ClutchFans Game Thread: Lakers @ Rockets 4/24/2026 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 3)

Meh. I was done investing PT and shots in Jalen. He is what he is, we needed to see what the other guys could do. Jalen’s not becoming a superstar.

 

Would Jae'Sean Tate make it onto any other NBA roster?

First question in the presser has to be WHY THE **** DID YOU PUT TATE IN THE GAME?

 

Jalen/Dillon win this series I’ll fight anyone on this hill, and I’ll win or die trying

 

The Rockets are the NBA’s laughingstock.

 

Yeah all the talk about "the players lost the game" misses the fact that Ime Udoka chooses which players are in the game. And he chose poorly. Again. It's actually his biggest weakness as a coach. You can get around having a poor offensive gameplan by sheer talent. You can't fix busted rotations no matter what your top-end talent looks like. It's the biggest impact a coach has at game time.

 

Houston deserved to lose, but on another note these refs should be sent to Mars. Egregiously bad. Some of those jump balls, are you kidding me? Sengun literally told them what to watch for and Ayton did it again.

 

Rockets are jokes.

Rockets are clowns.

 

Jabary looked really bad after the bad turnover.

 

Coby White and Ayo Dosunmu available for basically nothing…Stone said “nah, I’m good, we’ve got *checks notes* Aaron Holiday”

this buffoon got robbed by DFS…DFS came into his office, robbed him of all his sh*t, raided the fridge, did a peace sign to the camera, then casually walked out no mask

 

After all those draft picks and assets and cap space….. they are out there running a 5.5 man rotation with starters playing 45 minutes … while their geriatric injury prone vets are injured…. No mid season trade because the GM has you up to the Apron.

This is what it is.

 

pinning it on jabari only is unfair to him. he put in the work and help as much as he could to win the game

 

And Charles didn't tell one lie about him.

Bus rider, not a driver, and wouldn't be surprised if he's now looking for his next stop.

 

Fine with me, it’s not a good fit anyway.

 

Ouch.

 

Dude GTFOOH with this.

We saw this disaster roster get ****in whipped AGAIN by a lottery team for 40 minutes with its season on the line, finally play well and then combine tremendous world historical brain farts to literally throw the game away, and then get clowned in overtime.

They aren't a coach away.

 

His last name is eerily similar to Suckup

 

Getting sad drunk tonight

 

Our bench scored 3 points, none of them should be on this team next year

 

That’s more than can be said for this team.
Down 0-3 and losing in pathetic fashion. Harden’s worse flameouts don’t top this.

I’d rather watch him iso

 

Even Lonzo Ball woulda helped. Just anyone to take care of the ball. JD Davidson. Anyone at all.