I disagree, I think it works more often than that. We beat OKC and Brooklyn using a lot of small ball. It definitely works at times, and we should continue to use it at times.
Rockets frontcourt combination stats(excluding tonight's game) Asik-Delfino-Parsons: 414minutes, +90points Smith-Delfino-Parsons: 215minute, +74points If you extrapolate that to 48 minute games at Rockets pace, that's better than 72-win Bulls.
Chris Finch. And we win a lot going small. It works according to this: http://www.82games.com/1213/1213HOU2.HTM
According NBA WOWY (With Or Without You): Code: 4th and OT [B]+Harden+Parsons+Delfino[/B] min poss off def net 220 436 118.9 103.3 +15.6 [B]+Harden+Parsons-Delfino[/B] min poss off def net 139 259 115.1 108.1 +7.0 Where +PlayerA1+PlayerA2... -PlayerB1-PlayerB2... means PlayerA1, PlayerA2, etc. are on the floor and PlayerB1, PlayerB2, etc. are off the floor. Small sample of course, but generally the Rockets have done well in 4th quarters with the Harden, Parsons, and Delfino trio (which only appear in our "small ball" lineups).
Clearly we should try going big with Harden at the point. We keep our most productive trio on the floor, we still have size in the frontcourt, and Lin fans still get to complain about McHale benching Lin. Everybody wins.
Basketball-reference.com says that for the entire season, lineups with Harden, Parsons, and Delfino have outscored the opponent when on the floor in 27 games. They've been outscored only in 15 games. More evidence that, in general, small ball with Delfino at the PF has generally worked in our favor.
The team loves small ball, despite the fact that it leaves us at a defensive liability and the fact that we often shoot away leads when they try it.
The Bleacher Report has a good analysis of our defensive liability using the small ball lineup with stats. I know quite a few fans here would sneeze at it, so I didn't even bother to mention it.
It may not seem like it should work, but it does... The advanced statistics show it works am overwhelming majority of the time.
the coach has racial issues. The closer to white the more playing time you get. Jones should be playing the four.
Small ball (WTF)? McHale has unconditional love for his small balls. I don't care if it sounds gay. I've given credit to McHale for our players development but his in game management and rotation is one of the worst in the league. I can't even count how many games we've lost because opposite teams getting all the offensive rebound and 2nd chance points in the final 5 min. Last night Asik should be in late especially after they sit Scola. Some of you might say Phoenix went small that's why we matched their line up. **** that. Since when you want our opponents to dictate the game? I say we create mismatch let them adjust to ours. After last Spurs game where McHale was brilliant late in the game, I thought he has learned how to coach. Well I guess he hasn't really. I hope he won't come back next season.
um..our offense is usually best when we go small. mchale plays small to facilitate our offense when it gets stagnate ...i promise you he hates playing like this..if it was up to him we would have a superstar center/pf who we could play through.
I agree, this team seems to think going small gives us advantages even when we get dominated by a aging Luis Scola on the boards. It is one of the reasons that we should all have low expectations in the playoffs regardless of opponent, our coaching staff gets baited into small ball (or they just really love seeing Parsons and Delfino out on the floor together) and we get beat either due to poor defense, shot selection and interior prescience.
Do some research and you might be shocked to find out what the Rockets best lineups have been all season long.
