Houston Rockets Thread - Preseason vs Spurs (Friday)

[Peep Game]

I didn't even notice that

 

[markangelo]

 
I dont understand why James wouldnt be the one taken the last shot smh.

Ariza stays tryna do too much sometimes 

 ***** dumb as hell

Trevor with a weird as shot tryna draw contact smfh

Also why tf wasnt Capela in there down the strecth to rebound and defend the rim. It seemed like we couldnt get a rebound for **** and there was alot of layups late down the stretch 

all of this..

why wasn't Capela in during crunch time?? wtf Mchale 

 He was playing great too 

that last shot pretty much proves how Mchale doesn't have great offensive sets for the team 

On to the next one, but it would've been nice to have gotten the win 

 

[statis22]

Just took this outside the window at root sports. Calvin looking like a clown as usual

Murph 

 

[do work son]

it was a basic play at the end. we'd ran it a couple times and got a ton of wide open 3s for ariza. mixed in a wrinkle to give ariza another screen after he screens for harden. they just didn't double harden this time. it happens. on to the next, and getting healthy.

if we get a healthy dwight dmo and jones for the playoffs, we might be a problem. less work for harden

 

[markangelo]

forgot to mention but did anyone else think Pablo played great? The best game Ive seen from him yet in a rockets uni...

 

[do work son]

yep, set up all those capela dunks. he's got enough savvy to get minutes. need to morph his mind with nick johnson's body. analytics gotta figure that out next

 

[rosegoldsluggs]

Pablo played good out there. It also helped that he had capela on the other end dunking everything lol big difference from dorsey fumbling passes 

Past two games ive been really impressed by Nick Johnsons defense. Not the tallest but hes quick enough and strong enough to stay in front of his man and hold his ground.

Lou will had some shots go in but nick played solid d the whole time.

Mchale definitely has to get this guy some more PT and decrease Jet and pablos minutes before they break down lol boys are too old

 

[earldagoat]

 

[Peep Game]

Pablo played good out there. It also helped that he had capela on the other end dunking everything lol big difference from dorsey fumbling passes 


Past two games ive been really impressed by Nick Johnsons defense. Not the tallest but hes quick enough and strong enough to stay in front of his man and hold his ground.
Lou will had some shots go in but nick played solid d the whole time.

Mchale definitely has to get this guy some more PT and decrease Jet and pablos minutes before they break down lol boys are too old

Welp, may as well insert Johnson's name in there too
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Also, apparently Dwight isn't playing tonight, but will play tomorrow vs Dallas. In good news, TJones will play tonight.

 

[earldagoat]

Mark Berman @MarkBermanFox26 Follow

Clint Capela when told Dwight & Terrence said he will not get away with dunking like that in practice: "I will try to dunk on them too"

11:06 AM - 1 Apr 2015

 

[earldagoat]

Like the idea of saving Superman for Dallas.

 

[polosanddunks]

I swear Harden better play at this high level in the playoffs cuz we all know his #s in the offs are awful . Especially when he wraps up that MVP

 

[sole searchin]

Harden put the team on his beard.


No starting PG, missing 2 bigs, still get the W. On to Dallas tomorrow.


Btw just reading the NT nba thread and the national media in regards to the Rockets, I embrace this whole villian/bad guys theme that everyone seems to give us.

 

[bonafide hustla]

"meaningful" is subjective as far as giving him minutes goes, but Clint has talent. If all the other bigs are healthy, I rather see him play spot minutes than Dorsey tbh.

I honestly think Harden will do well in the playoffs, but our coaching will be more important. How we counter some of the better coaches' strategies. Harden can put up buckets on bummy teams (and good teams) on any night, but that's leaving more to chance than strategy imo. Can't put that all on the players. Same ish that's been discussed since last year's loss. Hopefully these new bodies/better defense help us out.

 

[sole searchin]

Coaching is the reason why I don't want any part of the Spurs in the first round.

Mchale vs Pop.


Uhhhhh

 

[jewbacca2]

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[Peep Game]

I hope Ariza doesn't ave an actual injury, and he was being helped off the court do to fatigue and nothing more

I hate that we had to escape with this victory, but I'll take a W any day. TJones looked very good once again, and he's gonna be key for that playoff run. Not sure what else to say about Harden tonight, he definitely did carry the team on his beard Liked Pablo's general veteran presence, hitting nice passing and everything. Just can't have him nor Terry (who was awful tonight) logging heavy minutes. Had it not been for a game tomorrow, I'm guessing Johnson would've got some PT. Dorsey stinks, and Capela needs to be getting some of his minutes. Lil D tomorrow night, and Howard's presence will def be needed with these other guys logging all these minutes. He should inject some freshness for tomorrow.

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[sole searchin]

Man, we need to win out to win the division unless memphis drops a game. We own the divisional with less loses but we got dallas, OKC, and SAS X2 our next 4 games.

Memphis gots GSW in the second to last game where they may rest players.


F' it, let's do the damn thing.

 

[rosegoldsluggs]

I have a good feeling Harden gonna show up big in the playoffs 

For yall that have watched him play since he got here 3 years ago hes grown every year.

This season Harden is a completely different payer than he was last year and it clearly shows that hes more focused now.

Last year he used to do the dumbest **** that used to piss me off sooo bad 

Last year and in the playoffs looked like he didnt know what to do at times and was indecisive many times, hed have open shots and just pump fake 1000 times, he would sometimes shrink under pressure and when he would get doubled or when they were playing physical d.

Now his play just looks so smooth and he knows what to do at the right moment whether its passing the ball, driving, or pulling up.  

THis could be a special playoffs fellas 

As long as Harden keeps playing great and our D is playing good we can definitely make it far 

 

[markangelo]

Man, we need to win out to win the division unless memphis drops a game. We own the divisional with less loses but we got dallas, OKC, and SAS X2 our next 4 games.

Memphis gots GSW in the second to last game where they may rest players.


F' it, let's do the damn thing.

Bring on the spurs 

no better way to get confidence than knocking out the defending champs in the first round 

Beard played great tonight 

#MVP

Capela needs more minutes 

Nice to see Jones back 

 

 

[earldagoat]

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[puglife]

Any of you guys live in Dallas? Was supposed to fly there for a wedding this weekend and bought two tickets to the game, but I'm too sick to make it. They're like upper level tickets I got for like $80 on stubhub...not the greatest seats, but I'm giving them away for free.

Only thing is that they're the actual hard paper tickets so I dunno how to get them to you. I guess I could scan them and you could print them off right?

 

[jewbacca2]

Why is Joey Dorsey in the NBA?

 

[bonafide hustla]

prigioni and jet should get their minutes pulled quick if they are messing up. throw nick johnson out there to play some defense. then go to a different set with bigger guards if needed. we can't be scared to use different rotations. that clint capela statement is low-key telling

 

[statis22]

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