Game 6 Recap: Slob City

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Chris Paul is awesome. The way he penetrates so deep into the paint with each pick and roll. The only other person who does this is Steve Nash but Nash is always going through there quick and while he makes nice passes, he makes some bad ones as well. Chris Paul on the other hand, penetrates so slowly and methodically it is amazing to watch. It seems like he has all the time in the world. His mind just seems to process things very fast.

For example, on one defensive play when Blake was getting killed by Scola early in the game, Griffin tried a complete flop. While the refs didn’t call it, Scola paused for a split second because Griffin randomly flopped and it somehow registered in CP3’s head and he immediately swiped the ball away.

I also think CP3 has the fewest bad passes out of anyone I’ve ever seen. Like when Miami’s big 3 came together last year they had huge turnover problems because of chemistry issues. CP3 from day 1 looks like he was drafted by the Clippers.

Lowry is not on that control the game adn make everything look easy level but he’s balling like an all star. He took some deep Aaron Brooks type 3s but made them. Nice to see.

Jordan Hill has been terrible. I feel like he’s not even there adn the only time I notice him is when he’s making a mistake. He’s the anti-Nic Collison/Chuck Hayes who is everywhere on every play.

Dalembert likes to have the ball in his hands and do 1-2 bad moves every game but he’s big and has skills.

Kevin Martin’s defense seems to have improved a little bit but he’s getting a lotta ticky tack fouls on him. Offensively, he’s still missing some wide open looks but is doing ok at creating for himself. He does seem to travel every game.

IMO, we need Dalembert to start and let T-Will run the 2nd unit like T-Mac does in Atlanta. Whenever T-Will has the ball I at least feel like something’s gonna happen and he’s gonna try and make a play.

And I’m gonna get back to work now.

Awesome write up. I lol’d.

It was bad. The 2 main problems to me though were:

1)Defensive Rebounding, sure we did help on Blake with the other big man, but it seemed like a lot of the time they would put up a shot and they would grab the rebound. No team can let that happen and win.

2)Not taking care of the ball. We took some bad shots, and turned the ball over. Period. Everyone was at fault for it, Kevin Martin took some bad shots in the first half early in the shot clock that he shouldn’t of even thought about taking. Kyle Lowry, albeit he made the shots, took some absolutely mind boggling 3s, especially that one where it seemed like he was 5 feet behind the top of the key. We turned the ball over and Lob City went on the break, they’re probably one of the hardest break teams to stop. They played fast pace and we just couldn’t keep up.

Let the Rockets get some good rest and let’s look forward to the next game.

and it looks like this night after night after night….

Lowry is a very good PG. Paul is a great PG,there is a huge difference.

Kevin Martin is trying to adapt and being more aggressive. Man is it painful to watch.

Bud is Bud. In an iso offense that the Rockets are devolving into,he’s not very effective. In a motion one he can be quite effective.

Terrence Williams will never be a star.(And a dream/hope/prayer dies.) He cannot finish at the rim and he cannot make quality passes that players get and can immediately go into shooting motion. He can get into the lane at will,but has no idea what to do once there.

Parsons should be our Sixth Man for the rest of the decade. Instead he’s 2 Bud 0-fer games away from starting.

McHale doesn’t trust his bigs. When did the Big Man Whisperer morph into Don Nelson?

Looks like all the worry over Patterson getting his minutes w/Scola around were wasted. They’ll likely end up spending most games teamed up.

Finally,Blake Griffin was guarded by Terrence Williams for a decent stretch. So Mr NEXT BIG THING,how the eff did you not destroy T-Will in the post? First possesion,four feet from rim,passed it out-TWICE! Other three,ignored once w/ball going to other side-way to show your PG acumen Mo!-one soft turn and weak flip that barely grazed the rim and one reverse and shot that went in.

First time I’ve gotten to see the team this season.

They don’t play with the same heart and grit that made last season so successful.

It’s going to be a long and rough season.

It was no better in person than it looked on tv. Although cocky clippers fans are interesting and unusual. Kinda like an annoying unicorn. I didn’t have the heart to remind them nobody ever re-signs with sterling, but the many lakers fans in attendance did repeatedly. Cocky kameez fans are a dime a dozen.

The Rockets just looked a bit gassed from their previous game with the Lakers, and combined with the Clippers’ otherworldly shooting to start the game, the good guys just couldn’t hang in there.

A couple interesting points I observed in the game:

-Chandler Parsons actually has hops! He had 2 offensive rebound/putback slams in the night, perhaps channeling a bit of what Blake and Jordan normally do. Otherwise, he was a solid contributor and made the most of his garbage time.

-Hasheem Thabeet shouldn’t try fancy stuff. Like sailing in for offensive rebounds/putback slams. I like his creativity, but not his execution, as both times he fumbled those rebounds badly which resulted in turnovers. Just focus on doing the simple things first, Hasheem, like grabbing the rebound and kicking it out to reset.

I also noticed a sequence of events I found to be hilarious. It involved Blake getting fouled on a drive to the basket, but after the whistle blew, he was still trying to get the ball into the hoop. Dalembert is on the court for Houston, and I guess he takes offense to what Blake is doing, and swats Blake’s latest attempt out of the air. Blake is then immediately up Sammy’s face, and officials rush in to break them up. Thankfully, no technicals were called, but I believe Blake was trying to be seen as a ‘tough guy’ in this case. Either way, funny stuff, but tough loss.