King's Court OGT: Cavaliers @ Rockets

[LoneyROY7]

Time for a king to be crowned live on ESPN. :rockon:

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[raprap]

:rockon:

[Fallen Angel]

Beverley :lol

[LoneyROY7]

Quick start by Houston.

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Dark skins win:applause: :applause:

[Funktion]

Portland wrecked Cavs after the loss to Warriors the night before. Deja vu?

[raprap]

James is good spot up shooter.

[buddha]

Mozgov is absolute ass. how did he play well last year?

[buddha]

cavs suck. their gonna lose to the lowly rockets.

[Fallen Angel]

Varejao just did a post move :lol

omg :lol

[LoneyROY7]

Nice meltdown by Blatt. :lol

[Asukal]

Does varejao know anything else than to flop? :facepalm :facepalm

Dat leflop leadership.... :facepalm :facepalm

[raprap]

Kevin Love cant hit a shot right now.

[RedBlackAttack]

Kevin Love cant hit a shot right now.
Thinking too much. He'll come around.

I don't like complaining about the officials, but just 4 FT attempts so far?

[SyRyanYang]

Love is useless. How did he average over 25 points back in Minny again?
No skill, no heart.

[Naero]

I'm no LeBron apologist, but I can't help but voice how much dead weight Kevin Love is on offense. :facepalm He's doing little to stretch the floor, which should be his most resourceful function on offense.

[SyRyanYang]

Thinking too much. He'll come around.

I don't like complaining about the officials, but just 4 FT attempts so far?

Cavs are a jumpshooting team tonight and LeBron wasn't attacking. Why should they be gifted with freebies.
Stop being hypocritical

[imnew09]

LOL THAT LEBRON SHOT THO :roll: :roll: :roll:

[SyRyanYang]

I'm no LeBron apologist, but I can't help but voice how much dead weight Kevin Love is on offense. :facepalm He's doing little to stretch the floor, which should be his most resourceful function on offense.

LeBron was the sole reason that the Cavs have up Wiggins and traded for Love. He has no one else to blame but himself.
Plus that he's been playing like ass himself as well.

[raprap]

LOL THAT LEBRON SHOT THO :roll: :roll: :roll:
That was so lazy :roll: and he miss horribly :roll:

[raprap]

Dwight had delly posted up and the Rockets choose to shoot a contested 3 :lol

[buddha]

why doesn't lebron grow his hair out? that would mask his thinning mess he has going on. it's probably not even real hair, he probably just glued his pubes to his head.

[RedBlackAttack]

The Rockets should be pushing the pace, taking advantage of the fact that the Cavs are on the last game of a long road trip and the second night of a road back-to-back after a tough, close loss to the Spurs last night.

So far, they're letting them off the hook by playing at the Cavs' tempo.

[toxicxr6]

Sheesh harden is far too casual and lazy handing the ball..

He keeps on getting the ball stolen.. And he continues to look like he doesn't take Any real care of the ball

[RedBlackAttack]

Sheesh harden is far too casual and lazy handing the ball..

He keeps on getting the ball stolen.. And he continues to look like he doesn't take Any real care of the ball
To be fair, Shump is a wizard when it comes to swiping the ball. If you stick it out there, he's going to take it.

One of the reasons Harden draws so many fouls is that he sticks it out there and most guys aren't fast enough to get it, end up reaching and he runs through their arms.

You do that too often with Shumpert on the floor, he'll make you pay.

Delly is pretty good at it, too.

[raprap]

Harden got burned there.

[inclinerator]

that harden defense

[Rocketswin2013]

Harden doesn't even care on defense.

[toxicxr6]

To be fair, Shump is a wizard when it comes to swiping the ball. If you stick it out there, he's going to take it.

One of the reasons Harden draws so many fouls is that he sticks it out there and most guys aren't fast enough to get it, end up reaching and he runs through their arms.

You do that too often with Shumpert on the floor, he'll make you pay.

Delly is pretty good at it, too.


You would think though after he got it picked once or twice he would tighten up and adjust.. He doesn't he just keeps on doing it and he has had it picked four times in similar fashion in just one half.. That is just stupid

[Meticode]

At halftime the Rockets coach better tell them to push the damn ball.

[Milbuck]

Harden is the ultimate treadmill franchise centerpiece. No team with him will ever win shit.

Serious question for Rockets fans...if you could restart the season with the roster blown up to Sixers-level to tank for Simmons, would you do it? Or would keep it as is and accept Harden and the retard crew as the future?

