Post-Game Analysis: Hawks 103, Rockets 100

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I hope we can still get into the playoffs.

 

IBM- If you're searching, I don't know what you're looking for. What I limited is when the team gets the rebound and its a strong push, they have to pull it out ad wait on him. Once there, he has to be close enough to make a move, if not, he has to kick it out and repost. Well the shot clock has been running and now the pinch is on and probably a bad shot. He gets tired quick, so when he's in there, the team feels the need to use him while he's in there, but since he's not a good passer from the high post or mid range shooter which I can't figure out why he's not, he's limited to 1 spot for a certain time frame. When he goes out and the floor opens and the tempo quickens, the team plays better offensively, but since they have midgets, they suffer defensively. Just like tonight, the offense struggled with him in there and the defense struggled without him. That's why I've been saying that the rox have the wrong compliments to Yao as a pf. scolandry nor hayes are long, or shotblockers, or big enough to protect the paint when he's away from the goal or out he game. Just like if they have guys that would slash off the kickout, they could get easy buckets. When yao is in they don't get any easy baskets because everything is dump down,kickout for 23'9.

 

no need to explain it to me, 'cause i would agree with the point.

what i don't agree is when you said "yao is so limited". every nba player has him pros and cons. yao is limited in that sense and is as limited as any other star players. but you were claiming he's SOOOOOO limted, which is false.

 

You have a significant failure to recognize Yao's actual abilities on the court. His lack of athleticism is very limiting on offense and defense. There's no question about that. No "star" player in this league is as limited by a lack of athleticism as Yao.

You exaggerate his skill level and undervalue his limitations.

 

This was a good loss for the Rockets. This game mirrors the Denver game last year. For that game, the Rockets were also shorthanded with Tmac being injured. And at that time, we were still finding an identity despite being in the middle of the season. And unlike this year, we actually had a losing record.

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The Rockets were down for most of the game, but fought back with effort, teamwork, and clutch plays. It looked like the Rockets would get the victory. It was just unfortunate that one of the Denver guards (either Carter or Atkins) hit a shot with 0.8 sec left in OT to win the game. But despite the loss, the game was seen as a moral victory as Rockets went 39-13 the rest of the way til the end of the season.

It was a great game by all Rocket players tonight. Hopefully, we can go forward from here.

 

what does athleticism mean to you? jump high and run fast? that's all? yao is very athletic for a man of his size.

if yao is so "limiting" our offense, then jvg and adelman must be both idiots, eh? bias tend to lead people only see negatives; for example yao's turnovers. the other side of the equation is, compared to other athletic bigs who also plays an important role in offense, yao's t/o numbers are on par if not better.

if yao is so "limiting" our defense, for example, then tell me why the heck everytime he leaves the floor, our opposing teams immediately score in the paint like crazy? like 60% shooting crazy?

and if you want construct a good debate, you'd better present your facts, logic and such. simple conclusions are not gonna convince anyone.

 

"Gosh. Does that ever suck."
-- Bill Murray, Scrooged

 

Good game. At least it was competitive and everyone was active and participate. Too bad we missed the defense in Shane and Ron and that was the difference. At least it was better than watching Mcgrady sucking.

 

if T-mac doesnt get in gear soon, we wont make it to the playoffs..

 

It was actually the same last year, even during the 22 winning streak. After Yao went down, the ball movement gradually started to slow down, and finally became the very old style: T-Mac dominated the ball and was almost the only facilititor in the team.

This year, for almost every game that T-Mac didn't play, the whole team played really good team basketball.

 

hawk were so fxxking hot and they make so many jumpers. i am very pround of this team.

 

At least it was close.

 

Yao is doing his job unlike the 21million T-woman

 

It sucks!

 

I AM NOT HAPPY. I understand we played with effort but you gotta be able to win close games, even without Ron, McGrady.

We played hard but all we need are WINS, even those very ugly wins. We are falling down and I am afraid that this season may be the biggest dissapointment ever...

 

Still a good game I'll take the loss.
Whole team played with heart and fought till the last second

 

Can you explain how that was a bogus comment?

It is very true that when Yao leaves the floor our offense stutters and the opposing team attacks the basket more.