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1. Very ugly game, but very happy we won

2. I wish I had the confidence of FVV to heat check a 30fter while being 0/8

3. Ugly as hell in the first half, but a road win is a road win. Lots of CTE by our guys at the end. The Raptors are pretty competitive for a tanking team.

   Fred really helped out the Raptors on his return night SMH. He’s the veteran leader, but his leash can be a little too long in games. Also an obvious upgrade spot eventually.

   Good to see Cam get some run with Tari out. Some good and bad moments, but he looked the part of our bench microwave scorer and contributed compared to the beginning of the season. And Tate has been nice for the limited minutes he gets. Could get a lot more run on a different team that already has good spacing.

   Jabari has been really nice after his rough start to the season, especially defensively. Sengun continues to look better in second halves. Good that he can turn it on, bad that he tends to struggle out the gate.

   Good game by Dillon, but I wish Jalen can get the same foul calls Dillon does. Jalen can become more physical, but he does not get the benefit of the calls a lot of the time.

   Also, is Scottie still recovering from an injury, or was it just one of those games?

4. STORY OF THE SEASON. IT AIN’T PRETTY, BUT A WIN IS A WIN.

   GAME BALL TO TATE. HE EARNED IT BEFORE THE LAST PLAY. STEPPED THE FUCK UP WHEN HIS NUMBER WAS CALLED.

   CAM PUTTING THE WORD OUT. HE BACK UP.

   DILLON BEING SO HUGE FOR US AGAIN. HIS FTS KEPT US IN THIS.

   JABARI STEADY AND SOLID

   HATS OFF TO IME FOR GOING DEEP IN THE BAG TONIGHT AND FINDING WHAT WORKED.

   FRED, REAL CUTE HOW YOU TRIED TO HELP YOUR FORMER BOYS OUT. I APPRECIATE THE LOYALTY.

   WE’RE NOT LOSING AGAIN IN 2024. BOOK IT.

   GAMECUBE. NINTENDO.

5. # [WE STILL TIPPIN’ HOUSTON TEXAS!! GO ROCKETS!!](https://streamable.com/ov9uwg)

6. Cam Whitmore returns, life is good.

7. FVV is not it. All i gotta say. A win is a win.

8. DILLON BROOKS

   BAE’SEAN TATE

9. Tate:

   

10. Our starting point guard misses way too many shots. Especially for the bag he’s sitting on.

11. That was a nba game

12. 14 FTs for DB has to be a career high.

13. Fred with a steph curry performance. Ime, will probably play him for 40 minutes tomorrow.

14. Good job Cam and Tate, others played as expected, a win is a win, hope Cam is back consistently, Cam and Tate should get minutes,, fresh legs and energy is always a plus point… Reduce some Fred minutes FGS…

15. One of the ugliest wins I’ve ever seen.

    The whole team was trying their best to lose this one.

    And the refs gave us that last possession.

    It’s always good to win, but we should not struggle like this against such bad teams.

16. coming out with a road win when you play like absolute dogwater is a sign of a good team… right? 😅

17. Not the prettiest win but a win is a win plus we don’t have to go into overtime before another road game tomorrow night.

18. Guangdong Dragons LOL

    [https://x.com/ftank58/status/1871006668114301173](https://x.com/ftank58/status/1871006668114301173)

19. DB bailed FVV out, but Tate bailed him and Ime out the last minute. Best move of Ime on playing Cam today. Good ole fun seeing Cam there again cooking defense there with Tate. He belongs there. Can’t wait to see his full form back.

20. Bad late game offense strikes again. We make closing games so much harder than it has to be. It’s always FVV chucking 30ft shots or Alpi attempting to fight through multiple double teams & nobody else doing anything unless it’s off a scramble. It’s so frustrating 

21. A lot of y’all owe Dillon Brooks an apology. He’s been hooping his tail off all season for us on the offensive and defensive side of the ball!

22. i hate to say it but i’m officially concerned today about Reed. the fact that he got basically no minutes in THIS game is a bad sign

23. Glad Ime realized Jock is not the answer after only a couple of minutes and didn’t bring him back in. Kind of offset the obsession with Fred and brining him back in at the end.

24. Our biggest need in the long and short term is point guard. I appreciate all Fred has done from a veteran leadership standpoint but I don’t want to see him anywhere near rockets red next season.

    Reed isn’t anywhere near ready and it seems Amen is likely destined to be a wing.

    We need one in the worst way. Can dejuante Murray be had for cheap if the pelicans are imploding?

25. I didnt watch the first half so great Game from My perspective maybe too much TO

26. If Stone picks up Fred’s option next season imma shit

27. Cam Whitmore turned back into Can Get More tonight. 

    If he can maintain a little consistency then we’ve got the deepest bench in the NBA. 

28. funny game. Rockets trying hard to throw the game and ref trying hard to give us the game

29. YALL WERE REALLY ON HERE DEFENDING PLAYING REED OVER CAM LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

30. Why the hell did we switch up the lineup that pushed our lead to 10+ with 5 minutes left in the game?!?!? Raptors damn near stole this game after those subs were made. Smfh.

31. Send FVV to the g league

32. We won’t take the next step until we upgrade from FVV

33. I mean, it’s just kind of obvious that somebody in pergetory **should** sell us their all-star player for Whitmore, FVV, a first or two, and another player. Price obviously changes a bit based on who comes back.

    We have considerably too much talent and our contracts are going to stack up. We can get somebody locked down like Booker, Fox, Trae, Maxey, etc. and they can get a little cap reset + assets in a fairly brutal market.

    We should be setting ourselves up like the Cavs with Donovan or the Thunder with Shai. Doesn’t have to be our guy, but we have a number of guys we can work with depending on who we get back.

34. What a world we’re living in! They can play terrible the whole game and still win, even with a road whistle. I remember the days where everyone would have to go nuclear to barely get a win, now nearly the whole team doesn’t even come to play and it’s still a W

35. https://i.redd.it/qt4d80fyai8e1.gif

36. Cam was my favorite rocket last year it was good to see that from him. Brooks is my favorite this year and to watch him have to lead the offense in multiple games when we just paid big money for 2 offensive players is disappointing.