ClutchCity.net Game Thread: Clippers @ Rockets 12/14/2002

This is really turning ugly.

Though I never thought of home court in playoffs. We are too far away (in terms of time) to jump to that.

getting to playoff and scaring the **** out of any 1-4 opponent is enough for me for this year.

I still want to see Stevie get some stuff in flow, and Boki have some PT and Ming get his double double.

BTW I like the way CM has been tonite.

 

Yao is feeding the post to Rice. Shouldn't it be the other way around?

 

ANd when I talk of Ming double double, its not for TOs!!

 

Rockets need to make a trade, they are not going any where with this team.

 

Does anyone know why the HELL we're running the offence through Glen frickin Rice. I used to like Rice, but why iso him all frickin game? Goddang it this is so frustrating!@!!!!!!!

 

Mobley was hot, until he starts shooting crazy threes!!! Easy two damnit!!!

 

i didnt know boumtje boumtje was now on the clips, i thought he was a blazer, i went to school with him and saw him around(hard to miss a 7footer). but i cant believe hes getting minutes over wang because he sucked his last year.

 

Eddie should concentrates on his defense instead of shooting!

 

Brand is killing us. He has five fouls. Somebody fouls him out quickly dammit!

 

Well I think Stevie has to stand up as a man. Brand and Miller schooled us today.

 

I can overlook the lose in Memphis as a backslide to the no defense and the one on one. But to not have learned anything from it and do the same for a second night, no excuse for that.

 

Well with a game like this Les should not be looking for reasons as to why we dont have good attendance.

 

Last night, it was Gasol and Williams. A PF-Guard tandem

 

One word to describe Rox players: selfishness. Just check every body's shoot attempts and points made.

 

This is just the same old story from the Rockets. They simply don't try against lesser teams. They turn on the intensity when they are down 9 with a minute left. They are an embarassment. They have so much talent, but they have the wrong attitude. This has been the case every year since 99. Nothing has changed. This team will go nowhere until a change is made in management.

 

This is HORRIBLE. What has happenned to Defense? SF doesn't seem to want to play D anymore. on average we shoot 45-46% which usually translates to 85+ pts. If opponents score 95+ points, en route to 100, we are in terrible shape. While the Clips DID cool down in 2H, our offensive productivity and output already peaked.

So Sad....



angrySAGE

 

Well I am done for the nite, my two bits....

We have improved as a team. We have aso become more dangerous...to the fans' health by raising their hopes and dashing it like that.

More importantly till yesterday I was worried only about our road woes....now I think our issues are more endemic.

And I really hate the fact that we are back to isos.

 

Absolutely no heart and no pride

After yesterday's heartbreaker, you'd think the Rox would be refocused to take this one to the bank. But instead, they take yet another step backward, not just with the L, but literally, with the plays and decision making. Desperation threes in late 3rd quarter? Were they really necessary? Lack of D on Miller?

Even with Kandi as a nonfactor, Brand and Miller just roasted us. For three quarters, the Clips also outrebounded us and had a better turnover less steals ratio than we did. The strength of the Rox is NOT IN SCORING 100 PTS. Why? b/c it's not like we can do it consistently. What we can bring nite in nite out is 110% on the defensive end. Today, I wonder if we brought even 50% to the table.



sadSAGE

 

Timm, It damaged my health worse than watching tommy & pamela p*rn.

 

Clippers

PLAYER MIN FG 3PT FT RB AS PF PT
ANDRE MILLER 44 10-15 0-0 7-8 0 6 4 27
MARKO JARIC 36 6-14 1-6 0-0 2 8 2 13
ELTON BRAND 46 12-21 0-0 3-4 16 2 5 27
TREMAINE FOWLKES 34 2-6 0-1 0-0 9 0 3 4
MICHAEL OLOWOKANDI 37 3-11 0-0 1-2 10 1 4 7
Quentin Richardson 23 3-8 1-2 1-2 6 0 0 8
Wang Zhizhi 11 3-4 1-2 1-2 1 0 2 8
Keyon Dooling 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0
Chris Wilcox 2 0-1 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 0
Melvin Ely 0 - - -
Sean Rooks 0 - - -
Eric Piatkowski 0 - - -
TOTAL 240 39-81 3-11 13-20 44 17 22 94

Rockets

PLAYER MIN FG 3PT FT RB AS PF PT
STEVE FRANCIS 42 5-18 1-3 3-5 3 5 2 14
CUTTINO MOBLEY 40 8-17 1-6 2-2 1 3 3 19
GLEN RICE 36 6-11 0-2 3-3 5 1 2 15
EDDIE GRIFFIN 33 5-12 0-3 0-3 9 2 3 10
YAO MING 36 5-9 0-0 6-6 9 2 2 16
Moochie Norris 15 0-2 0-1 1-2 2 1 1 1
Terence Morris 15 2-5 0-0 0-0 3 0 1 4
Kelvin Cato 13 2-2 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 4
Juaquin Hawkins 10 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0
Maurice Taylor 0 - - -
Kenny Thomas 0 - - -
Bostjan Nachbar 0 - - -
TOTAL 240 33-77 2-16 15-21 36 15 18 83


PF is a big problem!

shoot--------

YM 5-9
SF 6-21
CM 9-23

Pls trade Yao and play like last season
or trade SF(maybe CM).