Reasons of why we lose to the bad teams

Home Court Advantage! Any simpleton can figure it out.

 

4th quarter collapses and not being able to close out mediocre teams has always been a problem for the rockets.

 

Could it be that we lose to bad teams because .... we're bad?

 

did Worrell and Bullard not stress enough that the clippers ARE NOT as bad as their record indicates??? They may have been missing Kaman and Davis, but Camby is still a great defensive player and both Davis and Randolph can pretty much score on anyone. The way Randolph was shooting there wasn't much Houston could do. Yeah they made mistakes and didn't play well, but the clippers hit timely shots.

 

Not to make excuses, but last night is a little different. 2 late games back to back. Plus, we arnt a great (using that term lightly) team without our big 3. Without them all, we are average and can easily lose to easy teams. With all 3, we will be much better. Not saying we wont lose to scrubs, but it shouldnt happen as often.

 

1. Back to back? Clippers were on a worse back to back. Their previous game went to 2 OT. What does that mean? They wanted it more; they were more aggressive.

2. We aren't great with our big 3? If you haven't noticed... last season without Artest we manage to win 22 games straight. Wait... for around half of the 22 games streak Yao was out. You are telling me we can't beat a team like the freaking Clippers or Memphis?


We are inconsistent because the players' mindsets are wrong. They are playing down to their ability. They think they should rest against the easier teams. They don't want to go full out for 48 minutes. I don't see the same desire they had in the 22 game streak Simple as that.

 

1. outcoached.

2. no desire to win.

3. no leader on the floor, all confused soldier.

4. too small

5. refuse to do the hard yard. (fans always predict blow out against bad teams)

6. no momentum so far.

7. Injuries

 

it's simple. they forgot what is our winning recipe.

our winning recipe is to start our offense with yao. the rest is just cutting, ball movement and getting open look or open lane. if opponents dare not to double/triple team or not to front yao, yao will punish them.

this winning strategy has been talked in every postgame interview. however, in the 2nd half of last nite, especially yao back from medical treatment, yao merely involved our offense 4 or 5 times total. if you don't understand what i am talking about, go back to watch the game on DVR.

 

1. too small

2. back to back + injuries

3. inconsistent rotations every game due to the injuries

4. zbo playing out of his mind


i'm sure that the clippers' big win the night before had them pumped for our game

 

feigen wrote exactly what i said here and i posted on espn rox board. right after the loss, i wrote rox going away from yao in the 2nd half after yao back from medical treatment.

here is the link:http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/6164615.html

 

Personally I'm more worried about if we beat the good teams and not weather we beat the bad teams.

 

I think we were just outhussled. They had the far, more athletic team, and they used that against us.

 

normally only GOOD teams roll into the playoffs....so, no fuss about losing BAD teams....i am somehow confusing myself.....

 

Because we are not healthy.

 

The rockets lose to bad teams because they are mentally lazy.

 

occassional misfunction,like losing to constant choking teams ..like <10 times through the 82-game run wont hurt that much......

 

Because we beat the good ones and many time blow them out.

 

Uh what? Which good teams have we beat in a blowout? The only one that I can think of is the Spurs, the first game in which they had their players returning from injuries.