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We Wouldn't Have Won These Last Two Games Last Year.

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by smoothie, Nov 16, 2014.

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  1. smoothie

    smoothie Jabari Jungle

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    Games in which our offense isn't doing anything, we used to have nothing to rely on. This year our DEFENSE is winning us games... albeit against crap teams.

    That being said this team is still untested. We had 1 good win against Miami, and 1 tough loss against the Warriors. The Spurs and Thunder played w/o their stars. Of course we were missing 3 starters against a Warriors team missing only 1 starter. So, the only thing we know for sure is that we are putting away the lotto teams consistently. We still have no idea how we will do against elite competition.

    However, we are winning the games that we are supposed to win and even winning games without the offense helping at all. This is a big sign of improvement and maturity in our team.
     
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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>We want to win games this year with our defense when our offense struggles. We have done it a few times now <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/pursuit?src=hash">#pursuit</a></p>&mdash; Daryl Morey (@dmorey) <a href="https://twitter.com/dmorey/status/534179537198653440">November 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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    #2 J.R., Nov 16, 2014
  3. TheRealist137

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    Good teams don't have games where they score 69 points and barely beat the sixers.
     
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    Yes they do.
     
    #4 larsv8, Nov 16, 2014
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    Yup, I believe!
     
    #5 RCPM, Nov 16, 2014
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    NBATV lamenting how Rockets won this game because it wasn't a blow out.. Calling into question the consistency of the team.. I really hate those guys.. You're not going to blow out every NBA team you're supposed to blow out.. not even the Spurs do that.
     
    #6 DreamShook, Nov 16, 2014
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    yeah they do, in fact they even lose games to bottom tier teams
     
    #7 apollo33, Nov 16, 2014
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    Good defense = getting to play OKC without KD or Westbrook.

    We are 1-1 against actual competitive NBA teams that have a chance at making the playoffs. Memphis tomorrow should answer a few questions.
     
    #8 jk103, Nov 16, 2014
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    Agree, we will see tmr night against the grizzlies.
     
    #9 dlite316, Nov 16, 2014
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    People might want to go look up some of the teams Miami struggled against in the past 4 years before they spout off their ignorant opinions.
     
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    Yeah because our offense was better last year :grin:
     
    #11 Sydeffect, Nov 16, 2014
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    The Only Matchup Rockets want to avoid in the First Round
     
    #12 Dhoward12, Nov 16, 2014
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    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    Once again, you show up and post something know nothing about. basketball
     
    #13 REEKO_HTOWN, Nov 16, 2014
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    The Rockets were missing 3 of 5 starters including Dwight Howard against the Warriors, and tomorrow night is the second game of a back-to-back in Memphis.

    You think those two games "answer questions"?
     
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    Wouldn't worry so much if it wasn't almost a carbon copy of the last game against the sixers.
     
    #15 bingsha10, Nov 16, 2014
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    Our guys didn't panic despite the horrible offensive output. That can be very valuable during the rest of the season. A lot of homework will have to be done to become a better all round team.
     
    #16 saleem, Nov 16, 2014
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    Then we're 2-1, or 1-0, if you're not gonna count the game vs SAS, then don't count the game vs GSW (injuries).
     
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    Tommorow id our first real test. I think we lose simply because , it memphis , on the road , back 2 back, we cant hit anything. But if we do lose , no matter how we lose , we cant act as if the sky is falling the days after. Good teams lose to good teams all season. we really need to start hitting threes , and harden making shots in general.
     
    #18 JesusAllen, Nov 16, 2014
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    Probably the worst offensive game in the Mc-Harden era, and it's a win.

    I'll take it.
     
    #19 SamFisher, Nov 16, 2014
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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>We want to win games this year with our defense when our offense struggles. We have done it a few times now <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/pursuit?src=hash">#pursuit</a></p>&mdash; Daryl Morey (@dmorey) <a href="https://twitter.com/dmorey/status/534179537198653440">November 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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    Part of Maurice Master Plan!...:eek:
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    #20 BamBam, Nov 16, 2014
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