Why did Yao Ming had only 4 shots? Did he he have enough touches? Did he establish deep position without receiving the ball? Who was guarding him with Olo out?
Foul Trouble. No because of foul trouble. Just wasn't his game today. Francis had the hot hand along w/ Rice. Rooks and Brand.
Well, Yao was humble enough to say he couldn't get good shots. Unlike Yao, SF would take any god damn shots that don't have 0.0000000000000000001 percent chance falling through the basket.
8 from 22?.. guaranteed its under 50% but not by too much.. there were worse scoring percentages in that game.. Did you ever think because Olokowandi is a one of the better centers in the league that yao can't actually dominate him.. not like shawn bradley and brendan haywood..
Not only that, but the whole league saw what Yao can do against Dallas. He's a marked man now. Defenses are doubling him now, and daring someone else to beat them, either that or zone defenses, box and 1s, etc. The only remedy for that is for the outside shooters to make them pay. SF and Rice handled their end of that, but Hawkins, Moochie, et al., did not, at least not against the Clippers, not enough anyway. ~ kountzer ~
Nope because if mobley takes more than 5 shots in a game, the entire BBS would attack him for not passing. And if someone else on the team is hot, they should have the ball. Ming can't get the ball every time on offense. Where are all the posters who said we should dump Rice? How come they are quiet now? fake ass fans.
I realy can't understand why Yao only got 4 shots. It seems he can't get the ball in his favorite position even when he got the ball, which he can just pass out. Or maybe Rockets haven't estabolished the offense play through Yao. I just wander why Rockets can't exploite Yao's ability in offense? Is his dominating peformance vs Mav still not enough to show his offense ability? Or guards still don't like to share the ball with Yao?
from what i saw yao just didn't look as aggressive against the clippers. he didn't look fired up, but nobody on the rockets looked awake early on. i think he was trying not to force the action, for whatever reason--maybe to try to get his teammates involved more, maybe he just wasn't feeling it on his shot (it sure looked that way), maybe kandi man's defense gave him trouble, who knows.
besides the fact that the clippers did a good job defensively against yao (pushing, shoving, pulling, all sorts of things) to get yao out of his rhythm. in addition, most of the time yao touched the ball was not in shooting position (it was way out at the 3 point line), he's not going to shoot it from there. he needs to establish deep position in the post for the guards to pass it to him. besides that, i think it was about time for yao to have an off-game. nobody can play like he was playing before all the time. he does need to build up more muscle if he's going to compete with bigger and more physical players. besides that, he was also in foul trouble. also the rockets were just playing ugly basketball. all their shooters were really cold in the first half with the exception of glen rice i think. that combined with all the fouls that were getting called, and that would take anybody out of their game.
Funny how Shaq has no problem getting the ball. I'm sure Shaq is even a bigger "marked man" than Ming. Everybody knows that the Lakers are going to throw it in to Shaq. Everybody is trying to double or triple him. He still takes a lot of shots. Is Ming not aggressive enough? Is he not strong enough to establish position on demand like Shaq? Are the Rocket guards not competence enough to get him the ball? Actually, Ming doesn't have to shoot a lot to be effective. He is a good passer. He can direct the traffic out at the high post and make his teammates better.
I don't agree I think Yao has to hurt the other team to get defenses jumping at him when he gets the ball, that's when he'll be able to find guys who are really open
It seemed to me that Yao missed a few shots early in the game and didn't look as aggressive later on. He is still a rookie who played only 12 NBA games. He will have his highs and lows. Just be patient. Great things only come with time.
Ibpman, I hear what you say and agree. I should have said that he doesn't have to establish position down low every time. What I'm thinking is, he should shoot some shots from outside when the defense leave him open there. He can make those shots. If they come out to guard him, that leaves the middle open for driving himself, or cutting by teammates. He should mix it up: high post, low post pick and roll to keep the defense on the toe.
I think Yao didn't want to play Wang as he play Bradley, next time there will no opportunies for clippers.
I didn't get a chance to see the game, but I'm glad this happened early in his career. I really do want to how well he'll respond to having a sub-par performance after having a couple good games.
The problem with Yao and yesterday's game is the same problem Yao had in his first 4 games; he has a hard time creating in the low post. When he exploded for 30 against Dallas and 20 against LA, just under half his shots were dunks and layups either on offensive rebounds or passes from penetrating guards. Yao is much better offensively when he is in motion around the basket. He does not play like Hakeem or Shaq. He has great moves, but very few moves, other than the power move to the basket, are effective against the double team in the low post. SF is such a great penetrator that Rudy should try to keep Yao from clogging the middle on offense and Yao should follow Francis to the goal if and when the defense leaves Yao to collapse on Stevie. That's how Yao's gonna get dunks.