Agreed, CP looked great yesterday but let's see if he is actually on the floor in April and May before we make a final call on that trade.

If rest will help PJ then he needs to rest. I understand that we are currently the 6 seed after our horrible last few weeks but to have any chance in the playoffs PJ needs to be able to shoot the corner 3 and guard the other team's best player.

This team and Houston sports teams in general need some good news after the absolute beating of a week we just had.

Tickets for tomorrow night are dirt cheap - 40% of face type prices - should be a good game and hopefully rockets can get back on the right track. PM me or email me at username @ Gmail if wanting to go and can send a few options your way.

Should have never lost the lead but this is just salt in the wound. Watching live it was pretty clear Harden was fouled by Schroeder....

If Morey does get canned after this year, I think the Eric Gordon deal will be the thing you can look back and point at as his undoing. It's a top 5 worst contract in the league, and it was completely unnecessary. It's the main thing preventing us from making a trade.

No cornrows = Rockets win.

Rockets up 16 in the first half. That means we are probably in trouble.

Refs doing their part to let Denver back in it

Kinda nice to have other players contribute instead of just Harden and Westbrook.

Completely different team when EG and Tuck are hitting shots

Nice to get back to winning. Gordon was 6/8 from deep and James had 27 on only 13 shots.

Couple observations from last night:

- first and most obvious, when role players like Gordon, Rivers, and Tucker contribute offensively this team looks completely different. It opens up the easy looks for Harden and Westbrook that they were getting last night. Denver made a concerted effort to stop the 3, we only shot 29, but we were attacking the basket like crazy. We shot 28 free throws (made 24), Denver was 11/15.

- Denver was shorthanded, but we played a lot better on defense WHEN WE ACTUALLY GOT BACK IN POSITION. It is borderline enraging when we miss a shot or turn the ball over and you see guys walking back while we give up an easy transition bucket. Once a game might deserve a pass, but it had to happen at least 5 or 6 times last night. You can't really coach that though, thats on the players to want it more.

- 27-5-5 isn't the sexiest Harden line, but he only had to play 31 minutes last night, and he started to look more like himself. Amazing what it does for his game when other guys actually show up on the offensive end.

Agreed. Having role players contribute by hitting some shots makes all the difference in the world. Russ was in the lane all night and with a little luck on a few of those layup he missed he could have had a monster stat line.

It is nice to see us bounce back after a rough stretch. The Twolves are no good so we need to keep it up Friday.

Harden sucks. He's either drunk all the time now or is hurt and not telling anybody. He's killing this team.

Is Harden hurt?

Russ is ballin tonight

Russ.

Russ is still really good at basketball

Russ dominating on a night James wasn't at his best.

Okay Nick Cannon

The best response

I think that as fans, we always forget about the effects of lingering injuries.

Harden out today

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Harden out today

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Looking like it's most likely tomorrow as well. James getting a few days off at this stage of the season and with how he has been shooting recently is probably a blessing in disguise.

You really think they should have cancelled the game today?

no way.

Maybe delay it an hour or so to give players a little more time, but no matter what it was gonna be emotional the next time those guys were on the court.