GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ ROCKETS - 1/20/2014, MONDAY, 5:00 PM (PST), TNT

[Natebishop3]

Mo is guarding Harden..... that's going to go well.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Watching Mo on defense against Lin is just painful.

 

[TBpup]

Uh-oh....Freeland with his 2nd already. This may necessitate a call to Meyers Bieber.

 

[Strenuus]

LMA on Howard....

 

[Natebishop3]

I'm a firm proponent of not putting your bench against their starting five.

 

[TBpup]

Watching Mo on defense against Lin is just painful.

Mo plays defense?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

"You. Get out!"

Love you Wes.

 

[Strenuus]

This is going to be a long night.

 

[Strenuus]

CJ!

 

[BrianFromWA]

3J!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Nice CJ!

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Mo plays defense?

No. Hence the pain.

 

[Strenuus]

Checking on the harden shot... did it look good?

 

[Natebishop3]

Amazing we're only down 11 after how well they shot in that quarter.

 

[VenomXL]

So lucky to only be down eleven.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Wow...Lin and Harden both traveled on the same possesssion there.

 

[KingSpeed]

3J!

 

[illmatic99]

Fuckin pathetic showing. Wake up. All that contender talk got to their heads

 

[Natebishop3]

Checking on the harden shot... did it look good?

TNT doesn't believe in doing replays on controversial plays.

 

[TBpup]

I'm a firm proponent of not putting your bench against their starting five.

A lot of their bench was in there. Lin, Casspi and Brewer were all in the game. It's our bench that is the scary part...

 

[LuckyShot]

Hey we're on national TV. Time to play like dog shit.

 

[BlazerBeav]

This is Houston. They'll let us back in.

 

[Natebishop3]

Fuckin pathetic showing. Wake up. All that contender talk got to their heads

OMG calm down..... they're shooting the lights out right now. It won't last. We hung on okay. Game is far from over.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Checking on the harden shot... did it look good?

It's close...it's tough when it's not end-of-quarter b/c the backboard (at least I don't think in HOU) doesn't light up at the 24sec clock, only end of quarter.

tough to overturn.

 

[VenomXL]

If Howard stays this aggressive its going to be a long game.

 

[Natebishop3]

A lot of their bench was in there. Lin, Casspi and Brewer were all in the game. It's our bench that is the scary part...

If Joel is guarding Dwight and Mo is guarding Harden, that's all I need to know.

 

[Strenuus]

TNT doesn't believe in doing replays on controversial plays.

Unless it's for Lebron, Kobe, or Carmelo.

 

[Sinobas]

The refs call a foul every time Dwight Howard makes a move to the hoop, and I don't see any foul, just a Lopez/Freeland trying to guard him.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

This is going to be a long night.

If we can just hold them to an average of about 25/quarter for the rest of the game, we have a chance.

Recall that Houston put up 73 in the first half against OKC just 4 days ago, and finished with 92 for the game. They are prone to prolonged dry spells.

 

[Strenuus]

They took away 2 points. Only down 9.