Rockets (13-34) at Celtics (23-25) Game #49 4/2/21

[footey]

Ball movement was excellent.

Rob was magnificent

TPS!!!!

[liam]

I guess I'm the only one not impressed by Wood. Looks like classic good player on Bad team type guy. No D and can't shoot free throws. I admit I have see him that much so maybe that's it...

[hpantazo]

This feels like the old Smart, the one that actually wins

We missed you old Smart!!

Yes! This was the most Marcus Smart-like he's been in a long while

[Silas]

I guess I'm the only one not impressed by Wood. Looks like classic good player on Bad team type guy. No D and can't shoot free throws. I admit I have see him that much so maybe that's it...

Rob really outplayed him tonight.

[Atzar]

Good win.

Lots of promising performances tonight.  Smart got back to playing like I want him to play.  R Williams was a monster and arguably outplayed Wood.  When Fournier exploded, it was initially Rob who kept finding him. 

Hope Jaylen is okay, but honestly I don't think it would be the worst thing if he missed a couple of weeks with a minor ding of some sort.  IMO he has looked like he needed a rest for a couple of months now.  In the meantime, Fournier can start for him and hopefully continue to find his rhythm with his new team. 

[Ogaju]

Kemba had a solid game.

yes, he did not force shots up. and neither did fournier, even when he was hot, if the defender was close he would pass instead. such a change from tatum.

Yep...ball movement gets easy shots. When is Rob Williams due for extension?

[Silas]

These games are so much fun when they win.

[knuckleballer]

It's easy to move the ball around when you're winning. Or is it that when you move the ball around you win? I think it's the latter but regardless it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. And I hope they remember it on Sunday when they face stiffer competition from Charlotte. It's easy to move the ball around when you're leading by 20 against a bad team and feeling good. They have to remember that they can also do it when Charlotte is making a run at them or Hayward is going off, they don't have to revert to iso when they run up against their nemesis Adversity. Trust each other!

I think players in tough games, Tatum in particular, try to take on too much by themselves which leads to holding onto the ball thus poor ball movement.

[Silas]

Rob, close to a triple double.

[Silas]

Also, Rob had no turnovers.

[RJ87]

Decent enough win.

Let's see them consistently do this against teams that don't have a shrine of Cade Cunningham in the basements of their stadiums.

[Silas]

The Green Kornet played 18 minutes with no turnovers.

[hpantazo]

Hopefully Brown is ok. He stumbled off in the 4th with a knee contusion.

[Celtics Mike]

Delighted for Evan Fournier.

[liam]

I guess I'm the only one not impressed by Wood. Looks like classic good player on Bad team type guy. No D and can't shoot free throws. I admit I have see him that much so maybe that's it...

Rob really outplayed him tonight.

Yeah, TIMELORD looked like the much better player.