Sampson's defense We had an amazing second half offensively. The rotation, ball movement, and specific plays are really working. But the defense go out of control, especially in clutch time. Asik is a beast, and he was not even on the court down the stretch. And we let Bosh made big time plays, in particular the last rebound. Maybe the reason is LeBron made our defense look bad, or the refs. Do you think the coach's defense strategy has problem?
So frustrating. Lin, I'm mad. Coaching is so questionable sometimes, even when there are flashes of brilliance.
You give the ball to you're best 3point shooters. That is Delfino and Parsons. If you needs a 2 you go to Harden or Lin. Lin never should have taken that shot. Harden should have found parsons or delfino
The team play well with Osik in the lineup. I was shocked to see Osik taking out in favor of Patterson. Why the hell is Patterson better than Osik. Oh, cuz he can shoot and Osik can't?? Look, we don't need to have Pat out there to create isolation, you can still destroy team w/ Osik out there under the basketball w/ no one guarding him!! Osik should be the last one you took out from the lineup because he always help you solidify the interior defense.
Pretty much every time Harden has had the ball in isolation at the end of the quarter/game, he's gone to the horrible hesitation dribble step-back 3-point shot. It's never worked, either.
No, everyone does it and its perfect normal. Players create space then take the shot, sometimes it goes in sometime it doesnt, simple as that.
This offensive strategy is all a mistake from the coach staff... our team needs speed and ball moviment... not ISO plays...
Not easy to beat Miami when LeBron is playing like that, but a great effort by this young Rockets team. Good Job/Good Effort.
Overall a great game. They made some costly mistakes down the stretch. That airball really sucked the air out of the team, smh. Let's hope they take the positives from this game and bring the confidence that they can beat the Heat to the games ahead.
It does suck though. Real time it looked silly because the past two times Harden created great shots off of his Isolation...and people just ignored it. The Rockets did not lose this game. I know it looks like that...but the Heat just won it. They made the plays in the end and Lebron just went nuts. Had a career type of performance with 32 points in the 2nd half, hit some crazy shots and took over. When Lebron takes over a game like that teams usually don't win. People need to remember the Rockets are the youngest team in the NBA. It was a tough fight game and for this team morale victories apply here.
Losing Morris was a big blow to us. Lin airballing was bad BUT the missed rebound off of D-wade's missed FTs was even worse! Three guys on Bosh but no freaking box-outs, none! But so many positives came out of this loss that I'm not that all upset. It would've been icing on the cake had we won it but I liked the ball movement, the defense, the hustle, and the focus. We still need to work on Harden ISO-ball. That play is just plain awful. Granted, Lebron was on Harden on that last play. Overall, great game! We'll learn.
Would it be Asik's fault if the coaches told him to camp out at the 3 point line and shoot a 3? Jeremy Lin's strength is exactly what Harden failed to do time after time after time.
