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Yao is the clutchest player in our team this season

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Fidel, Dec 28, 2008.

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  1. Fidel

    Fidel Member

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    Yao was criticized fiercely after the game with Jazz due to his key shooting losses during the fourth quarter and OT1. At the same time, lots of guys again point out that Yao is not a clutcher. I hereby rectify this baseless judgment as a die-hard ROCKETS fan who hasn’t missed even one rocket game since last year.
    Let’s begin our topic with NBA Player 4th Quarter Stats this season(Links: http://www.82games.com/0809/QTR4S11.HTM)。
    Till now,in the fouth quarter yao’s data is +/-:64, pts:5.4,fga:2.8,fg%:58.4%,fta:2.5,ft%:85%,ast’d:57%,Reb:2.2,ast:0.3,t/0:0.5.
    Then I’ll analyze some specific important Stats about Yao’s fourth quarter performance.

    (1) fga. As a doubled or tripled center all the time, yao produce a good output:85%. Look at other great C or PF. Garnett：58.6%，Duncan：51.3%，D.Howard：61.5%。And our rockets.：Landry：62.3%，Brooks：42.7%，McGrady 41.5%，Artest：35.4%, Alston：32.4%（They are the players listed there）。
    （2） ft%。Yao 85%。D.Howard 54%。Garnett 75%。Duncan 69%。Landry 60%。Artest 40%。McGrady 82%。Alston 80%。Brooks 87%。
    （3） Efficiency。Yao’s fouth quarter efficiency is 64, the fifth in the league。From No. 1 to No.4 is James(CLE), Smith(ATL), Aldridge(POR), Bryant(LAL). Among all the great centers and PFs, yao is the best efficient. Some comparison: Howard 22, Duncan -19, Garnett 18, McGrady 8, Artest 56.
    （4）pts。Yao 5.4。Artest 4.0。McGrady 4.4。

    So we can come to a conclusion: Yao is a perfect clutcher in the league and the best closer in our team.
    Next , there are Some statements little related to Stats.

    From Yao’s performance during the first 30 games this season, we can absolutely argue that Yao makes a great difference in the last quarter in most of those games(guys who watch all those games would have such impression). Lots of those games were taken or turned around on decisive moment just because we stick to give Yao the ball. In contrast, some terrible nights happened when we ignored our biggest killer.

    Everyone has off night. KB is not an exception. TD is not an exception. MJ too. Please notice that Yao played steady and reliable in the clutch time in 27 games(Missed HomeCourt vs DAL, disappeared VS BOS, struggled in MEM,and Jazz game ) Therefor we needn’t doubt our best player just by only one game. Yao is no longer the Yao 5 years ago. He becomes more mature, doesn’t you see that？
     
    #1 Fidel, Dec 28, 2008
  2. mirror_image

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    5 stars thread! :cool:
     
    #2 mirror_image, Dec 28, 2008
  3. ReD_1

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    The case with last nights game that he was forcing himself through last quarter and first overtime and got sluggish. That's when Adelman changed everything and put the offense on Ron Artest.

    Most of the time Yao makes good shots or draw fouls and hits those ft when the game's online so I don't see the reason why you should bash him for missing shots late in the game.
     
    #3 ReD_1, Dec 28, 2008
  4. Champ06

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    At least, this thread is not bashing any players. We need more of this type of threads. Support your players.
     
    #4 Champ06, Dec 28, 2008
  5. Pringles

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    Utah and Cleveland, he missed some shots and made bad decisions. He choked the last two games, hopefully Yao will learn from it.

    So far our big 3 have had their share of games of screwing up when we needed them.
     
    #5 Pringles, Dec 28, 2008
  6. Shaud

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    No player is going to be clutch every single game. This board seems to think that is the case.
     
    #6 Shaud, Dec 28, 2008
  7. rvpals

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    Well, the number tells the truth.

    I think Yao is probably our best bet when games get close, his high free throw percentage, his ability to get shot or get an assists, although he doesn't show it much on the surface he hates to lose.
     
    #7 rvpals, Dec 28, 2008
  8. Lonestar

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    Did you guys remember the last 1.9 seconds at Portland?
     
    #8 Lonestar, Dec 28, 2008
  9. J.Will.Xu

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    That stings,absolutely.

