seriously, this ****ing game was so ****ed up by the coaching staff. you can blame it on the players for not making shots, but the coaching staff got to take the blame. we eventually went to seed 3 to seed 5 now with one game loss. we were leading by 14 and got down to a total 4th quarter collaspe. here are things that Adelman made that are so wrong and continue to be mistakes that are costing us. - brooks isn't passing and rest of the players are not passing to Yao, when Yao single handedly got us the 14 pts lead with his mis-match problem for dallas. -why put scola in, when he's been expoited by Dark? I loved scola but he is not perfect. there are players that he just couldn't guard. landry or hayes can guard him better with their phsyical strength. -dallas didn't start fronting us until the 4th quarter, Yao basically running back and forth and wasting his energy the whole time. if you are not going to pass it to yao then sit him down. stop wasting his energy. -who the heck was guarding jason? you know u got a problem when jasson kidd is shooting 3s on you. our primeter, better yet, our whole defense was non-existence. it seems like we got side tracked with teh 14 pts lead and decided to go one on one.
This just flat out is not true. Theres a difference between not trying and not making a pass because it is certain to lead to foul trouble.
Portland is the hottest team in the NBA and are a great home team. If we play them without home court, it's going to be REALLY tough to get out of the first round.
Agreed! This fluid/on-the-go/spontaneous coaching style is what got us killed. Platitudes were offered instead of solid plays/strategy. I preferred JVG. At least the man gave the team more than empty rhetoric to muse on.
Usually I would agree but Adelman really screwed up this time. Scola was giving this team absolutely nothing offensively while getting torched badly on defense. When you know you have one of the best defenders in the game why not put him in? It was bad enough that Chuck comes in and does what he always does and cools Dirk off only to have Adelman try to force Scola in and watch him get killed several more times. Howard got his rhythm and changed the momentum of the game with his scoring and dishing while Von was on him. Again, why the hell not use your two elite wing defenders? That coaching job was either very, very stubborn or Adelman was on cruise control and thinking about where he is going on his summer vacation.
by 15 i assume you mean 3. They did not have to rush up a shot for that reason. Yao cant just shove his the defender out of the way. He even got called for an offensive foul for "clearing space" The only way they can defeat the fronting is swing to backside or lob.
Exactly, many people keep overlooking this simple fact especially when we win. As soon as Yao is fronted/denied, our "shooters" shoot up poor percentage shot. These poor shots are due to when our offense has been shut down (in Utah (twice), in Dallas (last game), at home against Blazers (2nd meeting)), and then we have to rely on Ron. At times, it isn't a bad thing and others, it's dreadful. Rockets will definitely need to address this in the offseason, as there is just no one else to turn to when Yao's covered.
I rather play the Blazers w/o advantage than play Mavs with homecourt, since they already mastered fronting in 1 quarter
Its a shame for the entire season the Rockets have not figured out what to do when Yao is fronted. Thats got to be the coach's fault. I saw one lob pass over the fronting player and Yao got an easy dunk. Our guards refuse to lob over the defender and so Yao is taking out of the game. The Coach should tell Yao to go behind his defender when he is fronted and let the passer lob the ball over the opposing center and Yao gets the ball. The Rockets did it once in the game when Yao was fronted and they should have kept doing it. They should spend their practice lobbing the ball over the defence because Oden will front Yao. Its a shame we don't run pick and roll plays either. Come on Adelman design some plays, cause teams have been doing this all year.
like i said all the time after the Lowry trade, Adelman has different interests from Rockets'. He just simply refuse to start a better PG when Lowry clearly out played his boy for all these games.
If you watch enough Rockets games, that happens almost always in the 3rd. I'm thinking it's the system.
IMO, we need a real PG who can assist, play the pick and roll, finish the catch and shoot, and have the clear brain. But Brooks has none of all above. Actually he is a real SG, but fake PG. He might often regard himself as AI in the 4th quarter. Ron Artest, brave, strong, tough, but too mulish.He is not Paul Pierce or LBJ, but he often takes himself as them. He is not that fast. He should realize what is his advantage, he needs to use his strength in the low post, and earn more free throw. Otherwise, he is another poison in the playoff. Another trouble in the 4th--front Yao. In the last a few games, we found out some changes, guys started to play some motion offense. This makes other teams can't front Yao. But the overarching goal is still to give the ball to Yao. In the playoffs, this may be no longer useful by the upgrade of defense.Other teams would sent their center closely connected with Yao. Scola is the key to this problem. He is another guy who can start our half-court offense. He's skillful in both high and low post.
It is indeed all on Adelman. A coach (especially in playoffs) just got to play with the players he has and make swift changes tailoring the opponents changing strategy. AB and Scola was playing badly in the 3rd, while Yao was red hot. Adelman should've realized that and changed his squad accordingly. Yet, he failed to do that until the Mavs killed our lead and gained momentum. Rick is a good coach probably in realizing talent, keeping the team united and being creative on offenses. But he is deemed to fail being a playoff coach just by failing to read the situation and not decisive alone!! Conclusion---RA is not the coach Houston wants if championship is the goal!
Adelman gets praised by other coaches, broadcasters, players; he is like "gold." Even the Dallas announces were talking about he was one of the best coaches in the league. Obviously, then, I know nothing. I think his rotations stink, he waits too long to call timeouts, his plays out of timeouts usually never work, and so on. I have thought all along he was the wrong choice for this group of players, but tonight is a bad night to discuss this. Right now, I don't like the whole Rocket's organization, especially Les. But since I am on a really negative roll, I will tell you this. If the Blazers bounce the Rockets out of the first round here is what I want. Do not resign TMac. Do not resign Yao. Do not resign Artest. Rebuild. The Blazers were virtually completely rebuilt in a fraction of the time the Rockets have farted their way through over a decade of futility.
First, there was nothing more Scola or anyone else could have done to stop Dirk. I do agree that by know we should hav a way to counter when Yao gets fronted. You either throw a lobb pass depending on the help defense from the opposition, or you quickly swing the ball to the other side, then look for you. Yao is strong enough to hold position under the block for another entry pass. Now there should be two players on the weak side. One at the top of the key and another on the wing. You either find Yao or hit who ever the opposition has doubled of off. Those are two basic ways to counter it. In today's game I would have played Artest more at the four spot and used Brian Cook so we could play 4 out. Realy stretch the floor. I don't buy into sticking to a certain rotation for every game. Sometime you have to make adjustments to the rotation and that is one I would have utilized.
If you guys are going to blame Adleman after every lost at least make a thread praising him after every Rockets win.
