I love this type of offense, too bad I can not see it in Rox...

Rafer Alston could make "That Pass!" any day...but he'd still get flamed around here for being too "And1", thus causing Chris Bosh to miss the dunk. And the score would be 95 to 80-something, so Van Gundy would hear it about his down-tempo offense.



I know Bargnani has skills, but how's he been putting them to use so far? Is he going to be worth the #1 in the end?

 

did you forget Rafer's pass in one of the earlier games of the season (that Hayes couldn't finish), that was a lot sicker than that pass.

 

Yeah, I wish the Rockets were 4 games under .500 like the Raptors are. I also wish they played defense as bad as the Raptors...

 

It was a great pass.


(This post has nothing to do with either Rafer or Van Gundy.)

 

I don't know...why would you want the Rockets to emulate a team that sucks?

BTW, the Rockets and Raptors have the exact same points per 100 possessions, so it looks to me like this "exciting offense" you want doesn't really exist on the Raptors. This play was just a circus pass that's only good for a Sportscenter highlight clip. Most of the time, passes like that are stolen or go out of bounds.

Let's face it, the Rockets are not designed to run and gun, and it's been proven that run and gun teams ultimately fail in the playoffs...

 

V-Span can make that pass....and the Rockets have several players capable of playing that type of awareness game.

Yao
Tmac
Hayes
Battier
V-Span
Luther


Yes, they could play a better style of game...next year when JVG is gone I guess.

DD

 

yeah i love this type of offense. the rockets should do that play once every game. Maybe in the playoffs too if we make it (assuming we're doing behind the back bounce alleyoops every game, we'd probably, just liek the raptors, not make it).

That, is not a type of offense. That's a great pass from the #1 pick in the draft. One pass does not make their offense "dynamic". If scoring 3 more points in such a dynamic offense than the rockets, while giving up 11 more points than us is what you want, you really need to ask the raptor fans how they feel about themselves.

Nice play from bargani, though.

 

I would like to see the Barkley backing it in offense. We don't have the personnel or the rule book to run it though. What we do have is a very good scoring differential. That is because we run a decent offense and a stellar defense, which is the formula for winning consistantly in the NBA. Up-tempo is the formula for getting bounced out of the playoffs every year, if you can make it in.

 

Right.

The Mavs team eFG% is .500. The Rockets team eFG% is .497. Offensively, they are about equal in terms of shooting efficiency. The Mavs do score about 5 more points per 100 possessions, so their offensive prodution is a bit better than ours. On the other hand, the Rockets are better defensively that the Mavs giving up 3 fewer points per 100 possessions and holding teams to a lower FG% (opp eFG% for the Rockets is 0.456, for the Mavs 0.475.) Obviously the Mavs are further above the Rox on offense than the Rox are above them on defense, hence their position atop the standings. That probably has less to do with the coaching or style and more to do with the fact that for much of the season the Rox were missing 1/2 of their top players (first TMac and later Yao).

I am not targeting any particular game either. I am saying that an exciting offense doesn't improve your chances of winning, it just makes more people enjoy watching the games (because exciting offense appeals more to average/casual fans).

 

Great analysis, but you know the inevitable response will be, "but the rockets offense suck and the other team style is much better!" and not suprisingly it will easily trump your fact based, well reasoned arguments.

 

I would take Rox game over toronto any day!!! all I care about is winning!!! and If you really care about your team then its fun to watch even if its Grizz