Jazz VS Rockets Game Thread

[Deleted member 5000]

Jazz vs Rockets
6 PM Mountain; 7 PM Texas Time
Dish: 446 DirecTV: 683-1
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Both teams have started the season 1-2. The Rox are without their max contract guard Chris Paul due to suspension. Capella gave Gobert fits in the post season so that'll be an interesting match up to watch along with a history of Jingles and Harden getting a little chippy. Could this be a preview of another playoff match up? Jazz lead the all time series record 103 - 94

 

[Rubashov]

Excellent rare, a must win game. Im actually getting up early to watch.

 

[Engorged On Unborn Gore]

Ricard is due for a good game with his yearly “starts and fits” early season tradition.

 

[radiohegel]

My wild prediction for the night: Donovan is going to make this his own personal opener and go for 35+ pts and make the highlight reels with an emphatic block on a shot or lob from James Harden.

 

[fishonjazz]

I think we win this one. Rudy outplays capela, mitchell hits his stride, and the loss of cp3 is huge for our struggling point guards.
Time to right the ship.

 

[Alfalfa]

Looking forward to Mitchell's first great game this season.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

Good chance for revenge.

Hope we play well.

 

[Deleted member 5000]

 

[DasJazz]

Time to get back on track and throttle the Rockets.

 

[jjscap]

CP3, Ennis and likely Nene are out. HOU should play a ton of small ball this game as they have no backup center.
Both teams need a win. Anything can happen, I'd not be surprised by any result. Bookies favor HOU -1.5

 

[LogGrad98]

How crazy would this current team be with Stockton.

I hope we find a way to right the ship tonight. It is time to break some slumps and get more comfortable in the game. Mitchell needs a break-out.

 

[str8line]

Does Quin pull Ricky again if his shot's not there? Do we see more of Grayson? Does Crowder start over Favors? Does Dante have a good game? Does Donovan's shot start falling?

 

[Magic Spray]

 

[dong2ha]

I want a bounce back game from mitch and exum. Hope allen plays well too

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

CP3, Ennis and likely Nene are out. HOU should play a ton of small ball this game as they have no backup center.
Both teams need a win. Anything can happen, I'd not be surprised by any result. Bookies favor HOU -1.5

They have Hartenstein. Ennis is important to their small ball lineups... should see lots of Melo and Gerald Green (I swear that guy makes every shot against us). Lots of MCW too which should help our defense.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Also, if they switch a ton and we don't run everything at Harden or Melo I'm going to yell. Last year targeting Capela made me a little crazy.

 

[Shad]

This would be a huge bounce back win for us if we can get it. We REALLY need it

 

[infection]

Those Rockets jerseys were awful. A lot of jerseys were from that era, but those certainly.

 

[str8line]

Rudy wants some payback on Capela. But Capela is coming off this against the Clippers:

34 Min
23 Pts
11-14 FG
0-0
6 Reb
5 Ast

 

[Keefe]

I think we win. Maybe easily. Really bottle Harden up. Double teams, different guys on him, force him into tough shots. Just don't send him to the line more than about 10x. I don't care if we leave his teammate's open really. Okay, maybe not Gordon. But you get the point. Make it super tough on him and make everyone else beat us.