2016 Houston Rockets Pre-Season Thread - Preseason Finale vs Spurs

[do work son]

brought a tear to my eye to see KJ finally play.

 

[Peep Game]

That Josh Smith DNP-CP

Just resting him for the playoffs run

brought a tear to my eye to see KJ finally play.

Same he looked really good out there. Seeing lobs done with precision was great

 

[do work son]

 

[Peep Game]

Road Warriors great win against a top team. I figured Harden woukd get his 6th foul and that would be the end of the run, but thankfully it didn't happen. Loved seeing how active Beasley was as well on both ends of the floor. Definitely needed that. 3 road wins, with Charlotte tomorrow. Let's try to finish it off before heading back home. 4-1 looks much better than 3-2. 7th seed right now let's keep moving up

 

[Peep Game]

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[earldagoat]

NBA Daily Lineups ‎@DailyNBALineups

#Rockets Terrence Jones (illness) is listed as out for Saturday's game vs. the Hornets. http://bit.ly/PsMI9f 

12:38 PM - 12 Mar 2016

More mins for B~Easy.

 

[Peep Game]

 

[jewbacca2]

why is it mandatory that the Rockets dig themselves a huge hole to comeback from? 

 

[Peep Game]

why is it mandatory that the Rockets dig themselves a huge hole to comeback from? 

Man...it was 87-90, and then Charlotte just started stomping a while through them :x pretty much have to attribute this loss to Charlotte not missing shots, and for once, bad defense due to fatigue instead of simply being bad. Dwight, Terry, Brewer, and Beasley are the only ones that really showed up. The starters other than Dwight looked sluggish as hell. Sucks we couldn't continue this momentum from this road trip, but at least there's a day of rest before this Memphis game.

 

[Peep Game]

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:x Harden....can't even get mad though since he's basically been carrying them all season

 

[Peep Game]

I wish the Rockets would play these types of games more often, blowouts where starters and rest, and guys who rarely see playing time get just that. The box score stats are so beautiful, and it would be nice if we got bench contributions like that on a consistent basis. This was the perfect game to have opening up at home after that long road trip coming off of a loss. The schedule down the stretch is still pretty tough, but so are the other teams hovering around us. The Cavs should take care of the Jazz who are slipping further and further back, and OKC smashed on the Blazers. I think the Mavs won, but their previous loss keeps them at #7. The ideal scenario for this team would be getting the 6th seed, facing OKC, somehow beating them, and lighting the match for KD to come here

 

[do work son]

clips lost by 20 last night in san antonio. we're coming off a 50 point win and a day's worth of rest. we'll likely lose by 15. that's the way the rest of the season has gone.

 

[bonafide hustla]

thinking the same thing. We're within striking distance of the 6th (5th?!) though. guys need to focus and avoid playing SA/GS(OKC) in the 1st round.

Memphis might have a D-League roster with their injuries and with like 15 games left 9 of their games: OKCx2, SAx2, LACx2, DAL, TOR

We should be trying to get that 5th seed imo

Funny b/c I normally HATE the notion of avoiding teams in the playoffs, but realistically we not beating any of the top tier WC teams in 7 games without some unforeseen magic. Hoping one of the other teams can wear them down in the 1st round, ha.



"@memgrizz (25 players) would be 1st team ever to make NBA playoffs in a season where 24+ players logged minutes."

 

[jinkazama]

We should be trying to get that 5th seed imo

Agreed. If the Rockets can't avoid GSW or SA in the first round..tank it. One ping pong ball in the Ben Simmons sweepstakes is better than getting washed in 4 games in the first round.

 

[Peep Game]

Agree about trying to avoid SA/GSW (though if it came down to those 2, I'd say SA in a heartbeat), but disagree about tanking, cause there's too few games left, and we'd have no shot at Simmons anyway

That would still stink to lose at home in a blowout to LAC regardless hopefully everybody gets up for this game

 

[Peep Game]

Looks like we're right on schedule for the 15+ point blowout. If this were any other team, I'd think this was over, but since these are the Clippers, there's always a chance

 

[jewbacca2]

We suck

 

[Peep Game]

Good ol #FakeComeback tonight. They decided to show life when it was all but too late. Harden slumped at first then woke up, and Beas was pretty consistent, but nobody else really did anything. Appreciated Harrell's energy, but once again JBB in full McHale mode didn't recognize the danger they were in until they were damn near out of it. 34-34, with losses tonight by the Mavs and Grizz, and couldn't take advantage of it. #ClassicRockets.

 

[Retroballer]

I can't wait to get the 8th seed and be swept away.

 

[Peep Game]

clips lost by 20 last night in san antonio. we're coming off a 50 point win and a day's worth of rest. we'll likely lose by 15. that's the way the rest of the season has gone.

Damn near right on the money :x if the Western Conference was the normal high quality it usually is, with this record, we'd already be the 11th seed

 

[Peep Game]

So will Zach LaVine or whoever the Wolves 7th rotational player go for 25 tonight ?

 

[Peep Game]

Zach LaVine hit 3 3s last night, and each time he shot it, I KNEW he'd make them I just don't get how this team clearly doesn't scout entire teams, but just glad to get a win heading into the Hawks game. Harden and Beasley have really good chemistry together, which is surprising cause Beas hasn't even been here that long. Career night Bev D-Mo grabbing boards Though he didn't play much, KJ getting time was good, as he was more impactful than brewer n the defensive end. Loved the balanced scoring of the starters, along with Beas pretty much scoring at will. Dwight didn't have those rapid fire turnovers, and it was an overall solid game from everybody. Need to bring that same level of play against a better team in the Hawks.

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[Peep Game]

Tough loss tonight as this was set up for a win. The rapid fire breakdowns on defense in the last 2 minutes or so was ******* terrible. Complete waste of Beasley's great game. Dwight, Ariza, and Bev could've scored more, but the defensive breakdowns is what cost them, along with some awful turnovers. 35-35, #PursuitOfAverage. Only thing saving the Rockets is other teams ineptitude.

 

[jinkazama]

Did anybody else see this..?

http://www.myajc.com/news/sports/basketball/rockets-howard-caught-using-stickum-spray/nqpRC/

Come on Dwight

...and JB trying to hide the evidence