Blaming the Refs is the lazy way of avoiding the truth

It still blows my mind that in the middle of the James Harden era and while he's playing at his absolute best, and while we have the last few good years of CP3, we decided THIS was the year we needed to focus on getting under the luxury tax and not even use our full MLE.

This is on the owner. We've lost 5 games that would've been wins if we just had House.

 

Great take. I hope both problems are fixed going forward. But I have (much) more faith the team getting better than the officiating. For some reason, I feel like Houston gets the short end of that stick a lot. AND I'M NOT EVEN FROM HOUSTON

 

Yes, I get it the refs are ****, but Green has been an absolute disaster for us. Even just a league average player would have won us a few extra games this year. Just painful.

 

disclaimer: this spoiler is filled with tons of sarcasm, non-factual statistics, and also not what I believe in and none of it is actually funny to me. And it is also off-topic much like Tinman's Khloe rant.

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Yeah, right bro lmao women are sooo stupid lol they have like no sense. freaking women am I right lmao.

they're so dumb to get in marriages lmao like in reality 69% of all marriages have like domestic abuse and the men are the abusers. women are soo stupid. everyone is so shocked and blaming it on the men who are hitting their wives

yet the real issue is that women marry men who like 420% of the time hit their wives lmao you know like [names 4 random people] lmao women am I right. they're the stupid ones! women lol they're not PURE bro lol i'm glad we can agree

 

Y’all overreacting.

Gerald Green shot 0-8 threes which isn’t normal for him. If he shot 2-8 we would’ve won.

Nothing to worry about here, just a bit of post All Star break funk, we will be fine.

#runasone

 

let’s not act like the refs weren’t a huge issue this game...both Harden and CP3 fouled out

How many times have u seen a team’s starting backcourt both with 6 fouls?

still, the Rockets been choking with or without ref fckery all season long

 

Refs played a part but coaching and lack of execution is the bigger problem.

Defense? Rox defended well this game Lakers were shooting 39% at one point, the problem is they couldn't score and couldn't secure rebounds, even if the opponent's FG% is low they are gonna score given enough tries.

The main issue is the Rox seem to have 1 play all game long, PnR to somebody else for the 3. There is no plan B, there is no variety wtf was that obv the 3s are gonna dry up at some point. MDA needs to design new sets, isn't he supposed to be an offensive genius?

And Harden and Cp3 need to make better plays and start driving it in when the 3s dry up. I saw one beautiful play where the Rox passed it around for a Harden drive and dunk. Too bad that was the only time I saw saw more than 2 players touch the ball on a play, the rest drive and kicks for brick 3s.

 

If I could select all the answers I would.

 

I think ignoring & not pointing out the refs blown calls is lazy as well. Game 7 last year prime example. One or two bad calls can change a whole game

 

to much iso throws the role players off. Even MJ didn't iso all the time when they started winning he was able to maintain the balance between iso and teammate involvement . That is what made him unstoppable

 

Game 7 was a screwjob. Last night wasn't. The Rockets weren't stuck on 7 points in the 4th quarter with 3 minutes to go because of Scott Foster. It was because they were settling for 3's late in the shotclock instead of attacking the hoop.

 

http://grantland.com/features/an-oral-history-hakeem-olajuwon-ralph-sampson-1980s-houston-rockets/

Granted, they probably should not be doing cocaine...

 

The Rockets definitely screwed that game up. But it was clear once the momentum swung towards LA the refs weren't gonna allow us back in. The refs often seem like they're there to control the game as opposed to actually officiating it

 

Yeah Scott Foster does suck and probably placing bets. I agree that Hardens iso-style and jacking up shots in the 3rd period screwed us. If he plays within the flow of the game like Paul, we are able to get that lead. It doesn't help that Tucker, Green, and Gordon were missing wide open shots.
D'Antoni keeping Green in the game was a very bad move. When he's not contributing on offense, he is a negative player. This is where House would make a difference. Not as good of a shooter but at least a plus defender.
We played well with Faried and Capela on the floor together so why not continue that particular lineup.
I don't know what type of defensive schemes being played out there. It seems that they are giving up wide open 3s, not boxing out, lanes to the basket.
On defensive switching or picks, Harden and Gordon are not communicating and guarding no one leaving lanes and the opposition wide open.
They are not getting back on transition defense.
I'm not sure what it will take to fix first..Maybe it's post Allstar lag.

 

We need to get healthy (incl. Beard)...all on the same page..build momentum into the postseason....and, not face Scott Foster.
HUGE POSITIVE takeaway....much bigger than last night's loss - CP3 coming back strong!

 

Yeah, I agree. At least House played great defense if he were missing shots. Fertitta looks cheap with that cheap ass smirk. It's on Harden and D'Antoni. D'Antoni sucks at matching oppositional personnel. That Capela and Faried lineup was effective with Paul. Why not continue this?? Why start Gordon when you have him guarding either a 6'8 Ingram or LeBron? Why have Green out there when he is forcing shots and equally bad on defense?
Harden needs to play better defense and lead by example instead of yelling when he's standing around the paint, guarding no one with his man is wide open. Gordon is also frequently guilty of this but Harden is our best player so lead by example.