Great game once again without Tmac! Tmac will certainly get traded next season, and hope we can get somebody great to make us even better at 2009
Anyone with even the smallest amount of basketball knowledge could see that TSlack was killing us this year. I'm not at all surprised that we are having success without him.
Yao played a solid game but I'd like to see him get a hand up to contest mid-range shots more often. You can see Adelman barking it to him 4 or 5 times each game. Bass hit about 3 straight easy jumpers over Yao because Yao didn't put a hand up. Once Yao put a hand up, Bass ended up going 1 for 2 from that same area of the court. The one he made had a different arc and barely got over Yao's hand. Yao's interior defense was much better tonight. He was aggressive and contesting shots under the basket, moving laterally pretty well. He also had at least a few poor calls go against him on both ends. The refs were bad, especially in the 4th quarter.
And some of those teams were tough. When TSlack was playing, we lost to some of the worst teams in the NBA.
IF he has the surgery he will never get a chance to be showcased, it takes a year to get healthy and with TMac's track record of rehabbing you can put that to a year and half which if he does the surgery next week that will put him out all of next season.
I was at the game and even though we won ... I was not impressed with the team. They just make stupid mistakes in the most inopportune times. Too much dribbling out in the perimeter, you have a team in the penalty and Artest takes fade-aways, Yao was not assertive enough, and lastly turnovers ... turnovers ... turnovers. The team must get better. Great game by Luis.
great game good win. rather see less turnovers but clutch down the end. maybe clutch city can come back.
Turnovers killed us in this game, and I know this will get better really not concerned, this team will be scary when they start to gel. Great defensive effort tonight with everything being contested
Great win against the Mavs and we're still talking about T-Mac? T-Mac, man, T-Mac. Not even an active player, man. We talking about T-Mac. We've got a bunch of guys busting their asses on the floor, beating the Mavs, and we talking about T-Mac. T-Mac, man. T-Mac.
i don't know, but that kind of shot could kill nobody Yao played 39 min, it's a problem as for ref, maybe just get used to them.
I think its cause Landry was out and it was a big game. I'm sure if he'd be available or we were playing the bobcats Yao wouldn't have played as long.
A little sloppy but good win overall. AB proving that he can put up points and not afraid to take the shot. He needs to look for Yao more though. Also needs to know stay under control more. Hopefully that will come with more experience. Lowry seemed to have played alright for his first Rockets game. Yao was played too many minutes tonight. Hopefully that can be reduced, especially when Landry comes back. Yao seemed to be going after the rebounds more than usual. He jumped and grabbed rebounds where he would let Scola take them in the past. he was visibly gassed in in the later part of the game. Glad Battier was hitting his 3's. Great defense on Dirk. Wafer trying way too hard tonight. Play within the flow and he should be alright. too many bad calls tonight. Yao always gets the bad end of it. Go Rockets!
