it's really a humiliation to put Lin in the last 5 minute which is rubbish time. McFail should have benched Lin for the whole Q4.
sorry, Harden stunk up in this game. sooo many missed shots taking too difficult shots when there were better options. Harden pushed it a little too much.
Man, crazy thread. Lin sucked it up to start the game last night but it's all on McHale or rotations or blah blah blah How about a little credit to the Pacers? They were a much better team than the Rockets and you've got to be on their A game to beat them. Lin came out, was sloppy with the ball, didn't attack the paint (probably intimidated by 7'3 Hibbert) and sorta resigned from the game after the first few minutes. Lin has looked bad the last several games and yet this is on McHale or his system but taking a step back, you could just clearly see that the Pacers are just a better squad. They closed out against the shooters, dominated the paint, were hustling early to establish the lead and were the aggressor. It was playoff basketball against a championship caliber defense. Better get used to it fan boys because these are the types of teams that expose a player for who he is. Not every game is against the likes of the Suns or Bobcats.
i agree with u pacers are good, I already stated before the game started that they will not be a pushover. what pissed me off is bringing back lin on 4th when it was too late. WTF man . if that's the case bring in brooks. What a joke.
I like my Rockets first and good basketball second. Pacers are legit and came to play. Rockets are a young team, games like this will happen against top teams but you can look at OKC as an example of what can happen when a young team has been together a while. Rockets will get better.
Wow, a lot of passion being spilled out here. Lin is inconsistent, but I have to think the reasons have absolutely nothing, nothing, to do with rotation decisions, under-coaching, over-coaching, whether the coaching staff likes Lin, racial bias, secret agendas, lack of confidence, small kahunas... whatever. It's nobody else's fault, and certainly not coach McHale's. The kid has skills and talent. He has guts and determination. He has leadership qualities. Like all of you, I've watched Lin play all season, seeing him gassed after a few hard minutes or in the second game of a b2b, getting caught in traffic mid-jump in a failed attempt to get to the basket and looking like a deer caught in the headlights desperately looking for a way to hand off the hot potato... So what gives? Lin has a lot of heart, and I have to wonder if his willpower has pushed him to achieve beyond what his level of skill and talent are capable of sustaining on a regular basis. Hence, the inconsistency. Maybe that 2 weeks of Linsanity last year was his high water mark, his once in a lifetime perfect wave.
How do you explain Lin's third quarter benching? <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/I0dElVYAYJM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
This is a good thread. Interesting to see the viewpoints. I think it boils down to the Lin doubters/haters/McHale thinking bad start = bad game for Lin and the Lin fans/trusters thinking bad start = good finish for Lin (aka during Linsanity when Lin repeatedly turned it up in the 2nd half after checking out film at halftime). We'll see in the long run who is right.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>@<a href="https://twitter.com/jlin7">jlin7</a> There are millions of fans defending you everyday.Time to quit deferring and playing too passive when you miss shots. Stay aggressive</p>— Marco M (@newagerocket) <a href="https://twitter.com/newagerocket/status/317300220889292802">March 28, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>@<a href="https://twitter.com/jlin7">jlin7</a> No more Mr. Nice guy. Play like there's no tomorrow instead of trying too hard not to commit mistakes or miss shots.</p>— Marco M (@newagerocket) <a href="https://twitter.com/newagerocket/status/317301380555612161">March 28, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>@<a href="https://twitter.com/jlin7">jlin7</a> Basically go out there every game with a Russell Westbrook type of mindset and aggression on offense with better decision making.</p>— Marco M (@newagerocket) <a href="https://twitter.com/newagerocket/status/317305283741372416">March 28, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Rather than doing rants on threads, i do this instead.
In an interview Lowry said that Mchale as restricting him. Lowry in now scoring more points than last year. I think it's Mchale philosophy that point guards petty much only distribute the ball.
Quote: Originally Posted by FlyingBeagles This is definitely a serious concern mostly on Parsons' and Harden's minutes. Are the coaches playing them for too many minutes increasing the chance for future injuries? Current Top 5 Minutes for the Rockets: 1 James Harden 2655 2 Chandler Parsons 2547 3 Jeremy Lin 2274 4 Omer Asik 2132 5 Carlos Delfino 1523 And this is an excellent TrueHoop article showing how "Heavy Minutes Hurt Title Chances" In summary, Abbot made an interesting finding that none of the All-Stars (LeBron James, Dwight Howard, Derrick Rose, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, Dirk Nowitzki, Kevin Garnett, Chris Paul, Kevin Durant, Pau Gasol, Blake Griffin, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Chris Bosh) playing >3000 heavy minutes during the regular season won the title in the past 7 years. Interesting tidbits about insecure coaches and 93-94 Rockets: ".. Insecure coaches? Here's a guess as to why coaches play their best players such long minutes: Because they're scared. Scared of lots of things. Scared of losing, scared of looking dumb and -- in an industry where the average job lasts just a few years -- scared of getting fired. The reality is that almost every coach in the NBA is on the hot seat every year. (A notable exception: Popovich.) Any coach who doesn't feel the heat is oblivious. It makes sense that so many of them essentially fire all of their guns until they are out of ammunition. That's essentially what Rudy Tomjanovich did in 1993-94. He played Olajuwon a mighty 41 minutes a game, and somehow the center held up for all but two games. The Rockets won their first title, with the top three players playing an average of 35.6 minutes per 82 games -- one of the highest marks in recent history. The following season, the team was a bit older and more beat up. But Tomjanovich was, by then, a more secure title-winning coach who had every reason to believe his players could turn it on when he wanted them to. No need to rush back from that injury quite so quickly, big fella! The next season the three top Rockets all sat out chunks of the season and averaged just 31.1 minutes per over the season, and nobody played more than 2,853 minutes. The Rockets won the title that season, too. .." Is this the case where insecure coaches played them for too many minutes to save their jobs but increasing the risk for future injuries in the process? Great post __________________ "We were undefeated till we played Houston. Then we were undefeated at home till we played Houston." knicks fan
