He started out playing well but then he got frustrated and made a string of mistakes and missed several shots in a row. He needed some time on the bench to cool down. He should probably have been brought back in, in the fourth, but he has never been one of McHale's favorites and will always be the first to get glued to the bench when the team is struggling unless he plays like an all star.
Indeed. He lost his composure big time and had a poor third quarter. Even though I'm advocating him being put back in the fourth, you can see why a coach might not agree. With a different coach who doesn't have this checkered history with Lin it would be hard to have any complaints.
AB was on the floor when we closed the deficit. AB made a 3 when we needed it most. AB hustled and grabbed the defensive board that might have given the Knicks a third possession. AB knocked down both FTs, something Harden/Lin/Parsons/Bev/Dwight do only sparingly lately. I'm still missing how we suffered terribly by having him in. The upset really seems to be more about what is or is not "fair" to Jeremy, and less about the impact on the game.
With Brooks in there, we were very lucky to win a game at home against a cellar-dweller in the East. What's strange is that in the few games prior today's game Lin had been Mr. Fourth Quarter, and in at least two of those games he had played poorly the entire game only to redeem himself in the fourth; and, so I don't get it...
There is no Chemistry at all for this team. Tonight just lucky harden shot light out. Otherwise it could be very ugly game.
Well it's probably both. A lot of people see Lin as the underdog so when they see him being treated unfairly then they tend to want to stick up for him. Both AB and Lin made mistakes in the game. Lin is clearly the better player and has come up big often in fourth quarters. The team was one missed JR open three from losing. So it's not as cut and dry as it might seem. AB did not play mistake free in the fourth either. Based on Lin's ability and his previous performances it's not hard to argue that he could have done just as well if not better than AB in the last seven minutes. Unless of course you don't rate Lin much, in which case you think pretty much anyone else is better in that situation... Toney Douglas, Pat Bev, and AB.
?? you know that +/- is the most useless stat out there right? You literally don't have to do anything and that number will change as long as your team scores. The Rockets won because Harden managed to hit his shots and not turn the ball over this time.
a good article on JLin's strengths and weaknesses as he continues to grow with the team http://www.thedreamshake.com/2014/1/3/5249000/houston-rockets-jeremy-lin-2014
In Lin's defense he was a couple of breaks away from a decent 3rd quarter. That slip/airball and the continuation that wasn't would have changed the outlook of his performance. I think it was more his reaction to those "missed" calls (ie. the inbounds layup) that led to his benching. AB was a steady hand by comparison. I would have given Lin another chance personally but can'g really fault McHale too much.
Wow- you just show your LOH colors more and more every day. Lin was our leading scorer for most of the game while Brooks had 3 points until almost the end. Brooks was getting beat time and time again. And yet you wanna say AB was the reason we won tonight??? You have lost all credibility with me...
We beat the freaking Knicks by 2 points. The line was 11.5!!! You guys wanna celebrate McFail benching Lin for the 4th quarter??? B/C Brooks was better defensively (NOT!!!) or b/c he was willing to defer to Harden more often??? I was at the freaking game and we looked pathetic. Beating the weak as* Knicks by 2 at home is a joke. McHale sucks and so do the fans that think this is a big positive.
Calm heads F McHale- tonight showed me his true colors. I spent almost $500 on tickets to watch him play Brooks for the 4th quarter and we get lucky that the Knicks don't hit one of their 4 opps at the end of the game??? We should've crushed the weak Knicks. If AB was hot and hitting all of his shots or playing stellar defense- then fine- bench Lin. But this is total BS with Lin having to sit on the bench while we barey eak out a win against a team that isn't much better than NBDL level. F mcfail- this racist assh*le has got to go. We would be so much better without his no coaching as* skills.
Best kind of game for me. Exciting to watch, we pull out the win, and Lin fans have a melt down. Life is good!
You guys need to re-watch that game. AB left his man just as much as JL did. Overhelping isn't a Lin thing, it's obviously a defensive scheme that's being encouraged from the top level. The only thing that Lin didn't do that AB did was be a defensive pesk right from the beginning past the half-court, ie a mini-Beverly. When Lin sucks at the first half, he makes up for it in the second. When Lin wins in the first half, he gets sacked in the second. It's very obvious... ****ING LIN, TRADE HIM!
LOL started well? Since when is playing a solid half of basketball considered starting well? Starting well is maybe playing half a quarter solid. Knicks adjusted? He just missed some shots and didnt get some whistles. He had a bad 4-5 minutes and that warrants an entire quarter plus benching? If your strategy is to bench a player for a bad 4-5 minutes then you wouldnt have enough players to get you through a game. He's only had 2 big 4th quarters in the last couple games, so it's not like he's got a track record of this. AB wasnt even guardin Beno the last couple minutes!! What kind of coaching is it to put AB on the SHumpert, who was the hottest shooter out there?? Luckily for the Rockets the knicks are even less competent.