[Young X]

Harden is the ultimate treadmill franchise centerpiece. No team with him will ever win shit.

Serious question for Rockets fans...if you could restart the season with the roster blown up to Sixers-level to tank for Simmons, would you do it? Or would keep it as is and accept Harden and the retard crew as the future?Come on man, they got to the WCF with him last year and OKC was a couple games from winning a championship with him playing a major role.

[ArbitraryWater]

Come on man, they got to the WCF with him last year and OKC was a couple games from winning a championship with him playing a major role.

Last year was kind of a fluke.. plus they only made it there because he was actually benched, lol.

And then the refs were giving em some home cooking in late game 7 to stop the Clips comeback. GOAT strange series.

edit: yes, lol, I changed my opinion on him... right now at least.

[Naero]

It's inconceivable that with just a few more Rockets wins last season, James "Bobblehead" Harden could have edged out Curry for possibly the most undeserved regular-season MVP of this generation last season.

Eventually, the referees are going to be decreasingly whistle-happy with him as his ref-baiting becomes more problematic, and he'll be even more useless. His already-inefficient FG% isn't even all-reflecting; it's skewed favorably due to all the bail-out calls that nullify many of his misses that don't go on-paper.

[RedBlackAttack]

Kyrie has Beverly on skates right now.

[LoneyROY7]

Kyrie's handles.

[LoneyROY7]

Rockets right now. :oldlol:

[raprap]

This feels like a throw away game. No sense of urgency at all :facepalm

[NattyPButter]

Austin Carr had plenty of drinks tonight.

[stalkerforlife]

Kevin. Love.

WHAT A TIME.

[Naero]

Come on man, they got to the WCF with him last year and OKC was a couple games from winning a championship with him playing a major role.

The Thunder lost 1-4 that year—three losses of which were close-fought—and maybe this illustrates the biggest reason as to why when it pertains to role expectations:

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[Milbuck]

Come on man, they got to the WCF with him last year and OKC was a couple games from winning a championship with him playing a major role.
Josh Smith saved their season with Harden on the bench. Harden's ball dominant, no defense playing lazy ass plays that 4th and they probably go out in the 2nd round. And OKC won a ton with him playing 3rd option to 2 legit franchise centerpieces. Totally different situation. And the only reason they were a couple games away from winning it all instead of actually winning it all is because of Harden wetting the bed in that series.

[LoneyROY7]

Harden made a genius business decision leaving OKC.

Legit made himself a couple hundred million more than he would have otherwise.

[ArbitraryWater]

the ONLY way Harden can redeem himself, is upset a top 4 team in the first round without HCA.

[RedBlackAttack]

This is beautiful stuff from the Cavs.

[toxicxr6]

Holy crap Houston is fkn embarrassing

[raprap]

Harden :lol

[Milbuck]

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[Naero]

James Harden = 1-9 and 7 turnovers.

If he deserved that much MVP consideration last season for the "best impact" on the Rockets, they may as well have awarded Kevin McHale Coach of the Year honors, because I'm convinced that most of the success was attributable to his coaching.

[inclinerator]

jr smith

[Lebronxrings]

jr you idiot!!

[nba_55]

jr smith
:oldlol: :oldlol:

[RedBlackAttack]

James Harden = 1-9 and 7 turnovers.

If he deserved that much MVP consideration last season for the "best impact" on the Rockets, you may as well have awarded Kevin McHale, because I'm convinced that most of the success was attributable to his coaching.
The Cavs defense deserves a lot of credit. They are trapping Harden immediately every time he touches the ball and making the other guys beat them. Harden is getting frustrated and anxious, which has resulted in this sloppy third quarter.

[Young X]

Y'all hate on Harden too much man. Yeah he was benched in that game but he got them there in the first place with an MVP caliber season. They were the 2nd seed with Dwight missing 30+ games.

[Indian guy]

JR Smith only reason why this isn't a 30 point game. Will never understand Blatt'obsession with him.

[RedBlackAttack]

JR Smith only reason why this isn't a 30 point game. Will never understand Blatt'obsession with him.
He has been tremendous since Irving came back.

15 points a game on 46% FG, 44% 3PT. And he has 13/5 tonight.

And, he's also been really good defensively. Yeah, you get the occasional brain fart, but the guy can shoot the lights out and actually has a lot of other skills too.

[Gus Hemmingway]

Rockets are a joke :lol

[inclinerator]

howard couldnt make a hook shot over kyrie

[BasedTom]

houston getting BLOWN THE **** OUT

[Milbuck]

That was just the saddest attempt by Dwight

[JohnFreeman]

Suck a fat dick rockets fans

[RedBlackAttack]

Harden frustrated as hell. That foul on RJ was pure anger.

