2017-18 Rockets Thread

[Sidney Sherman 66]

Just now, Dutchrudder said:

Awful 4th quarter led to the loss. Not much hitting to end the game. Dunno what happened to Capella, but it felt like he didn't play the last 8 minutes.

Foul trouble.

2 minutes ago, UDontKnow said:

The refs aren't responsible for the Rockets giving up 116 points at home. Give it a rest.

Did you watch the game? CP3 and Harden each had 5 fouls and Clint had 4. The officiating was one way the whole game. They overturned an offensive foul on Goobert and turned into a foul on Clint for NOTHING. 

[UDontKnow 10,447]

1 minute ago, Sidney Sherman said:

Foul trouble.

Did you watch the game? CP3 and Harden each had 5 fouls and Clint had 4. The officiating was one way the whole game. They overturned an offensive foul on Goobert and turned into a foul on Clint for NOTHING. 

You must have missed the part where Mitchell and Exum also had 5 fouls each. The Jazz had 25 FTA and the Rockets had 27 FTA. But keep fucking that chicken.

[Sidney Sherman 66]

3 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

They shot 51% and we shot 40%.  It happens.

We're 2-0 in Utah this season.  We'll get at least one of the next two.

Rockets should be able to take them both. I'm sure Reggie Miller just loves these guys, but the Jazz are garbage.

I hope Mittens Romney and the Utah fans get BTFO. Worstbrook said they were shit talking his family, maybe some shit like that will light a fire under some of these Rockets.

They need an asshole. They need Green to throw some elbows and put some fear in the other team. PJ ain't doing it.

[Rockethorn1978 6,093]

Three point makes was the difference. Rockets won every other stat line. Rebounds, steals, blocks, and won the turnover battle. Rockets only chance of winning a title is to hit threes.

[BigOrange1 6,441]

jazz outscored the rockets by 15 from 3.  more than anything, that's the key stat to the game.

[Artificial Iverson 107]

Gordon 3-6 from 3, rest of team 7-31 

[Sidney Sherman 66]

1 minute ago, UDontKnow said:

You must have missed the part where Mitchell and Exum also had 5 fouls each. The Jazz had 25 FTA and the Rockets had 27 FTA. But keep fucking that chicken.

So you didn't watch it and you jist think the stats can tell the story od how shit the officiating was? 

I think the Rockets take the next 3 anyway, then the way this one was officiated will be pretty obvious.

[UDontKnow 10,447]

Just now, Rockethorn1978 said:

Three point makes was the difference. Rockets won every other stat line. Rebounds, steals, blocks, and won the turnover battle. Rockets only chance of winning a title is to hit threes.

Pretty much, because the Rockets will not defend the 3 pt line (haven't done it the entire season). They just might have to start defending because Utah will continue to chase them off of the 3 pt line - so less attempts by the Rockets.

[UDontKnow 10,447]

Just now, Sidney Sherman said:

So you didn't watch it and you jist think the stats can tell the story od how shit the officiating was? 

I think the Rockets take the next 3 anyway, then the way this one was officiated will be pretty obvious.

If the Rockets win the next 3 in a row, I'll eat my hat.

[CurlyDumps 4,476]

Yeah who gives a shit about the officiating.  Defense was terrible, Paul was bad, Harden was bad, and the supporting cast let Joe Engels, Dante Exum, and some guy named Burks punk them at home.  Now they have to get their shit together and win on the road.

Edited May 3, 2018 by CurlyDumps

[perfectchaos007 6,672]

Tucker should not be allowed to shoot a 3 unless he’s in the corner 

[Chet Steadman 940]

23 minutes ago, Sidney Sherman said:

Foul trouble.

Did you watch the game? CP3 and Harden each had 5 fouls and Clint had 4. The officiating was one way the whole game. They overturned an offensive foul on Goobert and turned into a foul on Clint for NOTHING. 

You seem unhinged. 

[TexArcher 37,935]

Man, stop with refs.  Yeah, they missed some calls, but it seemed pretty even to me, and I'm a total homer.  They were incompetent, not biased.

Again: they shot 51% and we shot 40%.  Game over.

The fucking refs didn't force us to leave a 5-foot radius of open court around Ingles all night.

Edited May 3, 2018 by TexArcher

[hookem48 4,700]

25 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

Three point makes was the difference. Rockets won every other stat line. Rebounds, steals, blocks, and won the turnover battle. Rockets only chance of winning a title is to hit threes.

everything that's wrong with basketball wrapped up in one post.

[Funk Doctor Spock 12,402]

That dunk by Mitchell was insane. After that it seemed like Utah got juiced and went crazy. I'll bet this series goes to 6 or 7

[ChickenSandwich 9,843]

Gortat was camping in the lane and boxing out creating clean drives to the basket. Need to call a couple of 3 second calls or change the strategy if they are going to let him do that. 

Great adjustments by Snyder. Can’t give away a first quarter like that, been that way for the last month and a half. 

