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ClutchFans Game Thread: Timberwolves @ Rockets 2/23/2018

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Clutch, Feb 20, 2018.

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  1. joeson332

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    btw hope all of ya been well! Being without any sports is weird, I caught up on Dark and man that show is crazy.
     
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    Looking forward to this one! Not only it'll be the first game in ten days (man, it feels like a decade!), the team was on a roll and will likely have all the players available. It'll be nice to see the minutes distributions. I'm betting we'll see a big drop in Ariza's and Ryno's minutes. Ariza should play 26-28 minutes, while Ryno won't see more than 22 minutes now as a reserve. LMM and Ariza should play the 4, Ego will see minutes as the 3. So excited, hope we remain healthy and we'll be in a good position against anyone (I mean, against the Warriors, we all know who we're going after...).

    As for the remaining games, I think the coaching staff must plan on giving some rest to everyone. We are that deep, IMO. In the wings it's straight forward. Ego, Ariza, LMM, Tucker, Ryno, GG and JJ, we could rest two of the seven in most nights, apart from games against the top teams in which GG and JJ probably won't see any minutes anyway. EGo was really looking like he could use some rest, back stiffness, we probably overused him - due to necessity, of course - during CP3 and Harden's injuries. We could stagger everyone's minutes, I just cannot see our coaching staff going that route and using a 10-11 deep rotation. So, just sit some guys out and let the others break the sweat.

    I'm pretty confident we can even manage to give Harden and CP3 some days off and still get the W against at least half the league, if we have EGo and bring in GG and JJ to provide extra scoring. With all the tanking that we'll see, some teams will be willing to loose even if we called the Vipers to play using the Rox uniforms.

    The goal is to win it all, obviously the first seed plays an important role on that, but with good strategy we can get the first seed while not overplaying our main guys.
     
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    more like 1 for 7 from deep... ugh, home Ryno...
     
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    been going through withdrawals lately, I need my Rockets fix
     
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    I’m sure a lot of us got some stuff done that we put on the back burner, am I right? :D
     
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    Nope, been watching the damned Winter Olympics!
     
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    Win one for the captain!

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    this empty gameless lifeless week is taking an exceptionally long time to get through i can't wait to post TGIF
     
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    Ariza to play Friday. I wonder if he starts.
     
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    Make it 11
     
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    Wright dunks on KAT and get instant respect >
     
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    Love how Dream is still an active part of the team. His presence alone must lift everyone, the fact he's there working out with the guys is just awesome.
     
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    Don’t think Harden attended practice today.
     
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    @Mathrocker - how are Wed Strip Club happy hour deals? Harden may have been in attendance.
     
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    I noticed this based on their social media, they showed Dream there but no Harden. Has he been on a 3 day bender?
     
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