[Milbuck]

Suck a fat dick rockets fans
:hammertime:

[nba_55]

Richard J is useless.

[Springsteen]

:hammertime:

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[LoneyROY7]

Van Gundy. :oldlol:

[RedBlackAttack]

OMG that move by Kyrie was disgusting.

[nba_55]

Irving handles:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

[Milbuck]

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[Milbuck]

Kyrie is insane

[LoneyROY7]

I would be a huge Kyrie stan if he was on my team.

[JohnFreeman]

Team Harden is blasting off again

[Naero]

Rockets = possibly the most lackadaisical team currently in the playoffs picture. That culture is explainable when the only player "leaders" they have are James Harden and Dwight Howard.

[Springsteen]

Wonder what analytics Morey can use to fix this?

[Smook A.]

Suck a fat dick rockets fans
Damn. Harsh as **** :oldlol:

[Smook A.]

What an embarrasment. No one decided to show up for the Rockets tonight. Not one player

[LoneyROY7]

Kyrie da goat.

[Smook A.]

Last year was kind of a fluke.. plus they only made it there because he was actually benched, lol.

And then the refs were giving em some home cooking in late game 7 to stop the Clips comeback. GOAT strange series.

edit: yes, lol, I changed my opinion on him... right now at least.
2002 Kings vs Lakers >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

[JohnFreeman]

Damn. Harsh as **** :oldlol:
It's more directed at RTC :roll:

[KG215]

Harden: 2/10 FG, 0/5 3P, 11 points, 8 turnovers


Ouch. Kyrie was a blast to watch in the fourth. Second night of a back-to-back, coming off a grueling, emotional game against the Spurs last night, and the Cavs go to Houston and soundly beat a hot Rockets team. I really do think there's a clear cut 1st tier of Warriors, Spurs, Cavs and then a 2nd tier of Thunder, Clippers, and healthy Bulls...maybe the Hawks?

After that I don't know, there might be like 10 teams that make up the third tier.

[WayOfWade]

Harden: 2/10 FG, 0/5 3P, 11 points, 8 turnovers


Ouch. Kyrie was a blast to watch in the fourth. Second night of a back-to-back, coming off a grueling, emotional game against the Spurs last night, and the Cavs go to Houston and soundly beat a hot Rockets team. I really do think there's a clear cut 1st tier of Warriors, Spurs, Cavs and then a 2nd tier of Thunder, Clippers, and healthy Bulls...maybe the Hawks?

After that I don't know, there might be like 10 teams that make up the third tier.
True, I wanted the Heat to be in one of those tiers, but their play so far has shown me otherwise. Clearly though it's a race between CLE/SAS/GSW

[SyRyanYang]

Harden: 2/10 FG, 0/5 3P, 11 points, 8 turnovers


Ouch. Kyrie was a blast to watch in the fourth. Second night of a back-to-back, coming off a grueling, emotional game against the Spurs last night, and the Cavs go to Houston and soundly beat a hot Rockets team. I really do think there's a clear cut 1st tier of Warriors, Spurs, Cavs and then a 2nd tier of Thunder, Clippers, and healthy Bulls...maybe the Hawks?

After that I don't know, there might be like 10 teams that make up the third tier.
I don't understand the bulls hype. They have been relatively health and haven't done anything to warrant any success.

[ArbitraryWater]

2002 Kings vs Lakers >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

if you see that series as strange then its definitely a different type of stranger

[KG215]

True, I wanted the Heat to be in one of those tiers, but their play so far has shown me otherwise. Clearly though it's a race between CLE/SAS/GSW
Eh, based on what I've seen this yera, you could probably put the Raptors and Heat on the the Thunder/Clippers/Bulls tier that I mentioned. The Raptors beat OKC, in OKC (granted OKC was on the second night of a back-to-back), and the Heat beat OKC without Deng in Miami.

I'd still feel a lot better about picking the Thunder and Clippers over the Heat and Raptors in a seven game series which is what I (personally) always base this stuff on, but based on regular season play I could get on board with a Thunder, Clippers, Bulls, Hawks, Raptors, Heat second tier.

[KG215]

I don't understand the bulls hype. They have been relatively health and haven't done anything to warrant any success.
I'm basing it solely on the Bulls going 2-0 against OKC this year and beating them soundly in OKC on Christmas day.