Find a blunt object and shove it up Roy's @ss and then Oden's just for him being ugly as F. Sounds like a game 3 adjustment to me.
I'll say this much... Roy and Aldridge are both nearly impossible to stop when they are on their games. Roy is an inside/outside threat that uses picks as well as anybody in the league. Aldridge has a tremendous mid-range game and he can even back his man down a little and hit turnarounds. I agree with the theory that we need to take one of these two guys out of each game. They both torched us tonight. Great talents. Can't let them do it again.
Like I said, jump the pick n roll with our bigs and have Prysbilla or Oden beat us. If it's Alridge setting the picks, Scola can get back to him fast enough to contest the shot. We can't just sit back and hope Roy misses those mid-range floaters.
you can let one go off but not both together or you can have roy score 40 pts on 30+ shots. Comon battier and artest can do better than this. But aldridge having this type of smooth jumper range with hand in his face, I want to see him duplicate that here on friday
how can you so smart... All people know that today is defense problem. Yao cannot help much on this. we are defense team but allow their fg higher than 50%...
AB should shoot more, 9 of 12 and three 4 of 5 is unacceptable, he should take 20 shots while Ron takes 10. Portland's weak point is PG that we should start our attack from PG, not SG. In playoff matches vs Portland, it's all about G and SF players. AB took 9 shots before last 3mins. He should dominate the series because no one score more easily than him. Even Yao saw this and pulled out AB talking about this in lock room after game tonight.
We need to keep our ft% much steady, also I found that who has better ft% tread to win the game. Let Lowry play the 4th qtr
Now that Portland is focused to shut down Yao RA must make some significant adjustments or it could go down to the wire.... 1. If Brandon Roy takes it upon himself to score both Artest and Battier lack the quickness to guard him around screens and off the dribble, he blew past them with ease. I think RA is going to have to find ways to get Lowery on Roy and see if Lowery's quickness and physical play can disrupt Roy. For all the past defensive poweress of Artest and Battier it seems they have lost some quickness on defense. Lowery may be 3 inches shorter but he is much quicker, stronger and a very good positional defender. 2. Aldridge is light out once he gets within 18 ft. - Scola has to find a way to put a body on him and not get backed down. Aldridge did not seem to be that great a passer so if he gets close to the basket we need to run help at him and force a pass. 3. Yao is getting fronted and doubled pretty effectively after making some serious adjustments defensively from game 1. Aaron Brooks has to be more confident and RA needs to get in his head to shoot more. The high pick and roll with Brooks and Lowery was killing the Blazers, Brooks just needs to shoot more. Lowery gets to the foul line. 4. Yao must come out and clear for Brooks and Lowery, run more high pick and roll and Yao can hit the 15 ft. shot. 5. Yao still needs to seal of Pryzbilla better even if it risks an offensive foul. And that pass has to be spot on perfect or Yao will turn it over- can't be a weak pass. 6. This is no adjustment but if the Rockets hit their free throws they can win out. This series will be closer now that adjustments are being made. 7. Do not throw the ball out to Ron Artest as the shot clock winds down, he willl jack up a brick 80% of the time. 8. Ron needs to get in the paint more. 9. Where is Battier and Landry? Poor ball movement is evident simply because neither of these players are getting any offensive looks. 10. Post up Scola more. RA better make adjustments we don't need to let them come here and steal a game, game 3 is a must win.
Agreed on pretty much every thing that rhester said. The big thing is if the Blazers front Yao, the Rockets have to run more pick and rolls with him (and that includes high pick and rolls). We have got to have Yao take more than 6 shots or whatever it was. Putting Lowery on Roy may not be a bad idea but Brooks is playing great offensively, so it would be hard, I think, to start Lowery over Brooks. I would try doubleteaming, every so often, Roy with Battier and Artest and leave Batum. Batum is like Battier - not much of an offensive threat other than shooting a 3. We would just have to have good help rotating defense if they do decide to do that.
Really (besides having more defensive intensity), there is only one major adjustment that needs to be made... and that is GET YAO THE FREAKING BALL. I want him to shoot 15+ times next game.
That's not an adjustment, it's a goal. If the Rockets want to get Yao the ball, they need to execute their offense well. It's not just a matter of deciding to give it to him. I wish it was that easy, but it isn't. When the defense loads up on Yao, the solution isn't "get Yao the ball". It's move the ball to the other side, and force Portland to either give up an open shot or stretch their defense. Then, Yao can either clean up on the offensive boards or hopefully flash into the paint with single coverage. But it has to start with ball movement away from the defense pressure. Another adjustment you can be sure we'll see is the Rockets will use Chuck Hayes more on Aldridge. He just abused Scola and Landry time and time again.
No one's mentioning that we need more of Baron Von Wafer? With Yao being fronted, he really needs to go in and charge and attack repeatedly, like he always does.
I agree with this. I think one of the most underrated parts of the loss last night is the awful stretch of offense the Rockets had in the mid-third, from when Yao went out at the 6:50 mark (up 63-58) to when Wafer came in at the 2:50 mark (down 69-65). The offensive sets looked absolutely atrocious then -- they couldn't even get a decent look. It's hard to find much fault with Adelman, but I think he should have gone to Wafer at the under 6 timeout (or earlier) to stop the bleeding, when it was evident how much the offense was struggling. If Yao gets in foul trouble, this team is low on guys who can create their own shots. Wafer can, and he has the potential to save the Rockets from offensive funks like the one they went on in the mid-third last night. Also, for all the talk about Von's defense, I'm not so sure I mind Portland clearing out and letting Travis Outlaw run an iso against him. I honestly think that's going to be a less successful percentage play, over the long haul, than what Roy and Aldridge typically do. If it gets the ball out of Roy's hands, they can go right ahead as far as I'm concerned.
I hope that comes true. The only night flopping didn't work for Flopzilla was with Stern in the game watching.
