GT: Lakers @ Houston Rockets 12/20/17 7:00 CDT

[RaoulDuke79]

Season over. This team can't beat the Warriors. Injury proned chokers and losers. Brewer is evil (this one is actually true, nice guy though).

But really:

Miss the Swiss. Should have freed the Freak earlier and more often. Never did get to meet the Qi.

Great effort by the Balls tonight, they played good defense and Kuzma was incredible.

Onward we go.

[Lazy Faizy]

Oh well, can't win them all.

[MaxRider]

i wonder who is going to play the next game

[BallerTalk]

Hate to lose...but kinda glad the streak is over.

Time to fade the Clippers.

[inquisitive]

Hate to lose...but kinda glad the streak is over.

Time to fade the Clippers.

me too. everyone kept talking about it. i think they will get it together against clips and okc.

[inquisitive]

would like to add another backup pg not named bobby brown before deadline. cp3 might have to take some games off. concerned with his knees. also, wish joe chee could get some time. might have been useful with his length inside tonight.

[MovieMuscle]

Season over. This team can't beat the Warriors. Injury proned chokers and losers. Brewer is evil (this one is actually true, nice guy though).

But really:

Miss the Swiss. Should have freed the Freak earlier and more often. Never did get to meet the Qi.

Great effort by the Balls tonight, they played good defense and Kuzma was incredible.

Onward we go.

You're joking, but in reality, the brilliant coach has a short rotation which makes injuries a lot more likely which depletes the roster even more during the season which means even more injuries on top which means uncertainty once the postseason arrives, especially when one of your most important players is very injury-prone (at the worst times) and a lot of your guys are going to be free agents next summer. A win streak can hide a lot of problems, but today's loss only exposed the fact that it's the same Rockets team from last year. Good defensive teams play good defense for 4 quarters, not one. Most nights, their offense helped them win, but eventually, it's going to come back to bite you. That top-5 defensive team hype came and went a few weeks after the hype over CP3's return faded away. It's not a big deal to lose on a random night. The context around the team is a much bigger deal...

[MovieMuscle]

The Lakers best performance of the season and the Rockets worst performance of the season.

Time to just put this one in the books and move on.

Hmm, at some point, every team having their best performance against the Rockets isn't a coincidence. It means that the same Rockets team is back without any care for defense. It's fun during a win streak, but eventually, you're going to start losing more and more games because of that terrible flaw, and eventually, your chances of a 2017 postseason repeat will increase.

[TMU]

Humbling loss. Goes to show how important everyone in this core 8-men rotation is. Can't afford to lose anyone.

[MaxRider]

LMAM out two more weeks
CP3 and Capela listed as day to day but CP3 is out tomorrow for sure

who else on the roster can play?
really wish Jackson and Williams can play a little

[RaoulDuke79]

LMAM out two more weeks
CP3 and Capela listed as day to day but CP3 is out tomorrow for sure

who else on the roster can play?
really wish Jackson and Williams can play a little

Well, a game like last night where Capela/Luc were out and Spaceman was struggling, Black should have gotten more minutes and Qi didn’t even get in the game at all.

That annoys me more than the loss.

[MaxRider]

LMAM out two more weeks
CP3 and Capela listed as day to day but CP3 is out tomorrow for sure

who else on the roster can play?
really wish Jackson and Williams can play a little

Well, a game like last night where Capela/Luc were out and Spaceman was struggling, Black should have gotten more minutes and Qi didn’t even get in the game at all.

That annoys me more than the loss.

Zhou Qi is not ready. Whenever he is out there playing garbage min. I'm not sure he know what he is doing. I mean he is trying to guard whoever has the ball.