2017-18 Rockets Thread

[BigOrange1 6,436]

if iggy can't play again on thursday, i'd be tempted to start gordon ahead of capela and go with the small ball lineup to see if i could get my shooters going early at home.

[Chapo 104]

I just want to say:

PJ mfking Tucker! 

[The Earl of Texas 3,132]

Agreed. If we are going to win this series, you’d think it’ll include EG shooting well.

[BigOrange1 6,436]

i'm also giving luc and maybe even ryno a couple of early minutes to see if either one of them can get going early.  it's gonna be hard to win this series playing 6.5 guys. 

[Sidney Sherman 66]

https://mobile.twitter.com/getnickwright/status/999134924224462848

hope he keeps dancing

 

I was luckily kind of right with my prediction. KD off night, CP3 Legacy. Currys karma catching up to em is sweet too.

Edited May 23, 2018 by Sidney Sherman

[runthebone 7,975]

Green also shoved Harden in the face after Harden fucking killed him with that dunk.

[ChickenSandwich 9,833]

1 minute ago, runthebone said:

Green also shoved Harden in the face after Harden fucking killed him with that dunk.

Son of a bitch gets away with murder. 

[Planet Houston 4,930]

I still can’t believe our boys pulled that off. WOW. Clutch City, baby. 

 

I wreck I-45, I wreck two Screw tapes

I’m three-wheelin, poppin trunk, goin down Fuqua

Edited May 23, 2018 by Planet Houston

[Bender Bending Rodriguez 1,678]

1 hour ago, perfectchaos007 said:

I remember when Luc-Mbah Moute went down I thought our team would have no chance against the Warriors without him. He's healthy but not even in D'antoni's 6 man   rotation

Luc is a shell of himself right now. He would be a huge asset in this series if fully healthy.  

[BigOrange1 6,436]

if ever there was a time for a rockets crowd to say, "fuck you" to all the people who (rightfully) shit all them all the time, thursday is that time.

[SEC 1,174]

Tillman inviting the Santa Fe highschool to the game.

[ChickenSandwich 9,833]

It’s a Street Military night. 

 

#youngbloods/oldschool

[UDontKnow 10,444]

I predicted Rockets in 7. Prediction is still good thus far.

[Dutchrudder 11,137]

PJ Tucker played 44 of 48 minutes. Dude is a gamer! 

[BigOrange1 6,436]

4 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

PJ Tucker played 44 of 48 minutes. Dude is a gamer! 

i think there were some people on the shaggy rockets' offseason thread who were upset when they signed tucker.

[Dutchrudder 11,137]

[Dutchrudder 11,137]

[Dutchrudder 11,137]

[BigOrange1 6,436]

was cool to see pat beverley tweeting during the game.  this was from the harden dunk:

 

[Dutchrudder 11,137]

Oh wow, I didn't know they unfucked the schedule. Game 5 is Thursday, 6 Saturday, 7 on Monday. We have basketball every night of the week through at least Saturday!

[BigOrange1 6,436]

 

[UDontKnow 10,444]

Damn it feels good to be from H-Town!

[Rockethorn1978 6,077]

I would have wanted iggy to play So the warriors played us at full force but I’ll take it.

last game had me down in the dumps so I will gladly eat crow. Just when I think I’m done they pull me right back in. Fucking love/hate my rockets so much.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8,817]

7 hours ago, runthebone said:

Green also shoved Harden in the face after Harden fucking killed him with that dunk.

Dunk of the year, fuck Draymond.

[BigOrange1 6,436]

39 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

I would have wanted iggy to play So the warriors played us at full force but I’ll take it.

last game had me down in the dumps so I will gladly eat crow. Just when I think I’m done they pull me right back in. Fucking love/hate my rockets so much.

oh my god you are such a beating.  you bitched constantly going into the game, were nowhere to be found during the game and now you're here wishing a glue guy would have played alongside his 4 all star teammates, but "you'll take it."  what the fuck ever.

in case you didn't notice, LRMBAM didn't play either and he's as important to the rockets as iggy is to the warriors.  

[Hank Kingsley 20,921]

8 hours ago, BigOrange1 said:

i'm also giving luc and maybe even ryno a couple of early minutes to see if either one of them can get going early.  it's gonna be hard to win this series playing 6.5 guys. 

100% agree. They need to throw Luc out there for 2-3 minutes in the first half. If he's effective, give him a little more run. If not, bench him. But I don't want to walk into game 5 and D'Antoni has already decided to only play 7 guys. 

 

[Hank Kingsley 20,921]

I think endurance/energy will be a factor for the rest of this series.  Good news for Houston: 1. We play at home tomorrow so crowd should energize the players 2. If both teams are dead-legged late, we should win the war of ISO ball on offense/defense if GS falls into that trap again. 

 

[TonyTexas 10,510]

 

[runthebone 7,975]

Role players usually play better at home.  Hope we get a game 2 like performance from them tomorrow.  

 

Luc is obviously fucked in the head.  Like Maverick, we have to keep sending him up. 

[Sleepygrad 1,029]

Good grief, that time added back on and Curry’s wide open 3 almost gave me a heart attack.

Glad we got outta there with a split! Heading home to wind game 5! Thursday should be blackout drunk and lots of yelling wherever I am

[McCroskey 1,504]

17 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

 

That's hilarious.

