GAME #7: ROCKETS @ CLIPPERS—MONDAY 10/31 7:30P

[MartinToVaught]

Keep missing these good looks on 3s, this team ain't beating anybody.

Maybe our supposedly elite coach should install a system rather than relying on chucking threes and isoball.

[TheNewEra]

We are so damn old

[Scoundreldays]

Reggie stop isoing and chucking 3s

[MartinToVaught]

Reggie needs to be out of the rotation entirely. Sadly, he's one of PG's buddies and Lue's favorites, so he'll never be held accountable for his awful selfish play. So tired of coddling players on a team that's won nothing.

[TheNewEra]

Someone has to help the helper

[MartinToVaught]

Reggie right now is one of the worst players I've seen in a Clipper uniform and I remember the Sports Arena days.

[nickhx2]

lue has to get reggie off the court

[nickhx2]

pg's handle and passing looks like it's regressed, which is unfortunate because he's had a splendid game up until this point

[LamarWho]

PG is carrying the team, but the lack of point guard is killing this team. Can't wait for John Wall to be in the starting lineup.

[TheNewEra]

Need to make this a very good look

[nickhx2]

oh my god lol

[Scoundreldays]

Good **** PG, clutch 3, clutch steal and a game winner!

[nickhx2]

yay we won

ballmer doing weird air punches

paul george carrying the team the same way i carried this game thread


hope some of us can enjoy this win even though i know some of you dorks very well might be unable to, literally

[TheNewEra]

Cant believe I’m this excited we beat the Rockets

[nickhx2]

Cant believe I’m this excited we beat the Rockets

SAME, BRO

[Scoundreldays]

It may be the Rockets but a win is a win. I was about to tune out but glad I didn't

[Akklaim1]

That was some tough D by EJ on PG. I had no idea he could play defense like that. He was pretty one-dimensional as a Clipper.

[nickhx2]

some thoughts

- losing woulda sucked but i still woulda been like "meh, team's kinda putting it together, it just needs a couple guys figuring out their roles and/or losing/gaining minutes.

- one of those guys is reggie, and as much as i still believe him to be the goat playoff clipper, he's been miserable on the court all season. one of the issues is that his possessions end up dead so much of the time and he's still as bad as ever on defense. the rockets turnaround began when they relentlessly assaulted him on a high s/r in the second quarter, like 3 times in a row or something.

- related to that, is that without john wall, so many of these possessions are ugly iso bail-outs, which, ok sure is probably one of the team's strengths, but you don't want to rely on that, ever. you can stomach it if kawhi's active, or if reggie's hitting shots, or if your primary offense is coming from active ball movement or consistently hitting 3's. we have none of that so all these yucky isos that die are effectively just really bad turnovers. so to me, too much of this means reggie has to sit, because even if norm powell isn't that much better as a distributor, he's going to attack the rim and play better defense than reggie. if lue doesn't figure out a reggie solution on nights where 2-3 key guys are sitting out we are going to be in danger of being a play-in team, imo.

- paul george is actually so good. he didn't look himself at all the previous game and i think it was pretty clear he was still feeling the effects of being sick.

- we can see the underpinnings of a solid defense, even if the bench lineup lacks a big man. zubac was amazing tonight, and the extra wings were showing signs of the defensive wing things they're supposed to be doing.

all in all, there's some growth here and that's what matters the most, win or lose. but certainly we'll take the win

[esqtvd]

some thoughts

- losing woulda sucked but i still woulda been like "meh, team's kinda putting it together, it just needs a couple guys figuring out their roles and/or losing/gaining minutes.

- one of those guys is reggie, and as much as i still believe him to be the goat playoff clipper, he's been miserable on the court all season. one of the issues is that his possessions end up dead so much of the time and he's still as bad as ever on defense. the rockets turnaround began when they relentlessly assaulted him on a high s/r in the second quarter, like 3 times in a row or something.

- related to that, is that without john wall, so many of these possessions are ugly iso bail-outs, which, ok sure is probably one of the team's strengths, but you don't want to rely on that, ever. you can stomach it if kawhi's active, or if reggie's hitting shots, or if your primary offense is coming from active ball movement or consistently hitting 3's. we have none of that so all these yucky isos that die are effectively just really bad turnovers. so to me, too much of this means reggie has to sit, because even if norm powell isn't that much better as a distributor, he's going to attack the rim and play better defense than reggie. if lue doesn't figure out a reggie solution on nights where 2-3 key guys are sitting out we are going to be in danger of being a play-in team, imo.

- paul george is actually so good. he didn't look himself at all the previous game and i think it was pretty clear he was still feeling the effects of being sick.

- we can see the underpinnings of a solid defense, even if the bench lineup lacks a big man. zubac was amazing tonight, and the extra wings were showing signs of the defensive wing things they're supposed to be doing.

all in all, there's some growth here and that's what matters the most, win or lose. but certainly we'll take the win

--mostly true but when Ty yanked Reggie for Powell at the end there we couldn't even get a decent shot off--Reggie had a rough night but still had 6 assists and only one TO

--Mann was a disaster trying to run the point--we were minus-10 with him on the floor [Reggie was zero/even]

--32 minutes for Zu again, looks like he's really made the jump 16/12 and 4 blocks

--hoping RoCo can make a difference on defense

--Some people owe PG an apology lol

[ejftw]

Can't believe Powell may have cost me fantasy hoops already this week sheesh. Time to cut him