No, I replied to one my threads. That is not quoting myself. I actually meant to add that point to the first thread. No big deal.
Tmac obviously lack energy the entire game. I think he's still recovering from his injury. He looks very tired. His conditioning is bad. The all star break is coming. Hopefully, he will have enough time and training to get back to his top form. Remember he also had a flu the past 2 games. I'm not gonna blame Tmac on this game. The turning point is the start of the 4th quarter, when Landry and Hayes were on the court. No inside offense power completely cooled down the outside shooting. Landry and Hayes should not stay on the court at the same time, at least not in Landry's rookie season.
No, our outside shooting was completely cooled down. Yao's the only one who made any field goal in the 4th. That let the Kings collapse on Yao. Novak is there to force the Kings to spread the floor and give room for Yao to operate. RA had given up the defense because no one can stop Artest anyway.
Also, as someone mentioned earlier in this thread, not using Scola along with Yao in the final minutes of this game was a major mistake of the coach staff.
Warriors 119, Suns 118 Amare Stoudamare missed a potential game tying free throw with 3 seconds left. Was he "unclutch" or just human? If a Rocket, be it T-Mac or Yao, had "blown" an opportunity like that, some posters here would not only excortiate him, but would likely just go freaking nuts.
You are TOF but you didn't read the game correctly. In the 4th quater, It's Tmac acting as a PG instead if Rafer. And King ran zone defense. At least, Tmac could not set up the offense. Adelman should bench him and let Brooks in the court, Brooks is the lightening, and Yao as hammer. I think Adelman will get a lesson sonner or later with his f**king sturborn head. No D for Houston with Novak on the court, he saved himself finally.
I didnt get to watch the game..but why did scola only play 10 mins? did he get hurt or something? or was he just ineffective??
after game he also exaggerated it is Great Tmac who taught the coach the strategy for the last shot and open the space for Novak for 3s. Go to check the postgame interview. Tmac 3/12 today. Someday when he can have 12/12, got 40pts, he will get a ring. His FTs has gone.
Houston enters the All-Star break having won 17 of its last 20 games, marking the most successful 20-game span for the team since the 1996-97 season. 'nuff said.
McGrady is 9-12 over the last 5 games for 75%. He's finding his FT stroke. Now he needs to find his driving to the basket thingy. (his FTs has gone?)
16 pages of post-game "analysis", most i read are the incredibly lame excuses that were given to mcgrady. it really is unbelievable to me. why can't some just admit he had a terrible game, just like rafer had a terrible 4th after doing pretty good after 3 qtrs? i forgot who had a ft, but other than that, yao and novak were the only ones who scored in the 4th. yao grabbed a few important rebounds too. what i still don't understand is some of adelman's decisions in the game. i think his poor decisions (especially in the 4th) were the biggest factors why this game is what it is. but you do need a bit of luck during a long season. tonight we got a lucky escape. as a rockets fan i'd gladly take it, and not beating my own head too much. like some said, this game might be good for the team and may have helped them in not being over-confident.
rox player got overconfident in 4th q, this is a rare thing but it happened. when king push closer and closer players don't have any clue of what's happening. they just turn over and force the course. tmac's performance is abysmal. he can't shot and his defense on artest is not successful. he should dunk rather than pass to yao. the last pass to novak is a desperate action, no merit at all. for god's sake, novak has played 7min and rox's players can't create even one shot for him, facilitator? WHAT A SHAME.
Yup. This was the reason for our collapse. Adelman was apparently asleep at the wheel...he let the same people stink up our offense for most of the 4th. We had no energy whatsoever. The entire team was passive. Where was a Scola/Brooks/Landry type player when you needed him? Riding the bench. Unbelievable.. And regardless of whether or not Novak should be loved for his game winning shot, he had no business being on the court that long.
