We can tell how much we miss Ron tonight, but t-mac brought nothing to tonights game. He only took 20 ft 2 pointers and fadeaways, yet passed up about 6 shots in the paint only to pass it off to hayes or somebody who were already trapped under basket. TAKE THE DAMN LAYUP OR GET FOULED! then t-mac couldn't D up anyone. Yao was only one attacking goal also brooks did too, but Yao was getting hacked all night, and had an outrageous bruise and cut on knee and didn't slow him down once, that knee bruise would keep T-mac out a yr. Defense was there, but for T-mac to be the supposed leader and shows no heart or effort out there. I'd rather have a hobbled Artest anyday over T-mac anyday, hopefully mac sits tmrw night so we have a chance since Ron should be back.
Yeah I know Ron or Yao won't be traded, but seriously we should just get rid of Tmac. I absolutely have no more faith in the guy. You never know, some teams out there are struggling pretty bad and are desperate. We should have traded Tmac for Prince and Billups, even if it was just a rumor.
I am a confused man now and just making up excuses for our great coach RA. I had been watching the game through CCTV 5 - Rox coaching is pathetic and totally confusing.
One thing I haven't seen too many people mention is why Adelman refuses to play Von Wafer. I realize that Wafer had a string of poor shooting games (1 of 9 & 3 of 9), but he at least made attempts to get to the basket. Wafer possesses a second gear that T-Mac didn't have tonight, nor did T-Mac even try to get into. He was content with shooting contested jump shots all night with Rasual Butler all over him. Someone like Wafer, who can put the ball on the floor if he doesn't have an easy shot opportunity, could get past the likes of Butler or Devin Brown. Pair that with why for the life of me, I cannot understand what made Adelman put Alston back into the lineup with about 6 minutes to go. AB was doing pretty decent with the tempo of the offense, yet Adelman went back to Rafer for no real reason..It's not like Rafer was stopping CP3. AB was at least quick enough to make Paul reconsider at times when it came to driving to the hole. Anyways, just a bad effort all around from the starters sans Yao to a degree. I personally have been throwing the Battier injury excuse for him game after game, but it's becoming a tired act real quick. He, McGrady, Alston, and Scola's poor defense all hurt the Rockets' chances greatly when it came down to the final minutes of the game.
This team has no character! First round playoff loss is almost guaranteed agin if they don't change! When it gets tough, they just choose easy way out, it is to fold!!! Seeing them walking up and down the court, it's just so pathetic! I just wanted to scream : "Someone bring them a chair!"
bad performace!! there was no strong direction when chander had 4 fouls during the quauter 3.. absolutley they should pass the ball to yao who would make chander foul out.. t-mac....rafer.....3----30 gf.... terroble shooting...
When the rockets are at home the fans should just boo mcgrady when he is playing with no effort or no motion!
TMac was playing with no heart, but with a lot of patience and bricks. 2 out of 10, pathetic! If you can't perform, just sit down and rest until you are ready.
