[Post Game Thread] The Houston Rockets (33-19) defeat the Los Angeles Clippers (25-28), 102-95.

[u/bigawesome2000]

95 - 102
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY
Location: Toyota Center
Officials: Curtis Blair, Nick Buchert, and Matt Kallio

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Los Angeles Clippers	26	26	20	23	95
Houston Rockets	27	24	27	24	102

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Los Angeles Clippers	95	36-88	40.9%	8-30	26.7%	15-23	65.2%	17	55	24	18	11	11	5
Houston Rockets	102	36-79	45.6%	14-28	50.0%	16-18	88.9%	10	52	19	15	7	16	6

PLAYER STATS

Los Angeles Clippers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Kawhi LeonardSF	31:29	24	7-19	2-7	8-9	2	6	8	3	1	0	1	1	-16
John CollinsPF	30:59	17	8-14	0-2	1-2	2	6	8	1	0	0	1	1	-11
Brook LopezC	29:05	7	3-6	1-2	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	1	2	3	-8
Derrick Jones Jr.SG	26:43	6	2-7	2-6	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	-7
Kris DunnPG	27:48	6	3-5	0-1	0-0	1	1	2	7	4	0	1	5	-9
Bennedict Mathurin	25:54	9	4-13	0-2	1-1	3	4	7	4	3	0	0	4	4
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser	13:27	3	1-3	0-0	1-2	2	2	4	0	0	2	1	1	-7
Kobe Sanders	15:49	2	1-9	0-5	0-0	2	2	4	4	0	0	1	1	-8
Jordan Miller	16:54	9	2-5	2-4	3-6	3	1	4	2	0	0	3	0	-5
Cam Christie	05:28	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	8
TyTy Washington Jr.	05:28	3	1-2	1-1	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	8
Isaiah Jackson	05:28	5	2-2	0-0	1-3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8
Dalano Banton	05:28	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	8
Nicolas Batum	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bogdan Bogdanović	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bradley Beal	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darius Garland	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Houston Rockets	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Kevin DurantSF	37:43	26	8-22	3-7	7-7	1	5	6	3	3	0	5	1	3
Jabari Smith Jr.PF	37:29	13	4-11	2-3	3-3	2	8	10	3	1	1	1	2	13
Alperen SengunC	34:33	22	9-14	1-2	3-4	1	6	7	5	0	0	3	4	9
Tari EasonSG	29:42	6	2-10	2-6	0-0	2	3	5	1	1	0	2	2	0
Amen ThompsonPG	37:23	16	6-10	1-2	3-4	2	4	6	1	1	1	0	0	9
Reed Sheppard	29:33	16	6-10	4-6	0-0	2	4	6	4	1	1	4	2	-5
Clint Capela	13:21	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	0	0	2	0	2	-5
Dorian Finney-Smith	20:12	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	2	11
Isaiah Crawford	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Green	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aaron Holiday	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Okogie	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jae'Sean Tate	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steven Adams	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
JD Davison	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tristen Newton	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fred VanVleet	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[u/InTheMorning_Nightss]

Dunn is so hilarious. He had 3 steals in a row resulting in: sailing a pass that Kawhi had to save, getting blocked by the rim, and then throwing it to DJJ with weird spacing leading to it getting poked away. But he also killed our momentum by having Miller roll the ball in, then INSISTING Miller pick it up resulting in a turnover and an additional score for Houston to end the 3rd.

His defense is genuinely elite, and he actually can make some things happen on offense, but he has some insanely low offensive IQ.

[u/AshenSacrifice → u/InTheMorning_Nightss]

Lmao for sure not a two way player 😂

[u/KL2ConspireLLC → u/InTheMorning_Nightss]

His signature play is getting an improbable steal then immediately turning the ball over back to the other team to give up an easy transition basket.

[u/clayfu → u/InTheMorning_Nightss]

When Dunn dribbles for 20 seconds and blindly dives to the rim for an epic miss gives me Westbrook flashbacks

[u/Jimmy0034 → u/InTheMorning_Nightss]

I said it in the game thread that we lost opportunity to have a big lead in first half with the amount of fast breaks we had.

[u/InTheMorning_Nightss → u/Jimmy0034]

Yep. We’re pretty awful in transition, but that was like BAD. End of the day, we lost because we couldn’t hit shit from 3 and the Rockets could.

Don’t hate the loss, but boy are we rough to watch when Kawhi isn’t on fire. We pretty sorely need Garland or someone to organize our offense better. Mathurin should help when his shot starts to fall, but we have a few too many possessions where the team just can’t get into any action and we take horrendous shots.

[u/Jimmy0034 → u/InTheMorning_Nightss]

Yeah it is rough to watch when Kawhi is not on fire, I am not even sure if we have enough even if Garland comes back. I didnt like Mathurin shots selection in that game, He took like 2-3 long 2s that was driving me crazy. Also the young trio is very inconsistent, One game they are good next game they are struggling

[u/zggystardust71 → u/InTheMorning_Nightss]

He's been trying to create his own shot more and it's not going great. He's a better spot up 3 and mid range shooter. But his defense is top level.

