12/25 - 7PM CST | Christmas Day: Houston Rockets at Oklahoma City Thunder

Pillendreher · Post #21 » by **Pillendreher** » Tue Dec 26, 2017 1:44 am

George gotta clean up his passing. He's just throwing the ball away.

Jstock12 · Post #22 » by **Jstock12** » Tue Dec 26, 2017 1:46 am

Wow, Westbrook got mauled there. No call.

Pillendreher · Post #23 » by **Pillendreher** » Tue Dec 26, 2017 1:50 am

Great lineup Billy.

Post #24 » by **slick_watts** » Tue Dec 26, 2017 1:58 am

it's interesting watching harden and westbrook play. harden is so much more controlled, much better understanding of the game. russ is like a shot gun spray throwing shots up from everywhere, trying to cannon ball his way to a win.

Post #25 » by **Dadouv47** » Tue Dec 26, 2017 1:59 am

We are still in this game because of Adams and Melo. Rest is trash.

Thundershock88 · Post #26 » by **Thundershock88** » Tue Dec 26, 2017 2:00 am

Refs taking over.

NaturalThunder · Post #27 » by **NaturalThunder** » Tue Dec 26, 2017 2:00 am

We cut it back to two, someone gets majorly lost on defense, and Eric Gordon has time to catch, methodically take a dribble, lineup his shot, have a cup of coffee, and drain a three. Then Nene comes down and gets an and-one.Just like that we're going to be back down by six.

Pillendreher · Post #28 » by **Pillendreher** » Tue Dec 26, 2017 2:01 am

Terrible defensive effort. Where are the multiple efforts? Give up 5 or 6 points just because we don't rotate properly.

NaturalThunder · Post #29 » by **NaturalThunder** » Tue Dec 26, 2017 2:02 am

Pillendreher wrote:Terrible defensive effort. Where are the multiple efforts? Give up 5 or 6 points just because we don't rotate properly.

Yep, we had the momentum back in our favor, and then two horrible, lazy defensive possessions in a row just completely wipes it away.

NaturalThunder · Post #30 » by **NaturalThunder** » Tue Dec 26, 2017 2:07 am

Horrendous call. It's calls like that why people hate Harden. Some of his "superstar" calls are unaparalleled.

NaturalThunder · Post #31 » by **NaturalThunder** » Tue Dec 26, 2017 2:07 am

And the refs shouldn't have blown the whistle on the shot clock violation. We had control before the buzzer and it ruined a potential fastbreak with 2 seconds left.

Pillendreher · Post #32 » by **Pillendreher** » Tue Dec 26, 2017 2:09 am

Robes gotta get himself psychological help regarding his FT shooting. He's too afraid to go the rim if he thinks he could get fouled.

Post #33 » by **slick_watts** » Tue Dec 26, 2017 2:10 am

huestis and grant being ahead of patrick patterson on the depth chart is one of the most questionable team rotation decisions i've ever seen.

QPR · Post #34 » by **QPR** » Tue Dec 26, 2017 2:10 am

We've done well to be leading given there is no offensive structure whatsoever.

Funcrusher · Post #35 » by **Funcrusher** » Tue Dec 26, 2017 2:10 am

Pillendreher wrote:Terrible defensive effort. Where are the multiple efforts? Give up 5 or 6 points just because we don't rotate properly.

Overall we've been solid though. Definitely some moments when our rotations got broken up, and we need to do a better job of slowing down the pace, but I'll take 57 points from Houston at the half, easily.

Funcrusher · Post #36 » by **Funcrusher** » Tue Dec 26, 2017 2:11 am

QPR wrote:We've done well to be leading given there is no offensive structure whatsoever.

No offensive structure = Russell Westbrook bricking shots.

Post #37 » by **slick_watts** » Tue Dec 26, 2017 2:11 am

the defense is better than the 57 points the rockets scored. the pace has been fast.

Jstock12 · Post #38 » by **Jstock12** » Tue Dec 26, 2017 2:17 am

Pillendreher wrote:Robes gotta get himself psychological help regarding his FT shooting. He's too afraid to go the rim if he thinks he could get fouled.

If he would take more FTs his percentages would definitely go up, and that might give him some more confidence. I refuse to believe he's really a 29% FT shooter. The sample is too small.

Post #39 » by **bondom34** » Tue Dec 26, 2017 2:18 am

113 D Rtg at half

Pillendreher · Post #40 » by **Pillendreher** » Tue Dec 26, 2017 2:20 am

slick_watts wrote:huestis and grant being ahead of patrick patterson on the depth chart is one of the most questionable team rotation decisions i've ever seen.

Shouldn't be that surprising tho. Expecting Donovan to find any sort of decent rotation besides the starting 5 is foolish I fear. He hasn't accomplished that once in 3 seasons.