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

[Rockethorn1978 6153]

Harden is on another planet right now and right now is the perfect time to improve the roster for the long haul and playoffs, at some point he will hit a wall and will need help if morey has a realistic expectation for a title. 

[UDontKnow 10505]

1 hour ago, ChickenSandwich said:

38 and counting for James. He’s becoming the entire Buffalo bills organization before our eyes. 

Ho hum. Another 40 point game and win

I hate you for that.

Can James do it again on Thursday against the Warriors? Would be nice to get Eric Gordon back for that tilt.

[UTDD 362]

2 hours ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

Harden is on another planet right now and right now is the perfect time to improve the roster for the long haul and playoffs, at some point he will hit a wall and will need help if morey has a realistic expectation for a title. 

He's playing out of his mind right now, I am very impressed.  He is basically almost unstoppable in iso on the top of the key.  I only hope he can pace himself for the playoffs without burning out too early.  I had Giannis as MVP for a long while now, but Harden is streaking right up there.

[BigOrange1 6543]

big 4 game stretch coming up starting tonight: @ golden state, @ portland, vs. denver, vs. milwaukee.

if harden keeps up his recent stretch of play through these 4, he's probably the mvp front runner a week from now.

[BigOrange1 6543]

it's tough seeing #2 out there and it not being patrick beverley 

[NowThis 931]

GSW has dominated yet now an 8 pt game 

[BigOrange1 6543]

harden is just sick.

[BigOrange1 6543]

let's get harden back in and win this bitch!

[Dutchrudder 11160]

This is winnable, which is surprising to me. I thought GS would dominate this game at home, but they do not look as good as past years. If our defense was a little better we would be up 10+.

[BigOrange1 6543]

1 point game!

[BigOrange1 6543]

lol, overtime.

[perfectchaos007 6716]

Overtime. Shit we still haven't had a lead since the 1st

[BigOrange1 6543]

bull fucking shit

[BigOrange1 6543]

how in the motherfuck do they miss that shit?

[TonyTexas 10571]

How do they miss that OB call? Ridiculous

[David Dennison 19121]

That's one of the worst missed calls I've seen in a long time.

[perfectchaos007 6716]

we got hosed

[elfenix 34387]

fuck you warriors!  fuck you NBA!

Edited January 4, 2019 by elfenix

[BigOrange1 6543]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Victor Lazlo 1788]

Refs totally incompetent to miss that shit. 

And Boom! Harden. Wow

[Agent 13 315]

Justice.

[David Dennison 19121]

Burn.

[perfectchaos007 6716]

MVP

[Dutchrudder 11160]

MVP

This.

[APMP 688]

Nothing like beating the Warriors and the refs during the same game

[SEC 1174]

Un-fucking-believable

GSW at full strength and Harden still beat them

MVP

[Bobby Light 76]

Harden is unstoppable right now. Fuck all the haters

[APMP 688]

how in the motherfuck do they miss that shit?

How do they miss that OB call? Ridiculous

That's one of the worst missed calls I've seen in a long time.

we got hosed

BALL DON'T LIE

[SEC 1174]

straight up the hottest team in the NBA

Rockets on fire

[perfectchaos007 6716]

https://twitter.com/CP3/status/1081070635810521088

[SEC 1174]

harden has no ceiling goddamn. How does he get better every year??

[APMP 688]

Morey:

[perfectchaos007 6716]

We went from 2nd to last in the western conference to #4 and in position to host a first round in just a few weeks.

[Victor Lazlo 1788]

That’s got to be the all time worst missed call I’ve ever seen. 

And I’m not a spring chicken. Seen a lot of bad calls. 

But, Got Damn. 

[Dutchrudder 11160]

That’s got to be the all time worst missed call I’ve ever seen. 
And I’m not a spring chicken. Seen a lot of bad calls. 
But, Got Damn. 

His shoes blend in with the paint, anyone could have mistaken it.

[CurlyDumps 4557]

Austin Rivers tho 

[Bender Bending Rodriguez 1697]

4.5 games behind the best record in the NBA with 45 games remaining. Horrific start seemingly erased with the cavalry rejoining the team in the next week or so. Best of times. Keep it going. 

[UTDD 362]

Harden. Is. Not. Human. Wow.  He's carrying so much load right now and just straight up dominating.  Very impressed, and the refs tonight are probably relived because that missed OB call was really horrific at a bad time.  Great game overall.

[Planet Houston 4943]

Holy fuck that was ridiculous. M. V. P. 

He hit it in Draymond’s eye, got fouled with no call and looked right over at him while on the ground and yelled “Motherfucker!”

That was incredible. 9 straight with 35+ and 5+ assists. MVP moment early in the season. 

 

 

[UDontKnow 10505]

1 hour ago, CurlyDumps said:

Austin Rivers tho 

I'm coming around him. He's bought in and become a team player.

How long can Harden sustain his blitzkrieg performance? Hope Eric Gordon and CP3 are back soon. Want Harden to save some of his lightning in a bottle for the playoffs.

[Dutchrudder 11160]

 

 

[Dutchrudder 11160]

After the Warriors loss to the Rockets tonight, they became 156-2 after leading by 20 in the Steve Kerr era.

[GHOSTUSER 361]

Incredible performance. I’m so glad I stuck through watching that game late last night. Harden’s game winning shot was incredible. Pleasantly surprised with Austin Rivers and the rest of the bench is coming into shape. The refs not calling the ball out of bounds against the Warriors with Durant completely in the yellow paint was the most ridiculous ref fuckup against the Rockets since the refs didn’t start the clock against the Jazz at the end of the game in the playoffs back in the day with Gene Peterson going ballistic. One of the all time Geno moments and we still won.

 

[The Earl of Texas 3180]

Holy shit what a game. 

[NowThis 931]

what was the largest deficit, 18 or 20??   Green, House and Rivers had very good games (aside from sounding like an enviro friendly company).   

[HtownHorn 14923]

Rockets were down 73-53 1 minute into the 3Q.

Harden is the best player in the game right now, he has taken the mantle from Lebron. Lebron has never done what Harden is doing this season. It was bound to happen sooner or later.

[HtownHorn 14923]

I'm liking where the depth of this team might be heading. The guy I would like the most is Joe Harris and his 48% 3P shooting, but with House having 3 very good games in a row now, he might have bought himself some more time as the starter. Ennis didn't look fully healthy last night, and Gerald Green started slow but ended up having a nice scoring night.

PG - Paul(hurt), Rivers, Knight

SG - Harden, Gordon(hurt), Green

SF - House, Ennis(hurt), Green

PF - Tucker

C - Capela, Nene

 

I guess they could also use another big behind Tucker, though Ennis would probably slot in there when he gets full healthy. Right now PJ and Harden are playing way too many minutes.

[Roofle 302]

Anyone else still hard from last night? Should I go to the doctor, or...?

[APMP 688]

Anyone else still hard from last night? Should I go to the doctor, or...?

Nah. Save your deductible. Still got the Texans tomorrow.

[UDontKnow 10505]

Minnesota T-Wolves can Tom Thibodeau. It will never happen, but I would love to have him here as an assistant coach.