ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Jazz 5/6/2018 (Playoffs Round 2, Game 4)

CC was just a frickin BEAST. We would have never won a game where JH committed 5 TOs in a quarter let alone the 4th. Great team win tonight and that's what you need on the road. EG has to show more consistency for us to reach our full potential.
A little worried about how thin our rotation is becoming because iam losing faith in GG and Nene. Focus on the next game we dont wanna see them ugly fans again.
RunAsOne...LETS ****NNNNN GOO!!!

 

Shout out to Tucker. In this series, dude has been balling like a mofo. Hitting 3's, all over on defense stifling opponents or making life miserable for them. Definitely an unsung hero.

 

fify

 

game thread was a bit tough to take last night. hopefully it will be better for game 5

 

Hopefully Ryno gets some run next game

 

No. The objective here is to end this thing on Tuesday. Nobody wants to go back to Utah.

 

that crowd was there until the end.. Even if they were losing by 10 with 1 minute left.. They stayed.

 

What Capela did to Utah last night was just mean. The Mormon Church is going to ban him from the state. Even if he became a Mormon, they'd only let him have 1 wife. They'd make him listen to what actual jazz music from Utah sounds like.

So do I. Means it's a blowout and he's getting his run in the last couple of minutes.

 

It is still possible he finds his shot.

 

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Guess this is how they handle a loss.

 

Great gritty win. Jazz were flopping all over the place and getting calls which I thought was hilarious, but I thought we were very good defensively which was impressive to follow up the effort from Game 3.

Not a good game for Harden, but that's why you go get CP3. He was amazing tonight. As was Clint obviously. One more defensive effort like that and the series is ours.

 

only b/c there's nothing to do outside the arena in that city anyways so might as well just sit there. and they were duly rewarded with further entertainment in the form of clint's block on the wombat

 

They interviewed CP (what a fun thing}
"I've been here before, 3-1," Paul said on TNT immediately following the Rockets' 100-87 win in Game 4. "(Expletive) went bad real quick."

Paul was likely referring to the 2015 playoffs when he and the Los Angeles Clippers blew a 3-1 second-round lead to James Harden and some of his current Rockets teammates. Los Angeles appeared poised to close out that series after winning three of the first four games by an average of 24.7 points. Instead, Houston won the next three by double figures.

 

Apparently it has happened other times...

https://www.sbnation.com/2017/11/26/16700546/chris-paul-shooting-foul-no-call-rockets-vs-knicks

 

Another thing that Clint does well, that he did last series as well, is try to beat the opposing center to the basket after a missed shot. He's probably gotten 1-2 easy layups/dunks every game or so just by out running the opposing center.

 

Haha! I "took note" of the fact that the Jazz were flopping all over the court, even more than normal. Coach must have put that in the game plan. Gotta try to stop the Rockets somehow.

 

Flopping in Salt Lake is not incredible; it’s inevitable. Like jedis headed for the dark side of the Force during their moments of desperation. It calls out to them, it seduces them. Fall to the ground. b**** and moan at the refs. Get a couple rib shots in during the loose ball. Good things will happen!

But we all know what happens to those who turn to the dark side. Success is but a temporary diversion.

 

Does anyone else feel like we may have just gotten Harden’s 2018 Version of the Concussion Game? I bet he turns it way back up in game 5.

 

I sure hope so. I recognized after game 2 loss at home to the j*zz that MDA was going to shorten the rotation and leave Ryno out of it. Other than Gerald Green's inability to stay in front of his man (Lord knows why this guy couldn't be a better defender), the overall defensive scheme has been real good.

Assuming we get to meet the Worriers, I am not even sure Ryno will see pt. He was good against them in the season opener, but that was a long time ago. MDA has lot confidence in Ryno, as most of us.

Let us hope that Ryno proves us all wrong if he gets a chance to play.