2017-18 Rockets Thread

[ChickenSandwich 9843]

1 hour ago, Fletchers Corny Slayer said:

I trust CP so much more with the final shot

I’d like to think subconsciously these two last second shots by Green and Paul will really help Harden. For the past 4 years he has felt if he didn’t produce we don’t win. That was toxic at the end of games. Maybe this showed him a different path. The last second hero ball seems to have been his biggest weakness in the past (double etc), excited to see his response. 

Edited April 6, 2018 by ChickenSandwich

[BigOrange1 6442]

damn, how did they only score 30 in the 2nd half??

[HtownHorn 14726]

12 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said:

damn, how did they only score 30 in the 2nd half??

At one point they were 12-20 from BTA. They finished 1-17. Not too mention that James and Paul had 35 points at HT, and only 16 in the 2H.

Edited April 6, 2018 by HtownHorn

[BigOrange1 6442]

crazy shit.  

i'm guessing the play the healthy regulars on saturday night and then hopefully harden and paul don't even make the trip to california in the middle of next week.

[Sleepygrad 1029]

when do the playoffs start? next week?

[Mack Tripper 696]

First games are next Saturday.

[third_coaster 4]

What do the rockets have to gain by playing any starters? I wouldn’t do it. ABC seems pretty dumb for picking this game. 

[Rockethorn1978 6093]

If I see any starters play at the lakers or Sacramento my head will explode. But D’ antoni showed last year he plays a short bench and high minutes and doesn’t rest much.

[Brothahorn 10087]

Mark Jackson is a true dumbass.

[GHOSTUSER 361]

8 minutes ago, Brothahorn said:

Mark Jackson is a true dumbass.

No shit. Him saying Harden being the clear-cut favorite to win the MVP is disrespectful to the rest of the field. Idiot.

[third_coaster 4]

No way OKC can keep this up. 

[UDontKnow 10447]

I agree. Quit making Carmelo look all world.

 

[Brothahorn 10087]

Shitty officiating, what's new.

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[Dutchrudder 11141]

That call against Chris Paul is gonna be played a lot tomorrow. He gets run over by Westbrook and it's an offensive foul... Lol

[UDontKnow 10447]

4 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

That call against Chris Paul is gonna be played a lot tomorrow. He gets run over by Westbrook and it's an offensive foul... Lol

It was a bullshit call, but I wish Paul didn't get himself T'ed up for taunting the ref afterwards. Don't gift the opposition free points.

That being said, the Rockets did excellent to fight back and take the lead going into halftime.

[kopp0e 1135]

Houston probably pulls away in this game in the 3rd, OKC is notorious for lapses in cognitive abilities at the start of the 3rd quarter...

[perfectchaos007 6675]

We're playing like shit, but as long as we get out of the next few games healthy thats what matters

[UDontKnow 10447]

1 minute ago, perfectchaos007 said:

We're playing like shit, but as long as we get out of the next few games healthy thats what matters

The Rockets ought to be doing their part to eliminate the Thunder from the playoffs. But they are not at the moment.

[HtownHorn 14726]

Watching Johnson and Nene play like the old men they are makes me hope the Rockets are healthy enough that neither play at all in the playoffs. Need Gordon and Anderson back.

[msbesq 385]

They are leaking oil at just the wrong time. They have played terribly the last four games and I don’t know if they can just turn it on when the intensity begins. At this point I’m mildly concerned but we’ll see soon enough.

[UDontKnow 10447]

 

[BigOrange1 6442]

i'd rather face utah because i don't think they can consistently score enough to beat the rockets, but i'm not really trembling at the thought of either of them.

[msbesq 385]

Utah. A healthy Damian Lillard makes the Trailblazers a dangerous team.

[Slacks 6821]

So... I think I mentioned it on the other site, there is a way to defend the Rockets and OKC did it.  Make the 4th and 5th option beat you. Double James... let him force shots or dribble off his foot or make an ill-advised pass... do not let an average defender get iso'd by him or he will stretch out the entire defense.  You're better off letting PJ or Luc or Trevor or whomever "go off" for 16 than let Harden score 30 with 12 assists.  Good playoff teams are going to double Harden early.

[Horns RD Standard 67]

1 hour ago, Snacks said:

So... I think I mentioned it on the other site, there is a way to defend the Rockets and OKC did it.  Make the 4th and 5th option beat you. Double James... let him force shots or dribble off his foot or make an ill-advised pass... do not let an average defender get iso'd by him or he will stretch out the entire defense.  You're better off letting PJ or Luc or Trevor or whomever "go off" for 16 than let Harden score 30 with 12 assists.  Good playoff teams are going to double Harden early.

