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Rockets Beatdown Highlights

LogGrad98 said:
You know they now have that screen assist stat. They need one for what Korver does, drawing the D which creates open looks, I don't know call it...hell call it a Korver assist. He had at least 3 of those in this game including that inbound play where 2 rockets followed him leaving favors wide open.
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I call that inbounds play poor defense and ,miscommunication between the defenders. I have seen it happen even when the offensive player isnt a great shooter. Houston defense is not know for its greatness.
 
MVP said:
Rubio made the offence hum. Favors of course deserves credit for rebounding bunch of misses and dunking all over the Rockets but without Rubio playing well I doubt we would have won so easily.
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Agreed. Since it was a late game i watched most of it the next day after i had already read the gamethread and saw the box score. I expected favors to be amazing. He was very good but it seemed like most all of his points came from easy putback dunks, poor defense, and great passes and setups by his teammates.
 
MVP said:
Rubio made the offence hum. Favors of course deserves credit for rebounding bunch of misses and dunking all over the Rockets but without Rubio playing well I doubt we would have won so easily.
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Rubio was good but to be honest he was probably like our 4th best player. A lot of guys had a really good game.
 
MVP said:
I can see you making a case for Ingles and Favors... who else was better than Rubio?
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I have been very critical of Exum, but I honestly think he was one of our 3 best players in this game. 15 points, 5 assists, 2 boards, 2 steals on 60% shooting, he had the highest +/- of the night with a +24 and he played some really great defense. Again, Rubio played well but I think there were a few others who had a better game than him. Udoh was excellent as well.
 
Jingled said:
I have been very critical of Exum, but I honestly think he was one of our 3 best players in this game. 15 points, 5 assists, 2 boards, 2 steals on 60% shooting, he had the highest +/- of the night with a +24 and he played some really great defense. Again, Rubio played well but I think there were a few others who had a better game than him. Udoh was excellent as well.
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While I agree that Exum played probably the second best game of this season ( win vs Memphis was his best), I do not agree that his play was more impactful than Ricky's. Rubio set the tone from the get go and his passing was absolutely crucial for getting everybody involved and going. Exum did most of his damage when game was a blowout already. If anything I would say Ricky, Ingles and Favors were the best 3 in no particular order.
 
Imagine what Favors stats would have been if they would have gone to him when the rockets put in the small lineup. I think they had tucker on Favors. We didnt go to the post once during that stretch.
 
MVP said:
Rubio made the offence hum. Favors of course deserves credit for rebounding bunch of misses and dunking all over the Rockets but without Rubio playing well I doubt we would have won so easily.
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It wasn't just the offense. Favors made the Jazz not even miss Gobert. They were shying away from him as much as teams to Gobert. He was challenging shots and outplayed Capella. He also had a bunch of points.
 
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