...real nice.

[perfectchaos007 6677]

Almost a must win considering Portland also has the tiebreaker against us

[BabaBooey 131]

8 hours ago, UDontKnow said:

Blazers are still hot on the Rockets tail. A win in Milwaukee would be nice...real nice.

Jusuf Nurkic done for the season has to help the Rockets case.  

[ChickenSandwich 9853]

Damn. Tough break for them. Portland still has the firepower and schedule to finish strong. 

[UDontKnow 10450]

23 minutes ago, BabaBooey said:

Jusuf Nurkic done for the season has to help the Rockets case.  

See @ChickenSandwich's post below yours. 

[BigOrange1 6471]

danuel house came to play tonight!

[perfectchaos007 6677]

House is on but Tucker is way off.

[BigOrange1 6471]

holy fuck @ that cp3 crossover.

[perfectchaos007 6677]

Yeah that was great. 

[BigOrange1 6471]

 

[UDontKnow 10450]

6 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

House is on but Tucker is way off.

A make from him would be nice. This is a great test for the Rockets and I am confident that they'll be in it until the end. 

[UDontKnow 10450]

Jesus WTF was Clint thinking trying to dribble after getting the rebound after the Giannis miss? Well at least D'Antoni called time out after falling down 5 points. I wonder if the Rockets will ever learn to defend the 3 point line. 

[BigOrange1 6471]

wow, great one on one defense from capela on the freak. 

[BigOrange1 6471]

the rockets keep fucking turning it over just trying to bring the ball up the court.

[BigOrange1 6471]

and then inbounding it to end the half.  good lord.

[UDontKnow 10450]

There were about 6 turnovers that quarter and three of them were on absolutely stupid passes. Lucky to be down only 5. 

[perfectchaos007 6677]

Yeah our carelessness with stupid turnovers is why we're down right now. Hopefully Harden can get hot in the 4th quarter.

[UDontKnow 10450]

3 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Yeah our carelessness with stupid turnovers is why we're down right now. Hopefully Harden can get hot in the 4th quarter.

The Rockets can win this game. Just tighten up the defense and the ball handling. Maybe tell Shumpert to not run point.

[NowThis 931]

4 minutes ago, UDontKnow said:

The Rockets can win this game. Just tighten up the defense and the ball handling. Maybe cut tell Shumpert to not run point.

 

Edited March 27, 2019 by NowThis

[perfectchaos007 6677]

Shumpert is a poor mans House

[HtownHorn 14780]

I think Gordon is traded after this season. He thinks he's on the same level as Harden and Paul.

[HtownHorn 14780]

Just now, perfectchaos007 said:

Shumpert is a poor mans House

If Faried is out for the playoffs in favor of Shumpert, the Rockets are going to underwhelm.

[NowThis 931]

6 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Shumpert is a poor mans House  last guy on the bench who should only play at garbage time 

 

[UDontKnow 10450]

Maybe play House as opposed to Gordon since he's hobbled.

[UDontKnow 10450]

Yeah D'Antoni, maybe trot out a different line up after this timeout. Sending the exact same one out after the last timeout this quarter didn't work and the Bucks went on a 6-0 run. 

[perfectchaos007 6677]

Deficit is going to be really tough to overcome in the 4th quarter.

[Southernthunder 38]

Damn this shooting from us. Smh. 

[BigOrange1 6471]

bucks are 45% from 3, rockets are 31%.

[UDontKnow 10450]

Live and die by the 3. It's die tonight.

[Southernthunder 38]

Wow. Lot of dumb fucking mistakes that the guys can review tonight.

[UDontKnow 10450]

CP3 not paying attention and got stripped. Team doesn't want to be here tonight. Just not a good showing.

[BigOrange1 6471]

could have made this a game in the 4th if they'd just hit a couple of shots.

[perfectchaos007 6677]

Well if we get the 4 seed maybe Denver will steal the 1

[NowThis 931]

that corner 3 was zero for 44 or something.  Tucker couldn't hit the rim at all.  Gordon should've shot more. 

[Dutchrudder 11151]

 

[perfectchaos007 6677]

Good win tonight. Just a shame we're not in control of our own destiny for the 3 seed. Portland will probably take it unless they collapse

[TonyTexas 10527]

Good win tonight. Just a shame we're not in control of our own destiny for the 3 seed. Portland will probably take it unless they collapse

You do realize that the Rockets and Portland will essentially be tied after tonight?

[perfectchaos007 6677]

They have 1 fewer loss + own the tiebreaker. They are essentially 2 games ahead of us and Rockets have 6 games left. 

[HtownHorn 14780]

1 hour ago, perfectchaos007 said:

They have 1 fewer loss + own the tiebreaker. They are essentially 2 games ahead of us and Rockets have 6 games left. 

And are missing their 2nd best player for the rest of the year.

[UDontKnow 10450]

9 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Good win tonight. Just a shame we're not in control of our own destiny for the 3 seed. Portland will probably take it unless they collapse

Looking at the Blazers schedule, the Rockets need them to drop both of their games against the Nuggets. The Nuggets have won both meetings with the Blazers this season, but the margin of victories were 3 point sand 1 point.

The Rockets remaining schedule is Kings, @Kings, @Clippers (2nd night of a back to back), Knicks, Suns, @Thunder. The Rockets have to win out, period. 

Edited March 29, 2019 by UDontKnow

[Pimphand 5891]

The only hope we have is to win out and hope they pick up two losses.  It is possible given the remaining schedule strengths but it does seem unlikely.