Yeah, you just hope its not PJ or Luc you're having to rely on hitting those shots in those situations, but rather EG, CP3 or Anderson instead.

[Slacks 6821]

46 minutes ago, Horns RD Standard said:

Yeah, you just hope its not PJ or Luc you're having to rely on hitting those shots in those situations, but rather EG, CP3 or Anderson instead.

I'm not convinced Ryan Anderson would get hot, either.  Especially in TC. 

I'd double off Anderson, PJ, Luc, Joe...

Can't really double off Green, because he'll drive and dunk... 

Trevor, EG, CP3 will hit their shots enough that they won't be the double... unless Trevor is on the arc somewhere instead of the corner.

 

And it's not as if teams have to be great at it.  They just have to limit Harden's easy buckets (limit fouls, open shots, and easy assists to Clint.)

I'm interested in seeing if teams do this and how the Rockets counter.  FORTUNATELY... Point God is here to take some of that.

 

 

[Chapo 104]

We will be better when we stop playing Joe Johnson, he is so bad on defense and barely passable shooting 3s

[Thiefery 5013]

Luc and PJ need to continue to improve hitting 3's

[HtownHorn 14726]

Any news on Gordon and Anderson?

[BigOrange1 6442]

 

[Dutchrudder 11141]

I'm fine with all of those. Should be an easy 4/5 game series.

[HoustonFrog 368]

Avoid OKC and hope Blazers at 3 seed to scare GS. Anything else is OK

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[BigOrange1 6442]

so if feigen's tweet is true, i think these are the scenarios:

spurs beat pelicans = rockets vs pelicans first round.

pelicans beat spurs, wolves beat nuggets = rockets vs. wolves.

pelicans beat spurs, nuggets beat wolves - rockets vs. spurs.

 

all of those are based on the thunder beating memphis.  should they somehow lose that game, they'd be tied with at least 2 teams with 35 losses and i don't feel like running down all those tiebreakers right now.

[Guest ¡Pinche Pendejos!]

Losing to the Thunder to keep them out of the 8 seed battle was good in the long run. Let's see how Dumb'toni fucks up and plays the starters 30+ minutes on these back to back garbage games.

[Dutchrudder 11141]

OKC was never in play for the 8th seed unless they went 0-3 to end the season. There were too many games among the other 5-9 West teams for them to fall. Would have been great to knock them down to 7 and screw with the Warriors, but they couldn't get it done.

[perfectchaos007 6675]

Mbah Moute just dislocated his shoulder. furk

[HoustonFrog 368]

Not great

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[BigOrange1 6442]

i don't understand why anyone who matters is playing tonight.

[perfectchaos007 6675]

If his injury is indeed 6 weeks just like last time, then Mbah Moute should be back around game 5 of the western conference finals. 

[Thiefery 5013]

i honestly thought that the RGV roster would've been called up for these two games on the road to end the season.  Luckily we signed Joe defensive nails Johnson

[Thiefery 5013]

8 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

If his injury is indeed 6 weeks just like last time, then Mbah Moute should be back around game 5 of the western conference finals. 

its gonna be longer than that

[TexArcher 37980]

God fucking dammit.

[HoustonFrog 368]

Really bad decision by Coach. No need

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[runthebone 8015]

Do you need two shoulders to play basketball?

 

 

Shit.

[TonyTexas 10517]

i don't understand why anyone who matters is playing tonight.

Someone has to play.

[BigOrange1 6442]

that doesn't mean that guys like harden and paul do.

[Planet Houston 4930]

Bad break, shitty final note to the greatest Rockets regular season (by far) in history. 

But not fatal. Time to go to work. 

[APMP 688]

Man this annoys me. Wanted Luc for the Golden State matchup. Not annoyed enough to take my coach of the year away from D'Antoni, but still.

 

 

[Guest ¡Pinche Pendejos!]

Fuck Dumb'toni

[Chuckie Finster 22701]

2 hours ago, Guest ¡Pinche Pendejos! said:

Fuck Dumb'toni

Who was he supposed to play last night?  You saw the scrub lineup at the end, right?  The one with Ariza still in there?  Yeah, that would have been Luc had he not been injured.

Newsflash: Even if D'Antoni rested everyone but his last 5 bench players, Luc would have still played.. and probably more than normal.  If D'Antoni decided to rest Luc and Ariza or Green got injured instead, all of the idiot Houston sports fans would be blaming D'Antoni for resting him.  

I support resting players, and it would be one thing if Harden or Paul went down in the 4th quarter last night.  But there's no realistic scenario in today's NBA where your 6th or 7th best player isn't playing in the 2nd quarter.  Blaming the coach is an incredible lazy take.