2017-18 Rockets Thread

[UDontKnow 10439]

2 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

I don't understand why they aren't going at Rose every time down the court. He's their worst defender, and they aren't really exploiting it. 

It's a good idea especially considering that Rose was generating much of Minnesota's offense. He stepped in well for Jeff Teague.

Overall, in a good position at halftime considering the majority of the production came from Capela and Harden. I'm so impressed at how Capela is massively outplaying Karl-Anthony Towns. The Rockets have gotten minimal offensive production from CP3, Ariza, and Tucker so can't complain too much about the halftime score.

[BigOrange1 6352]

 

[TexArcher 36905]

Okay, getting a little nervous here.

Nice answer, PJ.

[UDontKnow 10439]

Shit start to the 3rd quarter. What is D'Antoni waiting for?

[HoustonFrog 368]

This was a bad matchup as an #8 seed with Butler back. Spurs are dead walking without Kawhi

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[HoustonFrog 368]

Tucker is a disaster

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[TexArcher 36905]

2 minutes ago, HoustonFrog said:

This was a bad matchup as an #8 seed with Butler back.
 

Rockets in 5.

[BigOrange1 6352]

man it'd be nice if someone other than harden or capela would show up.

[BigOrange1 6352]

oh my god.

[BigOrange1 6352]

so. fucking. good.

[TexArcher 36905]

Fuck yeah!  Good hands on a steal and Harden with a 3 point play.  Needed all of that.

[TexArcher 36905]

After all that crap, we only lost the 3rd quarter by 3 points.

Plenty of time to turn this into a double-digit win.

[GHOSTUSER 361]

CP3 has played like shit so far tonight. I hope he turns it around in the 4th

[UDontKnow 10439]

1 minute ago, Iconoclast Texan said:

CP3 has played like shit so far tonight. I hope he turns it around in the 4th

 

[UDontKnow 10439]

He was hurting the Rockets all game. Now it appears he's hurting.

[BigOrange1 6352]

harden not sitting to start the 4th.

Edited April 16, 2018 by BigOrange1

[TexArcher 36905]

Nice move, Gerald.

[UDontKnow 10439]

3 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said:

harden not sitting to start the 4th.

Welcome to the playoffs!

[TexArcher 36905]

Paul got away with one so they penalized PJ.  Shit.

[TexArcher 36905]

Then they set a moving screen and nothing.

[BigOrange1 6352]

if you were going to rest harden you should have just done it to start the quarter, not halfway through it.

[BigOrange1 6352]

james harden is still not in the game...

[BigOrange1 6352]

and now the wolves take butler out.  peculiar strategies here. 

[BigOrange1 6352]

oh FUCK YES!

[TexArcher 36905]

James Harden is an animal.

Say what you want about his history in the playoffs, but he's basically winning this game single-handedly.

[BigOrange1 6352]

 

[BigOrange1 6352]

the james harden show.

[HoustonFrog 368]

Insane they missed that travel

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[TexArcher 36905]

God dammit, Paul, wtf are you god damned doing?!

[BigOrange1 6352]

chris paul are you fucking kidding me?

[BigOrange1 6352]

don't let them shoot a 3.  foul.

[HoustonFrog 368]

Playoffs Chris Paul

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[BigOrange1 6352]

by the skin of their teeth.

[DaysOff 7671]

That was a little too hard

[TexArcher 36905]

Fuck it.  1-0.

[oh_snap 692]

Ugly. But count it. 15 more

[HtownHorn 14285]

Everyone except Harden and Capela needs to go find a slump buster before game 2.

[UDontKnow 10439]

A win, but in no mood to celebrate it. 

[BigOrange1 6352]

10 of 37 from 3.  if they're gonna shoot that poorly from downtown every game will be a struggle. 

[Dutchrudder 10973]

Really bad shooting night for most of the team, and they still pulled it off. Can't be too upset, jump shooting teams will have off nights every now and then. 

[UDontKnow 10439]

Lol.

 

[BigOrange1 6352]

1 minute ago, Dutchrudder said:

Really bad shooting night for most of the team, and they still pulled it off. Can't be too upset, jump shooting teams will have off nights every now and then. 

yeah my guess is they come out and make 17-18 three's on wednesday night.

[BigOrange1 6352]

people forget that this team hasn't played a game that matters in a really long time before tonight.

[GHOSTUSER 361]

Our team other than Capela and Harden played as bad they have all season and the T-Wolves made more 3s than they usually do while we missed a shit ton more than we do on a typical poor shooting night. If they were going to take a game, it was there for them tonight. We are going to round into form and blow them out with a hot shooting night in Game 2 in my humble opinion.

[washparkhorn 9894]

Minnesota is scrappy, but Harden is the MVP and played like it tonight. Great game. 

[maninblack 7974]

We won. All I give a shit about

[The Tower 362]

a win is a win.  

[BigOrange1 6352]

this is fantastic:

 

[Planet Houston 4918]

Way to close it out. 6/8 of our rotation played like dogshit, 2 guys out and Harden balls out to deliver the win. I can’t say I’m disappointed that he went off Game 1 - while CP3 is unlikely to play as poorly as he did tonight, we need Harden to shake off his reputation of laying clunkers when it matters. 

1-0. 

[Artificial Iverson 107]

Minny and Philly seem to have the biggest starting 5 and it's giving the Rockets trouble.