.588 at the break -

He was 5 for 8 overall and 1-2 from 3pt range, he shot pretty well overall.

DD

 

i f#ckin love it... lowry has improved dramatically... the only knock on his game?? makin his own shot... now hes doing just that... the other knock?? well hes not clutch... hes proving that wrong... he has really put us on his back and carrys this team...

 

I thought we'd suck - instead we're back to our so-so ways. Sweet.

 

Hard to believe that this team with so many apparent weaknesses keeps winning.

But the Rockets have:

- Excellent defenders at the 1 & 3 spots.
- Very good offensive players at the 1, 2, & 4.
- A deep bench
- A coaching staff that has motivated these guys to play hard all the time.

It's been exciting to watch.

If KMart and Scola can get back to what they were doing last year, this team can do even better.

 

You gotta give credit to McHale and his coaching staff as well. For all the flack he's gotten, he's been able to push these guys and motivate them. He might not be the best at X's and O's but he sure has the personality and old school mindset that gets the job done.

 

2011 vs 2012 per game:
minutes: 32.5 vs 32.5 minutes
pts: 23.4 vs 18.1
fg: 6.9/15.8 for .436 vs 6.1/14.0 for .432
3fg: 2.2/5.7 for .383 vs 2.1/5.7 for .364
reb: 3.3 vs 2.8
ast: 2.5 vs 2.6
to: 2.3 vs 1.7
And really the key to his inconsistency, to me atleast, can be contributed to this last one.
FT: 7.4/8.4 for .888 vs 3.9/4.4 for .882

He hasn't changed, the officiating has. Less free throws leads to some wild inconsistency, but nothing has really changed. Still a great shooter who is weak but improving on D.

 

Rockets history isn't as bright as you think. At 58.8%, if we actually keep pace for an entire season, would rank us at #12 of 44 overall seasons in Rockets history. It's better than more than half the seasons in which Hakeem was still a factor for the team.

 

Lowry was known for being clutch a season back. Just struggled a bit this season cause he was taking too many 3s at one point.

 

jvg just gave the rockets props during the lakers-mavs game

 

Guys calling the Lakers Mavs game on ESPN right now are giving the Rockets some love. Sounds like JVG?

 

Beat me to it

 

Mchale will also break .500 (and stay above it as a Rocket) :grin:

 

Lowry was great

and

How about that fourth quarter for Martin, I like the way he steps up in the fourth and makes shots.

 

A lot of those 3's were because the offense was breaking down and he had to shoot before the shot clock went off.

 

Darn Dallas do us no favor, handing us the 5th spot on a silver platter

 

The way I see it. Going into the all star break we can be no worse than 1.5 games back of the 3rd seed. Clips lose tonight and its only 1 game back of Dallas, who we have yet to play, for that 3 seed.

Not bad.

 

The losses to Minny and Warriors hurt us bad. Otherwise we could have been top 3 now. But I am still awesomely pleased with the teams effort.

 

Proud of our boys...

Anyone know what our best winning percentage was last season? How many games above .500 did we get? I remember we always floated around that mark.

 

The team is better than most expected, especially considering a new coaching staff with no training camp and only 2 preseason games. Also with the extra distraction of the trade Stern cancelled. That being said this is about the pace they were playing at for the 2nd half of last season and aren't serious contenders to win it all at this point. It will be interesting to see what the trade deadline brings. Lowry had about a 2 and a half week stretch of playing inconsistant and below all star level, but seems to have bounced back from that.