Should the Rockets rest players against New Orleans

Everyone but Harden needs to play. McHale needs to work on his non Harden line ups.

 

No chances, rest our guys. We don't need any Rose incidents occurring.

 

You said it Anti-jinx.

 

Not sure if posted already but according to Friedman, Harden is definitely taking the night off. No minutes for the Beard

 

I do want our players to rest, but this team is often discombobulated in their offensive sets, i wish they could treat this game as a scrimmage and practice plays with our core 6-7 players

 

Rest the starters. It's only 3 days off until thier first playoff game. If anything they need to be practicing the next 3 days instead of playing

 

I think Bev and D12 each need to get at least 15 minutes since they were out for so long. Maybe play all the starters a few minutes a half but not much more than that just to keep them sharp.

RGV players should get the lion share of the minutes for sure. I would like to see Tony Daniels, Issiah Caanon and Robert Covington play 34 plus minutes a piece tonight.

 

I'd give the regular rotation minutes, but light minutes. I think playing regularly keeps players sharp. But, even if no starter plays more than 20 minutes, we should still have a good shot against NO without Davis.

 

I say let Bev sit. His knee still makes me a little anxious. Dwight needs to get some minutes though. Feature him heavily for 15-20 minutes then sit him.

 

Rockets are going to need rested starters to take on the West. Sit them and get ready for Portland.

 

I want to see Bev play, but I believe you are correct. Lin and Canaan should be able to handle the PG minutes.

 

It depends on how you think the team rhythm is reintegrating Howard and Beverley. From a Blazer perspective, it's been nine games since Aldridge has returned, and we're still working him in with the other players. We're not moving the ball as smoothly as we did in the first half of the year when he was healthy.

If you are confident that your team chemistry hasn't been affected, or if you're concerned about wear and tear on Howard and Beverley, then you sit them.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>With 1st round homecourt advantage clinched, Rockets holding out James Harden, Chandler Parsons and Jeremy Lin tonight, maybe more.</p>&mdash; Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen/statuses/456472408245800960">April 16, 2014</a></blockquote>
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should hold out the starters plus lin, dmo, and asik.

 

I don't think there is a point in playing Howard or Bev either.