Edited May 3, 2018 by ChickenSandwich

[52-80 19,162]

10 hours ago, Sidney Sherman said:

Foul trouble.

Did you watch the game? CP3 and Harden each had 5 fouls and Clint had 4. The officiating was one way the whole game. They overturned an offensive foul on Goobert and turned into a foul on Clint for NOTHING. 

https://streamable.com/vwl68

Face it, Harden a bitch.

[Sidney Sherman 66]

1 hour ago, 52-80 said:

https://streamable.com/vwl68

Face it, Harden a bitch.

Drawing a foul on someone running back lazy to play defense is a bitch move? 

Imagine being 7 foot in the NBA and grabbing dicks instead of trying to block shots.

 

[runthebone 8,001]

Hopefully we don't defend like that again, and they don't shoot like that again.  Either way, it was disappointing energy for the second round of the playoffs.

[Planet Houston 4,930]

I think that the officiating was pretty pro-Utah, but at the end of the day, it doesn't matter.  What frustrated me to no end was that our guys - especially Harden and CP3 - just stopped playing time and again to bitch about a missed call while Utah was running a fast-break the other way.  Reggie Miller kept harping about our defense being better when we score buckets on the offensive end - if our guys stopped whining instead of hustling back on D, we wouldn't have that problem.

Edited May 3, 2018 by Planet Houston

[elguapo 4,586]

Rockets are taking both games in Utah, fuck the Jazz.

[UDontKnow 10,447]

2 hours ago, 52-80 said:

https://streamable.com/vwl68

Face it, Harden a bitch.

You need to not post in this thread. It's a Rockets fan only thread. There is a separate series thread for the bitchasses like you. 

[52-80 19,162]

2 minutes ago, UDontKnow said:

You need to not post in this thread. It's a Rockets fan only thread. There is a separate series thread for the bitchasses like you. 

Do you need a safe space?

[Dutchrudder 11,141]

Why don't you go back to the OKC Offseason thread, you fucking troll. 

[Rockethorn1978 6,093]

Rockets have lostbtwo games in the playoff so far, in both games the opposing teams shot more than likely there season high for made threes and percentage. The only way this rockets team will get beat by the likes of the jazz and minny is for them to out shoot Houston at a high rate. Tip your cap and move on to game 3. 

 

And for the record, I don't think Houston can beat the Warriors in a 7 game series, I will when I see them accomplish it but right now I don't like a team that hasn't ever won shit think they are good enough o play bored because they think or know that if they play ata high level will win. Don't take games off. Warriors can do it because they've won 2 titles. 

[ChickenSandwich 9,843]

D’Antoni is being too rigid with the rotations. Especially with Paul and Harden. 

IMO our best line up of the season was Paul/Harde with Tucker Luc and Capela. 

By the time Ariza came back from injury, Luc was hurt so it was natural to go back to the Ariza line up. 

Playoffs are a different animal and staying on the regular season script will have consequences 

[UDontKnow 10,447]

2 minutes ago, ChickenSandwich said:

D’Antoni is being too rigid with the rotations. Especially with Paul and Harden. 

IMO our best line up of the season was Paul/Harde with Tucker Luc and Capela. 

By the time Ariza came back from injury, Luc was hurt so it was natural to go back to the Ariza line up. 

Playoffs are a different animal and staying on the regular season script will have consequences 

His refusal to adapt will be the death of the Rockets. Every single point of this post is accurate. Harden needs more burn and the starting lineup should be Mbah a Moute instead of Ariza.

[immortal13 4,059]

Rockets only thread? Lulz

[UDontKnow 10,447]

2 minutes ago, immortal13 said:

Rockets only thread? Lulz

Are you still asking what the score is in multiple threads? Lulz.

[immortal13 4,059]

Butthurt?

Edited May 3, 2018 by immortal13

[Dutchrudder 11,141]

4 minutes ago, immortal13 said:

Rockets only thread? Lulz

It has always been the norm since shaggybevo that the team threads are not to be used for trolling and threadshitting. Do it all you want in the series and general threads.

[UDontKnow 10,447]

3 minutes ago, immortal13 said:

Butthurt?

You had to edit that post? Bitchass?

[immortal13 4,059]

I forgot the question mark, even though it really wasn't necessary.

[Sidney Sherman 66]

Good news boys, Spurs nut-hugger SKEEIIIPPP picking the jizz.

 

Edited May 3, 2018 by Sidney Sherman

[Rockethorn1978 6,093]

Its amazing to me how whatever team wins 1 game, everyone thinks that team is now going to win the series and everything has changed. When Houston wins Friday it will shut up the masses.

[52-80 19,162]

1 hour ago, Dutchrudder said:

It has always been the norm since shaggybevo that the team threads are not to be used for trolling and threadshitting. Do it all you want in the series and general threads.

