ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Lakers 5/12/2009 (Playoffs Round 2, Game 5)

i'm going to bed, screw this not worth watching, they are not trying, jacking up 3s and jumpers, missing open shots, turning the ball over...this is ****ing ridiculous.

 

MadMax, this is what they were talking about when referring to Hack-a-Hayes.

 

not to mention we don't have any interior defense now..

 

it depends on what happens after...i saw him lose it, but then he got it back or a teammate did, so to a fan its "he lost it again", but technically it's not a turnover....I think ron's are dumber turnovers though..and well more of them too

 

Can we keep it within 50 tonight?

 

Strange enough, when he picked up his 2nd foul, I didn't have a good feeling

 

The second half will be like game four but in Houston's favor... IF the Rockets can cut the lead to 10 by the fourth, THEN the Rockets might snag it.

Otherwise, we're in for a 7th game... NO WAY they let game 6 at home go.

 

Goodnight, please come back on Thursday and all will be well once again in H-Town.

 

Hayes was shooting 60% in the half, what more do you expect from him.

His foul trouble really hurt us. When he was in, we were still playing pretty good and even had a lead. The moment he went out, Gasol just started to run wild and the game got out of our hands.

We are just too short now that Yao and Deke are both out.

 

The shots are not going down tonight. Hopefully they will continue to play hard and make a run in the second half. They have to adjust to the Lakers adjustments. However at this point it comes down to hitting shots.

 

The series is over. Just congratulate the Rockets on a tremendous season.

 

ok. Cook is the worst Rockets player ever.

 

Wow. That is an excellent point. Every single time, they panic and pull this off. And eventually, they dig themselves a grave. And then they jump into it. And then the Lakers shovel in dirt little by little. And the Rockets make the Lakers' job a bit easier.

 

If it were me, I would put Wafer, Cook, White, Brooks, and Lowry in during the second half and say "have fun." Should they by some miracle actually cut the lead, I would put the starters back in or maybe not, see what they could do. You have nothing to lose but the game and its pretty much lost. Bombs away!!!

 

First half:
Not a single Rocket in double figures.
Kobe with 20 and Pao with 11.
9 Rocket turnovers
Battier 1 of 5
Artest 3 of 11
Brooks 2 of 7
Def rebounds Rockets 11 Lakers 20

Ugly

 

I wasn't expecting to...but I LOL'd.

 

Joey Dorsey can't do any of that at the NBA level. He couldn't even do it in the NBDL. In fact, he didn't do it a lot of his senior season in college. Not only is there not much skills to his game, there isn't much brains either.

Wouldn't surprise me if the Rockets release the chump in the off-season.

 

Guys, it's not that they're not "trying" as so many are saying, it's that they are physically outmatched against the alternating (2-3/1-3-1) zone sets.

 

Problem with Dorsey is that he apparently hasn't practiced with the team in months. Couple that with an already low bball IQ and you've got yourself a recipe for an extremely disoriented, possibly out of shape player roaming the court doing everything counterproductive and nothing productive.

 

You can add to that what I brought up in a previous post...

Rockets 1 steal
Rockets 0 blocks

Lakers 8 steals
Lakers 6 blocks

FML