ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Mavericks 3/6/2013

Towards the very end of the game, after a time out, Harden had a layup attempt to tie the game after which the loose ball was called out of bounds on Harden...

A coach who puts his superstar wing in a position to tie the game on a lay up attempt is making the right call.

 

So if you can not make A in an exam, you give up and get an F?

 

*objective

 

Maybe or maybe not? Again this game was a coin flip. If the starters only scored 5 more pts we would have won... BUT it's not that simple.

 

Sorry bro, you're ****ing crazy if you think asik doesn't make a difference defensively, and if the offense isn't better with Lin

 

Still waiting for you to explain to me.....

 

LOL. What a wordy reply without any argument. Why don't you just say you "believe so", and be done with it?

When the coach did something very unusual for NBA standard - benching 2 well performing starters in a very important away game in the entire 4th quarter, resulted in a loss, while the back up player scored 0 point albeit provided good defense, you say that decision is not even "questionable", and started to question others' motives.

I don't know where you learned logic at school.

 

Too much Harden ISO. He was doing his Steve Francis impression unfortunately.

 

You brought up some good points. Would rep you if I could.

 

i'm saying you put your best players out there...you don't leave a guy on the bench just because he has a similar skill set as your star. Especially since that's how you start games and your star is having an off shooting night and the defense already knows what's coming half the time.

 

haha i love torocan's posts. he makes people who argue with him look really dumb.

 

if i was harden , i would be worried. the coach is runnign impossible plays for him.

 

You lost the damn game... So it was obviously the wrong move since the game was more than winnable. What's so hard to understand? You don't play a bench player the whole 4th quarter I don't care what he does.. unless his name is Manu, or Crawford... even then those coaches wouldn't do it.. athletes are creatures of habit so you stick to your substitution patterns.

Find me the game where Phil Jackson played Jordan Farmar the whole 4th quarter of a game? I'll give you a week to do so.. head over to basketball reference all the boxscores and play by plays are there to peruse.

 

Eh you got it spot on, McHale doesn't care about the other four and where they are on the court, as long as Harden has the ball to work his magic.

 

Nah, only if you like one player above the team.
The tendency is to hold that player less accountable and it inevitably skews your perspective.

 

Very good point, reped

 

In other words you have no argument.

 

There isn't that much of a difference between Lin and beverlys defense ( Beverly sure does bounce around more like douglas, that doesn't make him effective )

 

me too . He was the only player who off the bat balls well with harden, lin through the season has learnt to play well with harden.
Beverly is good, but he handles the ball too much and doesn't play well off harden.

 

This is what torocan said:
And you will note I also complained about the benching of Asik. If the worries were about "hack-Asik", then they should have substituted him in during the final 2 minutes when you can't foul off the ball.


This is what you said in response to torocan's post:
I find it funny people are blasting Mchale for not putting him in, but no one is blaming Asik for 4-11 in fts


This is what torocan said in response to your post:
Asik is a 55% FT shooter. Going +-2 FT's is very much within normal expected variance. 2 more missed FT's than normal doesn't invalidate his massive impact in terms of rebounding, his length and ability to alter shots, nor his physical strength in terms of maintaining position around the rim

And this is what you said later:
are you going to put in your slow, generally offensively inept, bad ass defender? I can see both sides, but when you are in the bonus, is Asik someone you want to have in? Does he have a Shaq or DHoward (healthy) presence where you can look the away at his shooting inadequacy?


You just repeat your points again and again regardless of what other people say. I am done with you.