Game 4 is why the Rockets did not invest in a backup C

By your definition, maybe that's why we have more offensive rebounds. Because we're jump shooting the ball, leading to more offensive rebounds for us, while the Lakers are dunking it and getting easy layups, leading to less offensive rebounds for them.

 

Yao played 40+ minutes for three games in the Portland series, if it wasn't because of the 1st blow out game, Yao averaged 38.4 min/game, which is 5 minutes more than his regular season average.. To me, the Portland series really showed us why we need a decent size backup C. If Yao choose to stay with Rox next year, Morey should try to get a 7 foot backup C who would be good for 15-20 min/game..

 

Again, we get offensive reb by working extremely hard. They got there rebounds by just standing under the rim. When Lakers got offensive rebounds, it's a score or foul, when Rockets got offensive rebounds...

 

see, if you actually read my first post tonight, you would know it's not sustainable.

 

The OP said that Adelman's preference is to go small ball when Yao is subbed out during games. He's not saying the team doesn't need size, nor that we don't need Yao against the Lakers.

So, how does Game 5 disprove anything?

 

Why don't you scroll up to post 33. The op said:

"Game 4 wasn't a fluke."

 

And game 5 is why that was a big mistake.

We are battling with Cook out there...

 

He clearly implied that management didn't think we needed Deke (ie size) much except in certain situations,when it was obvious that we had a very difficult time in getting away in 2 of the home games against the Blazers. Don't forget we had Yao in them,which made it easier for the role players despite his struggles against the fronting.

 

Who said you have to use Cook? He's trash. You go with Landry, Scola, Hayes and maybe Battier or Artest as your pf/c rotation. That way we would have had more PT for Wafer.

 

You are continuing to miss the point,no one is advocating getting a 7 footer who can't play.

 

And it wasn't. The team didn't luck out and win that game. Game 4 showed how effective small ball can be for the Rockets, and Game 5 shows we can't solely depend on it, which no one is claiming.

 

And if you are talking about playoff road blocks, the answer is all of them. Suppose you go through Lakers, you face Danver, then suppose you go to the finals, you face either Cavs or Boston or Orlando.

 

So the Lakers are lucking out in game 5? Wow.

Listen to the TNT commentators:

"Andrew Bynum and Paul Gasol are playing Volleyball amongst themselves."

 

"I think the way the Rockets played in game 4 is why the Rockets chose not to invest in a backup C in the offseason and instead elected to go with a ball-handling wing in Brent Barry. They feel, without Yao on the floor, their best bet is to go small and outquick, outsmart, and outhustle the opposing team."

so...tell me what "best bet" means?

 

Show me where I'm claiming that.

 

Don't mean to be personal,it seems to me that your argument of why the Rockets didn't invest in a backup C based on Game 4 is contrary to your argument of needing Deke in this series.

 

Their best bet "without Yao on the floor."

This isn't my post, but I don't think durvasa's saying if we still had Mutombo for this series, the Rockets should play small ball only and keep Mutombo on the bench. But at the same time, faith in small ball is the reason the Rockets didn't make re-signing Mutombo or getting another backup C a priority at the trade deadline.