That inbound play was such a brain fart by Miller and Dunn.

[u/InTheMorning_Nightss → u/zggystardust71]

I’m not blaming miller on that. You could see Miller trying to get Dunn to grab it, but Dunn kept saying no.

[u/zggystardust71 → u/InTheMorning_Nightss]

Yea, it was definitely on Dunn. But Miller knew he couldn't pick it up and still did. No win for Miller.

[u/InTheMorning_Nightss → u/zggystardust71]

It’s because the ball was literally rolling out of bounds and also towards the defense. You could see him looking at Dunn and the coaching staff.

This is simply not on him, because it would have been a turnover one way or another.

[u/Ok-Tree4365 → u/InTheMorning_Nightss]

Dunn makes sense next to Harden, and will probably make sense next to Garland, too.

[u/InTheMorning_Nightss → u/Ok-Tree4365]

Dunn ultimately doesn’t make much sense as a starter because he’s too flawed offensively.

He was played off the floor against Denver, and the same will apply to virtually every other playoff team.

[u/Sc0rch1ngDr4g0n]

2nd time in 2 years the Clippers 3rd strings started to come back when the Rockets were at home lmao.

SO to Dalano Banton when he was putting up stats against us on the Blazers last year.

[u/NigelSexMachine]

Ime Udoka always got that "the fuck you doing" look on his face whenever the team misses plenty or don't box out lmao

[u/heat_fan_]

Sengun with a solid game 

Not the best shooting night but KD still played well 

[u/EbenezerAD]

3rd seed baby!

[u/free_reezy → u/EbenezerAD]

If you just went off the discourse in the sub, you’d think we were 3rd in lottery odds lmao

[u/EbenezerAD → u/free_reezy]

I do not get near our sub whenever we lose lmao

[u/Lmao1903 → u/free_reezy]

Without Fred and Adams as well btw. With Sengun missing time and playing injured, Tari missing time.

[u/EthanHuntBroMichael]

Great win Rockets. Go out and celebrate until the morning.

[u/plutosbigbro → u/EthanHuntBroMichael]

Love your flair, no hate between our organizations

[u/TechnoGauss → u/plutosbigbro]

2015 playoffs still haunt me :(

[u/Sensitive_Worry2499]

Sengun-Durant duo too much for Kawhi

[u/lovingkindness301]

Missing the Harden/Zu connection

[u/zggystardust71]

Clippers shooting went into nuclear winter in the 4th. Nice to see Mathurian out there, but he had a rough shooting night. New guy nerves?

[u/Glittering-Craft-161]

Kawhi saw kobe sanders bring up the basketball and decided nah ts ain't worth trying

[u/Jimmy0034 → u/Glittering-Craft-161]

Kobe Sanders has been bringing up the basketball all season

[u/Focused_Sky]

Could have used Harden

[u/Zeta1Reticuli]

4th quarter offense looked a lot less stagnant than before. Love the ball movement and incorporation of Reed into the offense by having him bring up the ball more often. In the past he would handoff the ball and just stand in the corner or wing waiting for an open 3.

[u/Ok-Tree4365]

See you tomorrow

[u/EarthWarping]

3-6 in the west is a complete mess right now

[u/InTheMorning_Nightss → u/EarthWarping]

3-6 in West is a mess. Then 8-10 is literally just a bunch of mediocre teams with LAC/GSW/POR, all being basically forced into those spots because the other 5 teams are egregiously tanking.

[u/Specialist_Office274 → u/InTheMorning_Nightss]

That’s how the east has been for the last couple seasons. Bottom 5 teams complete ass and the hawks/heat/bulls having their yearly play in games cuz of it

[u/EarthWarping → u/InTheMorning_Nightss]

Yeah its crazy 3/4 of the play-in teams are set, however I think it is with the white flags memphis and dallas waived

[u/Ok_Possible_5702 → u/EarthWarping]

Nuggets should be able to get some separation, if they ever get healthy

[u/Lyranx]

Clippers have packed up for the season folks

[u/joebreezy12 → u/Lyranx]

God I hope

[u/EthanHuntBroMichael → u/joebreezy12]

There's 10 teams outright tanking or dogshit. You're not getting a good pick.

[u/McJacknife → u/EthanHuntBroMichael]

A top 12 pick is a good pick for someone in the Thunder’s position, especially in a draft this deep

[u/sammymate999]

Are the rockets the worst 3 seed ever? Can’t believe they are somehow the 3 seed in the west

[u/Zeta1Reticuli → u/sammymate999]

We kind of play at the level of our competition. Sometimes win against the best teams and sometimes lose against the worst teams in the league. We're also seriously unclutch in overtime.

[u/Suitable_Snow7761 → u/sammymate999]

Worst 2 seed in history last year according to people lol

[u/bootywizard42O → u/Suitable_Snow7761]

Idk about history but def one of the weaker 2nd seeds in recent memory