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ClutchFans Game Thread: Warriors @ Rockets 3/5/2026

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Clutch, Mar 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM.

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  1. Damion Laverne

    Damion Laverne Member

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    It's like clockwork.

    Rockets get a favorable matchup on paper and manage to blow it

    No brains

    No hustle

    Core not showing up

    Get Mike Malone in here ASAP
     
    #1581 Damion Laverne, Mar 5, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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    Yeah Clint and Tate always gives us positive minutes but play so little. I put JD in there too.

    Reed gets abused by guys like melton but i like his offense. He didn’t lose the game for us. I thought overall laziness on defense with over commiting on their screens with 2 guys on one, lack of communication, and non switching (sengun) lost us this game
     
    #1582 Stephen_A, Mar 5, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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    #1583 zeeshan2, Mar 5, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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  4. Damion Laverne

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    Houston Rockets played like the Sugar Land Rockets
     
    #1584 Damion Laverne, Mar 5, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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  5. DreamShook

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    ime got no feel for the game. its kinda nuts to me. i was so happy when we got him. he's kinda dumb.
     
    #1585 DreamShook, Mar 5, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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    People are gonna blame Alpi and Jabari for missing shots, and they did, but we lost this game because of something deeply wrong with the spirit and mentality of this group.

    The Warriors g league team just had a 120 ORtg on us and were creating advantages with ease against our “good” defenders.

    Maybe it’s KD’s malign influence, maybe it’s that they’ve lost their hunger now that everybody’s made it, Idk. It has happened frequently this season.

    But if Amen/Tari/Jabari/Okogie/KD can’t bear down and make it hard for LJ Cryer, Malevy Leons, and Quentin Post… something’s not right.
     
    #1586 carl_herrera, Mar 5, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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  7. DreamShook

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    REED went off because he thought it was a g league game.
     
    #1587 DreamShook, Mar 5, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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    We need to be 1st or 2nd seed for that to happen, I doubt it for that reason.

    I think they are the worst of the play in teams, they'd have to win that first.

    We need to be trying to get matched up with the Lakers in the first round. Minny might be a 50/50 series, Denver is beating us in the first round if we see them...I think the Lakers are the weak link of the non-play in teams.
     
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    I hope KD turns that burner account up tonight.

    Sheesh, what a frustrating team we gots to root for.
     
    #1589 eman, Mar 5, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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    I'm trying to hang in there with him, but I'm seeing way too many flaws this season. He has Silas level rotations. I can't even make sense of some of this stuff. It's crazy.
     
    #1590 PWR, Mar 5, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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    I’m not talking about all of OT. I’m talking about a defensive possession.
     
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    (it's the coaching)
     
    #1592 OremLK, Mar 5, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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    I will say, I don’t think we wasted Reed’s good game—in fact, it’s likely just the first of many to come. Him being on the floor, taking in these clutch moments (even against the Warriors B team) will help his development. That’s the one silver lining in this entire season, and may end up paying up for us BIG in the long-term.

    He was everything we needed tonight, and I hope he’ll keep growing his confidence.
     
    #1593 Roomba, Mar 5, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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    This was way too easy to call before the game. It was solidified when it was close and late.
     
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    Unbelievable how stagnant our offense is compared to Kerr's. So much dribbling and letting the other team load up their defense.
     
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    I posted earlier that Sengun's game went to **** right after the Pelicans debacle.

    KD barking at everyone in the locker room and claiming he's the only one that can take the last shot tanked the chemistry. They haven't been playing for each other all season, Ime has his head up his ass for sure, but they don't do the little things. Jabari just standing there watching Podz carve his way to the cup in OT instead of helping was a perfect microcosm of what this team has become.

    I haven't enjoyed the Kevin Durant experience and I want it to be over.
     
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    i thank stone everyday reed didnt go to the spurs. that dude would have been a gawd damn monster with a good system and coaching.
     
    #1597 DreamShook, Mar 5, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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    Are you sure it's the Lakers that are the weak link? Pretty sure the weak link team starts with H and ends with ouston Rockets
     
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    Like... hard to say Jabari was ready for this game. Week off an ankle, clearly doesn't have his base with that oh-fer but has to play 40+ minutes? On the first night of a back to back?

    Warriors with half the GLeague roster showing up to play because of their injury list and still have 10 guys see the court. 2 guys play over 40 minutes. We have 3 over 40 minutes, 2 guys coming off ankle injuries and an elder on an EIGHT MAN ROTATION.

    Is this the playoffs?
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    #1599 Dankstronaut, Mar 5, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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    Kon Knueppel did not need the Spurs to be a Monster though.....Charles Lee is from the Boston and Milwaukee coaching tree.

     
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