Is it just me, or were the substitutions with 3 minutes or so left kind of wasteful? The lineup that was in (Willis, Griffin, Torres, Moochie and Cat) had been scoring well and playing great defense, but then the Rocks took a Time Out and put in Walt and Rice -- it just seems to me that you'd want to keep going with the guys who were playing well, not to go back to a lineup that had failed all night . . .
I thought Moochie was a point guard? And a pretty good one at that. If we'd kept the lineup in that was doing well, I think we'd have had a fighting chance. Instead, Larry Smith put in the guys who couldn't hit a shot, and couldn't execute the offense.
I agree. Griffin was really having a great game and it looked like he was getting comfortable and the rockets were making a run late in the game, then they changed the lineup and Griffin was out. I noticed that and it pissed me off.
Rudy's late-game line-ups are more strategical than anything else. It doesn't have to look right, it just has to work. i think he was trying to start a late-game 3-pt barrage. He took them out so they could get themselves back together, and go back out. Griffin was playing great, but in the end, we can't have a rookie taking the clutch shots when we can have other veterans taking them. Look for Griffin to get more and more minutes after earning them last night.
I hate how Rudy subs the Franchise. He takes him out for like 4 or 5 minutes in the second half and he takes him out with 8 minutes left in the fourth usually and brings him back in with 5 minutes left. I think Steve should rest for 5 minutes in the second quarter and 2 minutes in the 3rd quarter, when he's at full strength; not now with im having this foot problem.
