ClutchFans Game Thread: Hornets @ Rockets 1/13/2008

One of the *****ers won the "best young ref" award? for what, fixing the most games? Give me a break.

NBA needs some kind of challenge system like in the NFL and tennis, or it's going down.

 

We deserve the loss...

 

Thank you.

 

Yao was a beast today. That hook shot was just a little off. Yao is killing his opponents but his opponents are allowed to hack Yao without having a call called against them. Big man little man thing, same thing Shaq has had to put up with.

 

That is your opinion...

As for me... I was just very shocked to read that someone wanted T-Mac... So many people on this board want him traded...

 

T-Mac sucks and b****y to say that. Yao never mentioned a tough schedule when T-Mac is out for the excuses.

I seriously HATE this guy now for not stepping up once again when team needs him. He is playing mind game.

I don't need any proofs now because he has already played too many dramas and there are no coincidence.

 

Go for it!

 

It's the refs fault! The took the game away from Yao!

 

A great game and we were so close. To the end, we really need some guy like TMac to attack the rim, to penetrate. I would like to see Brooks/Rafer run P&R with Yao. Even if they can't make the shot, Yao could get an offensive rebound and put the ball in.

Yao did his best, carried the team the whole game and played very well in the final moment, especially given the unfair treatment by the refs. I also like Rocket's strategy to go to Yao after those no calls, just to give the refs a chance to make up for us, and it did work. If Tmac is on the court, the team may not trust Yao anymore after those two consecutive TOs.

Most of the time, we did defense well, in particular, their P&R seemed not working. They could keep up with us mostly because D. West was hot as hell, and Pargo made some answer balls as well.

Battier did some good defence on Stojakovic (2pt, 0-5 fg, 0-1 3fg), but disappeared totally on offense. Adelman should really think about how to lead Battier into our offense system. The offense didn't seem good when Battier and Hayes were both on the court and seemed better when the bench players were playing.

Anyway, a tough loss and still a long way to go.

 

One of the few people here who "get" basketball.

There is still a long season ahead of us, with the teams ahead of us approaching tough schedules, so things are looking up and not down from my perspective.

 

YOU ARE An IDIOT! TMac sucks????? right....you IDIOT!

 

Aside from the refs F-ING us again, why the hell did Yao take that 3-pter at the end?!?! There was at least 6 seconds on the clock when he shot the ball.

Anyway, screw the refs. We had this one.

 

Yah you are right. Last year if T-Mac was out and we play the Hornets. CP, Chandler and folks would of been sitting out the 4th quarter because the game would of been over by the end of the 3rd quarter. But the reality is if we don't beat these Hornets, nevermind getting into the playoffs. It just frustrating to see to rockets continuously collapsing in the 4th.

 

This game was kind of a step back. Yes, Yao played like a superstar on both ends of the floor. But the team regressed to dumping the ball into him and the ball movement died after that. Nobody else got even close to 20 points and the Rockets didn't break the 90 point mark for the first time in what seems like a couple of weeks.

The offense looked confused from the first minute. Alston and Head really made some questionable choices and it looks like when they were pressed they reverted back to playing JvG ball.

All of the mental mistakes the Rockets got away with against lesser teams (missed layups, turnovers, etc.) caught up with them. There's no way they're going to win against opposition of NO's level with those kinds of mistakes.

 

BINGO! Refer and Head had an off game...

 

You can interpet it the way you see fit and I am allowed to do the same. I don't want to make T-Mac look bad, he will have his chance once he comes back to prove himself to the TEAM and I for one hope I am wrong and he changes his came to elevate the team.

 

I'm pissed!

 

TRUE...

 

ugh let me take that back, I read his comment wrong.

Tmac hatred is not the answer. It's team ball overall.

 

Jesus stfu. First of all, it wasn't an excuse, it was just a POINT. 2nd of all, you dont have his knee injury, nor do you have his back. So you have no idea what his injury is like. Too many drama's? Like what? His injuries? That is completly different.