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

[Serak The Preparer 3431]

Awesome that sounds like exactly what I am hoping for, will check it out when I am at my laptop.

[Scraps 13577]

Utah Jazz with a whiteout? How ironic

[UDontKnow 10450]

Just now, Scraps said:

Utah Jazz with a whiteout? How racist

fify

[Scraps 13577]

Ok roethlisberger

[TexArcher 38068]

1 minute ago, Scraps said:

Utah Jazz with a whiteout? How ironic

Does their skin not count?

[TexArcher 38068]

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[UDontKnow 10450]

What atrocious defense and ball handling by the Rockets. It's almost like they want this series to go longer. Appreciate D'Antoni's early time outs.

[wildcat09 29388]

I still fucking hate Austin Rivers.

[TexArcher 38068]

A missed dunk and a missed layup on the same possession.  Christ.

[Tommy Nobis 905]

JFC. We’re getting called for a foul on every jazz trip down the court

[mycox 582]

Capella looks lost out there

[UDontKnow 10450]

Just now, mycox said:

Capella looks lost out there

Missing his defensive rotations and getting blocked by smaller players. Wouldn't mind seeing some Nene out there against Gobert.

[BigOrange1 6471]

fuck off crowder

[Tommy Nobis 905]

They blew their wad in the first half and we played poor. I like our chances if we don’t shit the bed in the second half.

[UDontKnow 10450]

Just now, Tommy Nobis said:

They blew their wad in the first half and we played poor. I like our chances if we don’t shit the bed in the second half.

The 3rd quarter will be huge. Just have to gradually cut into the lead. It will be helpful if Capela ups his intensity too - he has to finish more consistently around the cup.

[TexArcher 38068]

We should be down a lot more than 6.  Steal this thing and get some extra rest, fellas.

[BigOrange1 6471]

cp3!

[TexArcher 38068]

16-7 start to the 3rd quarter.

Here we go.

[BigOrange1 6471]

lmao harden

[HtownHorn 14779]

Capela playing like a pussy again.

[UDontKnow 10450]

Good timeout by D'Antoni. The guys were winded.

[TexArcher 38068]

Won the quarter by 9.

Let's do that again.

Fuck the Jazz and their bitchy fans.

[UDontKnow 10450]

Rockets win 3rd quarter by 9. Up 3 going into the 4th quarter. Sweep the leg!

[HtownHorn 14779]

Going to need another hot quarter BTA. Capela is useless and Gobert is allowed to tackle our players in the paint.

[Planet Houston 4930]

Quin Snyder up close looks like the Crypt Keeper

[Rip76 4947]

Get Green out

[HtownHorn 14779]

Did Faried get hurt again? The bench has 5 points tonight, pathetic.

[UDontKnow 10450]

2 minutes ago, Planet Houston said:

Quin Snyder up close looks like the Crypt Keeper

He looked like a drunk Rudy T. For that matter, Rudy T was drunk nearly all the time.

[UDontKnow 10450]

2 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Did Faried get hurt again? The bench has 5 points tonight, pathetic.

I don't think so. I would have liked to see more Faried when Gobert sat last quarter with foul trouble. But that 3rd quarter went well so can't complain too much. 

Really need to put Gordon back in and feed him.

[Honeysucklerose 990]

Dang

[UDontKnow 10450]

Capela needs to be benched for the rest of game. Not worth playing him this game, he just doesn't have it.

[BigOrange1 6471]

needs to be someone besides tucker taking these shots right now.

[UDontKnow 10450]

Might be nice to run some offensive sets that doesn't involve shooting from 3 because they aren't falling.

[BigOrange1 6471]

man this team just throws up some putrid offensive stretches every now and then.

oh well, on to wednesday.

[TexArcher 38068]

Houston by 26 on Wed.

 

[UDontKnow 10450]

Some of the Rockets body language really poor in that 4th quarter. CP3 trying his ass off with little support. Hopefully it gets done on Wednesday.

[Planet Houston 4930]

12 goddamned points in the 4th quarter. Woof. 

[maninblack 7974]

Made Brothers job easier but it was going 5

[BigOrange1 6471]

so long as they win tomorrow and no one gets hurt, it's not a big deal.

[HtownHorn 14779]

D'Antoni's rotation got really short again last night, and the team was out of gas in the 4Q. Faried got 5 minutes, that's retarded.

[Machinator 32099]

 

[Tylerocks 2553]

With Capela battling a virus, and his ineffectiveness, makes it all the more baffling that Faried didn't get more minutes.

Nene got 0 minutes.

[wildcat09 29388]

Meanwhile Austin Rivers got 20 minutes.

[Dutchrudder 11151]

They went for small ball, against a team that routinely plays 2 PF/centers. It was a weird decision, but with no interior presence, they just chucked 3s most of the game. Only 5 points from the bench doesn't help, but nobody really got going. For as much shit as Harden gets for game 3, the team collectively sucked pretty hard in game 4. 

[Pasken 1309]

It would have been nice to have the extra rest but it'll be nice to hopefully end on a home game before going on the road for 2 tough games in Oakland. 

[Slacks 6862]

They went for small ball, against a team that routinely plays 2 PF/centers. It was a weird decision, but with no interior presence, they just chucked 3s most of the game.

Maths... This is where the math says to put in smaller players and shoot me 3s...

Over time, the math is right. Unfortunately, there is no math for runs, good or bad. The answer is to meet the best shooters keep shooting.

Would be great if the math would also say something about increasing short term success (higher percentage 2s) when NPV of 3s is not paying off...

It seems only Chris Paul has the mid range green light.

[mycox 582]

6 hours ago, Tylerocks said:

With Capela battling a virus, and his ineffectiveness, makes it all the more baffling that Faried didn't get more minutes.

Nene got 0 minutes.

Nene would have got abused. Not sure why Faried didn't get more minutes.

[goatsaag 279]

Going to just a 7 man rotation in the 2nd half was definitely frustrating. If Capela is ineffective, you'd think Faried (or Nene) would get some time and if we're going to play Tucker at center to go small for significant stretches, probably need Green to get more than 3 minutes in the half and/or work in Shumpert.

[Rockethorn1978 6102]

Meh the jazz are a good 5 seed that didn’t want to get swept so they turned it on at home. Houston will win tomorrow and get ready for GS, the small might have been Houston being up 3-0 so toss out a lineup we might use against GS and get them some run in a non pressure situation. Either way this series is over tomorrow.

[ChickenSandwich 9853]

If they call the contact in the paint straight we will win. Prison in the paint ONLY, and we will be sweating it out