ClutchFans Game Thread: Lakers @ Rockets 5/1/2026 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 6)

I sliced a chunk of my finger off today. That was better than this first half…

 

As I’ve said every game, Ime SUCKS

 

Yep, Reed has no confidence breaking the big down because he can't consistently hit his runners. He can get past them but doesn't really know what to do when he does...so he just dances on the perimeter a bit and thinks about it then passes it out.

Meanwhile, Sengun can't really back down Ayton and the paint is too clogged for Amen.

If we're going to just brick shots may as well put Capela in there, go double big, and have him play the Adams role. They want to pack the paint, sure lets do it, get Sengun some help in the paint because we're getting no rebounds and Lebron is doing nothing but driving to the rim.

 

Did Amen get the text from Ausar at halftime?

 

Tim hardaway JR- vet min

bucket off the bench . Couldn’t get him last offseason

 

No no...
Let's make this respectable.

 

i'm not even phased by this game.

rockets just ran out of talent. if they win this game it would be an all time comeback in the midst of an all time comeback. i don't think its happening but its the nba and weirder things have happened.

aaron holiday getting minutes is insane but in reality there are only 6 playable guys on this roster. dfs decided to forget how to play basketball this season. kd was overused by necessity. fvv broke before we started. adams broke. I don't think you can count on those 4 guys to become playable next season. You need to find 3 players who can put the ball in the hoop to add to this roster.

Kennard, Quinten Grimes, Ayo Donsumu, Afernee Simons should all be targets.

Rockets need to find a way into this draft.

I'm not sure what they should do with Eason, but losing him for nothing seems like a terrible result.

maybe green should see some minutes in the second half.

 

Hopefully this will be the last game as a Rocket for a bunch of these bums.........

 

Ime is going to send Tate out there by himself for the second half.

 

It's only a flesh wound

For reference - in the second half of game 2 - where Durant contributed 3 points and 5 turnovers in 20 minutes, probably his worst half of the entire year

....the Rockets managed to score a horrific 41 points - which is literally 10 more than they just scored

Buddy, you lost this one, unfortunately for you and me and all Rockets fans - they are not actually better without him

 

if Jarred Vanderbilt was a free agent this offseason, that would probably be Stone’s 1st signing in free agency

he doesn’t believe in shooting or PG play, just stacking up defenders with no offensive game

 

Our 5 draft picks are variables in this experiment. In the offseason its time to get rid of 1 more. Bye Alpi. We got rid of Jalen. Let's get rid of the variable from that draft.
Next playoff series will be Baris turn to keep his job!

 

bro last time we won a ship i was 15. we had to go thru mchale and silas. im so tired of being tired. we are the houston goddammit. we are the houston rockets. ****ing hell man.

 

What kind of deal do you guys think we can get for KD?

 

"Does Houston have a run left in them?"

No we ****ing don't we just scored 31 points in 24 minutes

 

While Ayton and Hayes are constantly setting illegal moving screens, Ime and his useless assistants do not see that these are among the major reasons why the Lakers get open threes on top of the key. And that Sengun to Reed play is not working, so why does Ime keep insisting on that play? Sengun has forgotten to pass the ball to his teammates. The Lakers know exactly what the Rockets are going to do, and it is easy pickings. Sengun should initiate to move the ball from side to side and not rely on his one on one game that has not worked well all season. This is crazy.

 

LeBron smells blood.

 

And again we just go to Tari on Lebron because that's worked all game long.

 

It's weird that we've seen virtually no Capela at all with Ayton or Hayes consistently on the floor. It seems like he'd match up OK with those two.

 

Bring in Stan Van Gundy. At least he knows how to run an offense