Rockets (32-14) at Celtics (16-28) Game #45 1/30/15

[Beat LA]

Am I the only one creeped out by Jordan from Jordan's furniture saying that, "there's something special about leather."   Uh, 50 shades of grey comes out in 2 weeks.  Can you wait until then, lol?

[MarcusStart]

I'm starting to wonder if Sully got any better during the summer.

[MBunge]

Smart is a gamer. I like that he is willing to take the big shot as a rookie.

yet Sully wants to be a hero for taking a much easier three a couple of plays before?

One is making them.  One is not.

It looked like Sully was shooting the three better but if, at the end of two seasons when his coach has given him a green light to bomb away, he still can't make them at a reasonable clip, he and Stevens need to give up on the dream.

Mike

[Yoki_IsTheName]

Well, we got defensive stops when we needed them, just didn't knock down the shots we needed to.  That is basketball.

This.

The young guys developing toughness and resilience, but we lost.  Then again, we are tanking right?

[MarcusStart]

That's a veteran flop by Smart.

[jpotter33]

Good sell Smart; stupid move Harden.

[Surferdad]

Win or lose, I like the grit down the stretch.

[Redz]

Never say die

[Chief]

Am I the only one creeped out by Jordan from Jordan's furniture saying that, "there's something special about leather."   Uh, 50 shades of grey comes out in 2 weeks.  Can you wait until then, lol?

The pony tail makes me laugh.

[SCeltic34]

Regardless of the outcome, we had a great 2nd half. 

[danglertx]

Wow, Smart with a NBA sell getting the foul call.... hold the presses!

[Eja117]

At the half of this Rockets game Marcus Smart is the 15th most impactful player tonight. Virtually every player that has touched the court tonight has had a bigger impact on the game than him. I wish I could say this isn't very common.

He's got to get the minutes and the touches to be impactful. They give him no role in the offense, and his minutes have been spotty.

His minutes have been spotty because he hasn't done anything with them. There are several other players tonight that have played similar minutes and look like they actually belong in the NBA. He looks like he belongs at OK St or possibly the D League

Righhhtttttt.

So you think he's just ready to go. Just ready to be a big piece but Stevens is just messing around with his minutes because.....no good reason?  Pressy is the better NBA player right now. They're giving him more minutes than he deserves already. He's not going to be on the all rookie team despite all the injuries. As of this moment he's a bust.

Only in the realm of trolls is Pressey better than Smart right now. Absolute nonsense.

Pressy doesn't suck completely when he plays and that's the difference. Smart flashes some good defensive ability here and there and that's about it, and no amount of wishful thinking or denial changes that.

This isn't what anyone signed up for with this guy, not by a long shot. He has a long ways to go.

#troll

EDIT: At least I hope you're trolling, because those comments aren't based in reality.

Troll would be "He'll never be that good at defense". 

This is just an issue of being honest with ourselves. He's having a horrid horrid rookie year.

Exactly.  The trolling accusation is simply a defense mechanism to protect their fragile delusion.

Trolling: make a deliberately offensive or provocative online posting with the aim of upsetting someone or eliciting an angry response from them

Tell me that the quote "Pressey is a better player than Smart right now" does not have a hint of trolling to it. That's obviously false.

Maybe I should have said "equally good". When you look at the stats and it's like 27 minutes 4 points on 1 of 5 shooting and 4 fouls, 3 rebs ....Pressey can do better than that

That's not trolling.  Pressey can go out there and get a couple rebs, and a couple shots.

Pressey probably couldn't do what Smart did on defense tonight, but then Demo probably doesn't end up looking like an all star either.

[ViolentGhandi]

team goes in desperation 3 mode way to early - I don'T want Sulli to shoot 3s in the 4th - with the win still in reach and still 3-5 minutes to play - actuallly I don't want him to shoot 3s at all.

[SHAQATTACK]

I hate the Rockets

[pokeKingCurtis]

This has to be good for the kids, right?

Even if they can't make the playoffs, competing the right way alongside vets has to be good.

Best of both worlds, I suppose.

It's not like I'm not excited about a high pick, but losing the way we do has to be better than the way the T-Wolves or the 6ers lose.