It has been the norm since the internet participants shouldn't be so soft

[CurlyDumps 4,476]

Immortal took a break from stabbing his Lebron voodoo doll with angry tears streaming down his face.

[Pam Cummings 9,644]

6 hours ago, 52-80 said:

https://streamable.com/vwl68

Face it, Harden a bitch.

Lmao, it's crazy to me that Rocket fans go the ref blaming route while Harden is pulling shit like this every game. 

 

Maybe if he actually tried to score the ball more often instead of trying to manufacture calls the Rockets would be actually capable of going the distance.

[Rockethorn1978 6,093]

37 minutes ago, Pam Cummings said:

Lmao, it's crazy to me that Rocket fans go the ref blaming route while Harden is pulling shit like this every game. 

 

Maybe if he actually tried to score the ball more often instead of trying to manufacture calls the Rockets would be actually capable of going the distance.

So when a guy is guarding harden and he puts his arms out to hand check and harden pulls up quick to shoot causing the defenders arm to make contact and drawing the foul is a “bitch move”? Harden creates contact that is there to create, defenders can’t hand check and if the reach out and he pulls up then they are the idiots that don’t know how to guard harden. 

 

Just because Harden is the best at creating a legal move doesn’t mean it’s a bitch move. That’s what dumbasses say that can’t guard harden.

[Pam Cummings 9,644]

33 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

So when a guy is guarding harden and he puts his arms out to hand check and harden pulls up quick to shoot causing the defenders arm to make contact and drawing the foul is a “bitch move”? Harden creates contact that is there to create, defenders can’t hand check and if the reach out and he pulls up then they are the idiots that don’t know how to guard harden. 

 

Just because Harden is the best at creating a legal move doesn’t mean it’s a bitch move. That’s what dumbasses say that can’t guard harden.

I think hes a good player but its hard to respect a guy whose game is built around creating and exaggerating contact in order to get free throws. It's a strategy that literally begs the refs to participate and help you decide the outcome of the game.

 

The reality of the situation is that when the playoffs start and defenders are able to get away with a little more those whistles aren't gonna come as often, he's not gonna be used to playing through contact, and he's gonna get shook. As a result he is gonna be easier to defend.

Edited May 3, 2018 by Pam Cummings

[Rockethorn1978 6,093]

It’s not exaggerated just because you don’t like it. If you stick your arms out and harden takes advantage of that by going into a shooting motion and your arm creates contact with my arm tell me how that is a bitch move? Because it isn’t been done so now it’s a bitch move? 

 

Flopping when no contact is made like lebron and manu do is a bigger bitch move than taking advantage of actual contact. 

[immortal13 4,059]

3 hours ago, CurlyDumps said:

Immortal took a break from stabbing his Lebron voodoo doll with angry tears streaming down his face.

I ran it through the wood chipper

[immortal13 4,059]

1 hour ago, Pam Cummings said:

I think hes a good player but its hard to respect a guy whose game is built around creating and exaggerating contact in order to get free throws. It's a strategy that literally begs the refs to participate and help you decide the outcome of the game.

 

The reality of the situation is that when the playoffs start and defenders are able to get away with a little more those whistles aren't gonna come as often, he's not gonna be used to playing through contact, and he's gonna get shook. As a result he is gonna be easier to defend.

Until they change the rules, it's just smart basketball. KD does it as well as a number of other star players. Harden is just the master

[Dutchrudder 11,141]

The way guys kick out their legs on jump shots to create contact annoy's me more than the shooting through their arms thing. I really don't understand why they continue to reward that move, but it has been around as long as I can remember. Refs fall for it all the time.

[Sidney Sherman 66]

19 hours ago, Dutchrudder said:

The way guys kick out their legs on jump shots to create contact annoy's me more than the shooting through their arms thing. I really don't understand why they continue to reward that move, but it has been around as long as I can remember. Refs fall for it all the time.

Actually they don't, they are now told only to protect the area below the shooter so they can land without twisting the fuck out of their ankle (Kawaii). 

I thought it was the Allen Iverson rule, but actually that's palming the ball and calling carry. It's the Reggie Miller rules.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1382890-breaking-down-what-the-new-reggie-miller-rule-will-mean-for-nba-jumpshooters

 

[Dutchrudder 11,141]

This is hilarious

 

[CurlyDumps 4,476]

hopefully the plan tonight is to not come out like they’re still groggy from the strip club.

[UDontKnow 10,447]

Thanks to the Pelicans for making their series with Golden State go at least 5 games. I hope Simon Honeybone is right that the Rockets take both games in Utah and close out in Game 5 at home.

[TexArcher 37,935]

I need a blowout.  Shut these goofy ass mayonnaise fans up by the end of the first.  I hate Utah.

[UDontKnow 10,447]

First shot, open 3 point make for Ingles. Shoot me.

Nice 8-0 response by the Rockets and smart time out by Quin Snyder. Take note of that D'Antoni.

Edited May 5, 2018 by UDontKnow