Rockets are just too small and they're already playing with an energy deficit when games start. Harden literally already looked tired at tip-off - how the hell he managed to grind out 58 points is downright heroic. Unfortunately, I'm guessing we'll be seeing this version of the Rockets more frequently until they can get healthy or make some kind of move to get help. Hope I'm wrong.
Mike: We do what we gotta do. We go small because guess what? We gotta go small. That's one of our better lineups. Nene gave great minutes but can only play so many(15, that's about right). We don't want to lose him. Gotta be careful not to play him too much.
They missed House as well. Give them House over Nunn and the Rockets win in regulation. That's on Morey.
Gerald Green has never been the sharpest knife in the drawer. He's a bad defensive player, prone to make mental blunders, and he was only out there in the clutch because we didn't have a choice. The consequence is miraculous choke jobs.
MDA went small for no reason. Harden had to be the one to secure rebounds.. MDA just keeps Gary or Nene on the floor none of this would have happened.. He went small when Allen was no threat except as a rebounder and diver to the rim all of which crushed the Rockets down the stretch.. PJ having to win the game off 2 fts is a symptom of poor coaching...
I have never seen such injury prone team since Yao and Tracy. The Rockets ending in the Playoffs would be due injuries to Chris Paul and Eric Gordon especially. Keith Jones was in that era of Yao and Tracy. Keith is just continuing the injury tradition.
No one every wants to talk about the defense. The fact is our defense is trash. Like hot garbage, this reminds me of two years ago and thats not good. We need better defenders on this squad, this is just not going to work. Why is Morey sitting on his hands, I do not understand.
