Laker are the better team. Down the stretch, Kobe had the ball all the time and we failed to stop him. Our spacing and play were all problem at the end. We played hard. That's about it. Just a reality check against the best team in the league.
Your logic is biased when you think this, how many times has Yao gone cold in the end?? COUNTLESS!! We aregue about this many times here, it can´t, and let me say it again, IT CANT BE ALWAYS OTHER PLAYER´S FAULT. It is not logical that there is A WAY, and only ONE WAY, to get Yao the ball. If anything, is Yao´s fault to be unable to secure position, that steal in the end (that many here blame on brooks) was all about Yao not closing his maan, the guy is just soft. See Landry and Scola post up bigger and stronger players, GOD Scola schooled both Dwight and Bosh in the Olympics posession in and out. Yao needs to lear how to get position, both in offense and defense for rebounds. You wanna know whats ILOGICAL, it´s ilogical that Scola and Landry got more rebounds than Yao Ming, both playing less and having less size. Let me say it again, it was not Landry, it was not Scola, BOTH OUTREBOUNDED YAO. (Yao 6 rebs, Landry 8, Scola 9) Who´s fault is now?? Don´t tell me it´s Landry and Scola for getting the ball out of Yao´s hands because the Lakers took care of that.
I am going to send Yao some 20lb dumbbells and demand that he do like 50 sets a day...It's ridiculous how he can't hold on to the ball..
Not that many plays ran for Yao in RA's system. Yap used to average 30 points against Lakers, he can't do that in RA's system anymore.
What the ?Brook shot the ball well tonight and he's the only one who hit outside jumpers,just take a look at tonight's stat sheet,damn it.
what's going on with the rebound? Ron and kobe has the trash talk. Ron get angry but kobe still stays calm. We lose also at no big guy. A healthy t-mac would bail the team out.
I am not going to get into an argument with Yao fans. This board has got way to many to defend myself against. But if you are the all-star...considered to be the BEST at your position, you can't play that type of game. Waiting for double teams? Slow reacting to them? Not being aggressive enough? Not demanding the ball go through you? What the hell do you think will happen if he goes to Adelman and requests it? They going to fire Yao? OF COURSE NOT! He is THE FRANCHISE! They going to get it to him...well, if he ever learns to freakin seal off his man and be stronger in the paint.
Its sad to say but how many small small guards have been successful and I don't mean Spud Webb or that other midget that played for Golden State what was his name ? anyway he is too small and not strong enough. He is a good player to come off the bench but not a starter. I wish you could put AB in Lowerys body !!!!!!!!
He just couldn't seal off the defender behind him,the players like Pau and other athletic centers in the league.When he demands the ball,it's always gotten poked away.
Team failure. Number of weaknesses. Poor post defense,being outrebounded and lack of shot blocking. No Hayes,no Deke when Yao is out. No excuse for Josh Powell being able to do so much damage. Terrible outside shooting,Ron missed everything,Shane back to his missing self. People have been giving statistical analysis for defending the lack of scoring/shooting by overstating that defense is good enough to win.No Moreyball or anything else can defend that tonight or for that matter against any top level team. Wafer missed a lot too, but honestly if it wasn't for him we wouldn't have come close to giving us a chance in the game. Minus/Plus another problem. -18 Yao -12 Battier -4 Artest,plus losing his temper getting a tech doesn't help either. -11 Brooks Lakers win without Odom and that to in our house. We aren't a good road team and have a very tough schedule to negotiate. This is not an abberation either.
People talk about Yao's high shooting percentage, but it is not nearly as efficient when you consider all of the turnovers he or the guards have when attempting to get him the ball. The Rox have yet to develop an offensive plan that penalizes the other team for fronting and doubling Yao. And until they do, expect more 4th QTR collapses, especdially in the playoffs. It did not help that when Yao passed it out of the double team that the Rockets could not make a wide open 3.
Obviously Yao didn't have energy, maybe due to the fatigue. Too many games played lately, one in Denver. But Yao has to keep an eye on Gasol too, who stays away from basket most of the time, many of the offensive rebounds by Lakers Yao was just not in position there to get them.
I am not a Yao fan. I am fair when it comes to criticism, but you are pretty much bias when it comes to the game today. Yao was not main reason why the Rockets lost.
I think everybody agrees with you at least for tonight Seriously your absolutely right this post is dead on !! Yao is average but brings in good money to the city of Houston !!
Yao Ming should of had 10 plus TOs. All those balls in his hands picked clean off said hands gave them first and second chances. If this guy had any BB IQ he would look over his shoulder and see how his teammate Scola grabs and protects the freakin rebound. Just like a running back or receever in the NFL they recoil and tuck the ball in their stomach and use their arms to cover the ball. A guy with such pathetically weak hands should be smart enough to notice that when his PF is showing him that the whole freakin game. Yao Ming is just a very dumb person. The same TOs over and over after 7 years proves it.
Franchise player or not he (Yao) took only took 9 shots, thats a shame. The coaching needed to design a way of getting the ball to Scola and Yao who were scoring well in the first half. We need more screens and Yao needs to practice sealing off his defender better. They need to get Battier to slash to the rim more often when his shots are not falling, cause he is having a limited impact on the game. Our defense in second half was not good, one must however credit Kobe for playing well.
