ClutchFans Game Thread: Grizzlies @ Rockets 12/22/2012

We are like a lesser version of the Suns with Nash in his first year on that team.

 

Another two real tests to see how the team has improved later this month....OKC and San Antonio. SA seems to be beatable....but OKC is going to be tough as they seem to know how to shut both Lin and Harden.

 

Will be a great test. That was a different Rockets team.

 

If we go .500 over the rest of the month I will be happy. This is an extremely tough stretch.

 

Cole Aldrich is so bad. lol

 

kneejerk?:grin:

 

Greg Smith and Jeremy Lin have great chemistry. Hope to see them on the court together more often.

 

gotta remember tho, Harden didn't have time to give the team his scouting report on OKC, he knew how to beat everybody but 'there was only 1 of him'.

 

Just six shots for Rudy Gay. Was our defense responsible for that?

 

so true is that both you and mr langhi are some of the biggest party poopers ever. enjoy the growth of the team.

=/

 

Parsons played great D on him.

 

hear it usually takes two seasons (or basically two off-seasons) for a player to completely change their shot mechanics.

It'll come. Remember Jason Kidd's shot.

 

TD was +17. Delfino was +22

 

Agree that TD plays some "in your face" defense and he is very fast bring the ball up court, fastest on the team, which is what our coach wants. He provides some good energy and his 3s when falling are really money. But I just wish when he is on the court with Harden or Lin, he doesn't try to play points and shouldn't make so many FGAs and should give the ball more to Harden and stick with being the spot up shooter most of the time.

Some people don't understand, a player's +/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court. There are a lot factors why team adds the point when he is on the court. It might due to his defense or team's defense tighten up, or it might due to opposing team's rotation of players, or some hot hands of our players drilling 3s... The player might score nothing while the team gains net points. That's why the +/- is the most useless stat. It doesn't tell the story at all. Detailed synergy data is the only reliably tools to accurately judge a player's impact.

 

Holy cr@p! Look at the L10 of all these teams! No one is slowing down. If we want to make a push for the playoffs we have to give it 100% every game!

 

The only surprising number of the night is the attendance number of 18029.:grin:

 

Some posts from the Grizz :grin:

 

Lin's bad 3 point shooting is really killing his fg%. Was 1-6 against the Knicks and 1-5 today. Could easily average around 18 points if he starts hitting even 1/3 of his 3 point shots. Has to really work on this over the off season.

 

I thought the same thing. Greg Smith is great at rolling to the basket and Jeremy seems to know where to find him.