[Rockethorn1978 6,077]

1 hour ago, BigOrange1 said:

oh my god you are such a beating.  you bitched constantly going into the game, were nowhere to be found during the game and now you're here wishing a glue guy would have played alongside his 4 all star teammates, but "you'll take it."  what the fuck ever.

in case you didn't notice, LRMBAM didn't play either and he's as important to the rockets as iggy is to the warriors.  

I said I will eat my crow. And Iggy is WAY more of a piece for the Warriors than Luc Richard is LULZ. I don't post endlessly during every game because I have a life and family and my son had a Select Basketball game, 4th grade. I kept as much as my phone speed let me watching the stream.

 

And who the FUCK wouldn't bitch as we got blown out by 41? Like we as fans don't have that right by you the self appointed super fan. STFU.

[HtownHorn 14,677]

9 hours ago, BigOrange1 said:

i'm also giving luc and maybe even ryno a couple of early minutes to see if either one of them can get going early.  it's gonna be hard to win this series playing 6.5 guys. 

Ryno's ankle must still be less than a playable %, because he should have played when Golden State was throwing out Looney and Bell for extended minutes. He provides the best floor spacing of our bigs, and would have an easy cover with Looney/Bell on defense.

[Orca of Peace 109]

9 hours ago, BigXII said:

Tillman inviting the Santa Fe highschool to the game.

wow, how many kids is that? + teachers and parents too?

[Sidney Sherman 66]

Lets fucking GO on defense and we will be fine. Ariza was killing it. He has that "championship DNA". 

 

[Viper 12,108]

Anyone else really impressed with those back to back steals Harden had in the 2nd quarter?

[SEC 1,174]

28 minutes ago, Orca of Peace said:

wow, how many kids is that? + teachers and parents too?

300+. It's all the seniors. Also all first responders and some teachers, too. Tillman said he'd provide transportation and food if that would be something preventing any senior from coming.

Those kids deserve this, they need something to cheer them up. I had a cousin in California gift my family ALCS and World Series tickets after the hurricane, and being able to go watch the Astros win in epic fashion really took our minds off the devastation at home. It's so corny to say, but it was something to rally around and helped heal. I hope these kids are in for a treat, so that they can look back on one of the most awful moments of their lives and see that the Rockets were there to pick them up.

Edited May 23, 2018 by BigXII

[Orca of Peace 109]

16 minutes ago, Viper said:

Anyone else really impressed with those back to back steals Harden had in the 2nd quarter?

i guess he knows his former teammate well. 

[HtownHorn 14,677]

20 minutes ago, BigXII said:

300+. It's all the seniors. Also all first responders and some teachers, too. Tillman said he'd provide transportation and food if that would be something preventing any senior from coming.

Those kids deserve this, they need something to cheer them up. I had a cousin in California gift my family ALCS and World Series tickets after the hurricane, and being able to go watch the Astros win in epic fashion really took our minds off the devastation at home. It's so corny to say, but it was something to rally around and helped heal. I hope these kids are in for a treat, so that they can look back on one of the most awful moments of their lives and see that the Rockets were there to pick them up.

Glad to see Tillman extend the tradition of the Rocket's owner being an absolute class act in the community. One of the underrated aspects of Alexander.

[SEC 1,174]

Gerald Green showed up in this baller as fuck Colt 45's jersey last night:

[Sidney Sherman 66]

Oh... and flashback... Shaq was right. Chuckie and Kennie were haters.

 

Edited May 23, 2018 by Sidney Sherman

[BigOrange1 6,436]

7 hours ago, Viper said:

Anyone else really impressed with those back to back steals Harden had in the 2nd quarter?

fuck yeah.  the first one was great and the pass to paul was great too, but the second one was my favorite because he picked him clean one on one.

[BigOrange1 6,436]

i can't imagine that they'll both be out, but...

 

[Dutchrudder 11,137]

Wow, game 5, at home, possibly 2 of the Hampton 5 are out?  Gotta win this one and put their backs up against a wall!

[MNLonghornFUKM 8,817]

I doubt Klay sits, since it didnt look like the knee bothered him as he played.

 

 

[BigOrange1 6,436]

i think it bothered him, but yeah i'd be shocked if it was something he couldn't play through.

[FondrenRoad 4,378]

39 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

Wow, game 5, at home, possibly 2 of the Hampton 5 are out?  Gotta win this one and put their backs up against a wall!

Rockets have to win game 5.  Even then, the Rockets are against the wall, not GS.They have a title.  We don't.  The back and forth series favors them. They won game 1.  We are gonna have to give a shit about 2 games in a row.  And it has to be game 5 because refs are gonna give them game 6 at home no matter what. 

[Orca of Peace 109]

back to back must wins. What pressure! 

[HtownHorn 14,677]

58 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said:

i can't imagine that they'll both be out, but...

 

I can. Iggy is old, and Klay's injury was pretty awful looking. I'm not surprised he came back last night, but I'm pretty sure if there was any structural damage to the ligaments or meniscus, that shit would have blown up overnight. Warriors are in a tough spot, if they play those 2, they risk further injury and could still lose as they did in game 2. They could also try to rest them an extra 2 days, and see how things are for game 6 going forward. Warriors aren't in a do or die situation, but they will be if those 2 get hurt worse.

[HtownHorn 14,677]

24 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

I doubt Klay sits, since it didnt look like the knee bothered him as he played.

 

 

He was grimacing every time he tried to cut. He can still go straight and sit in the corner and drill jump shots, put the ball on the court and try to defend for 40+ minutes, there is no fucking way.