    But that's a cheated game,we got cheated on by the scorekeepers!that's the so-called home court advantage. :mad: Anyways,there ain't nuff to complain about,A LOSS is A LOSS,it's in the book.

    And the final strategy sucked and T-Mac THOUGHT Ron gunna rotate to guard Roy.It was on his mind but turned out to be a delusion.
     
    #9 J.Will.Xu, Dec 28, 2008
  10. redao

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    the clutchness is only defined in real contests vs big opponents.


    Dump the ball to Yao= 4th quarter collapses.


    This thread fails.
     
    #10 redao, Dec 28, 2008
  11. killer instinct

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    Sorry but Yao should be more Clutch and so should have Dream in the celtics finals, sonics losses and against the Jazz.

    Oh, or did Dream need more help and couldn't do it alone?

    thats why they play the game otherwise the other team would forfeit at the site of 7'6.

    If Yao pays win we lose he should be praised for when we win I guess, right?
    good luck if guys had it their way around here we would have lost last night game at the FT line with Howard or Francis.

    Sometimes you can never win around here. i think the clutch bbs negativity is the rocket curse personally. Karma for ungratefulness.
     
    #11 killer instinct, Dec 28, 2008
  12. conquistador#11

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    how can I argue with someone name fidel? I agree with every word. It's such a luxury to have a center that can his fts in clutch time. Now the refs need to start calling the fouls. =(
     
    #12 conquistador#11, Dec 28, 2008
  13. zazahan

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    That's what I want to say. The board has become way too negative. :(
     
    #13 zazahan, Dec 28, 2008
  14. RockingRox

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    I like strong conclusions. But...

    Care to try to back up your bold word and the equation with a few numbers like what Fidel did?

     
    #14 RockingRox, Dec 28, 2008
  15. el_locoteee

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    Other than your nickname 5start on this post I'm been telling the posters here the same but their hates blind them.
     
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  16. el_locoteee

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    I don't know how he choked vs Cleavland when the team erase a big deficits.

    He score 14 of the 23 point for Houston, and got foul multiples time with no call and that block on Lebron is not his fault he did a great job of pining Vaginarajo but never saw Lebron. He was the only one that shows up on the 4th when the rest of the rockets decided to go cool.
     
    #16 el_locoteee, Dec 28, 2008
  17. t_mac1

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    are you really comfortable giving yao the ball down the stretch in the playoffs?

    i just think we have to go to different guys depending on the matchups to keep the other teams guessing. b/c we kept going to yao, once we went to artest, the jazz didn't adjust. so maybe that's the key.
     
    #17 t_mac1, Dec 28, 2008
  18. el_locoteee

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    They been doing that all year with great success.

    BTW when they went to Artest Jazz didn't adjust??? The Jazz never change their approach hack the guy close to the basket the different the Refs did adjust and decide to blow the whistle instead, Jazz can't do nothing about it, they don't know other way to play defense than foul and flop.

    Rick recognized that Artest was getting the call and stick to it. When Yao is getting the call you stick to Yao. The problem it change from game to game, ref to ref, match up to match up.

    BTW if Houston is hitting the out side shot at the end of the game you keep giving the ball to Yao and make them double to get wide open shots.
     
    #18 el_locoteee, Dec 28, 2008
  19. t_mac1

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    the only 3 games that we went to yao down the stretch that i remembered with success was that road trip (wiz, orlando...). that's 3 games.

    remember the hawks game? it was artest once again
    the first month we won games b/c we didn't go to yao down the stretch

    but yes, like in that 3 games, if we're ON FIRE from 3, then go to yao (but that's if they double/triple him like crazy). he was able to take 13 shots from the 4th to OT so the pressure wasn't that great.

    and please, don't bring the refs into this. we got 20 more fts than the jazz did.

    again, i blame last night's game on adelman, not the players.
     
    #19 t_mac1, Dec 28, 2008
  20. DaDakota

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    Fidel,

    Anyone that understands the game of basketball knows that Yao is clutch.

    Only idiots would say otherwise.

    He may not be athletic, or able to score like Dream, but he is clutch for sure.

    DD
     
    #20 DaDakota, Dec 28, 2008
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