One game where the other team complained that Yao was getting too many calls? One game in his whole career? There've been a few isolated calls that were questioned, but a whole game? Has there been one game when the other team complained that the officiating favored the whole Rockets team? Just one game? I'm serious. Can anyone recall one game where the other team complained that the Rockets got too many calls?
Refs did make some questionable calls in last quarter vs. Hornets thats true. But team really lost because of bad play at the end of the game. I mean, Yao for 3? WTF?!
Admittedly. Layups and free throws. And Bonzi. Geez, that guy looks good with the ball sometimes, but he gives up more on D than he adds on O. Anyway, that one Chandler call that turned into the 3-pt play at the other end was the beginning of the end. Still waiting to see if anyone can remember one game. . . . Anyone?
Yao shouldn't have lost those balls foul or no foul though. The swipe wasn't that hard either time. He held the ball in a poor way. I'm really surprised actually that no one has corrected this.
This is not a duplicate thread. The thread is asking if anyone remembers one game in which the refs seemed to be biased in favor of Yao.
agreed... Yao needs to learn to hold the ball... with one hand on top and one hand on the bottom... so if someone takes a swipe they will have to come at it from the side not top down... or bottom up... plus if you think about it... makes for a faster shot...if only by a split second... if Yao is going to continue to play with the ball below his head... and does not want to adjust... then he can also learn to bring the ball up on a angle... so if someone does swipe at the ball... they will be more likely to catch a arm or hand...
If his hands can hold the ball as tight as Big Ben or Deke, the chances are that his shooting will be like theirs too - hard like forks. More often than not, you have to give up something for what you got. Imagine this: In the first 3/4 second Yao holds the ball so tight when he moves that you can't even knock it off even he gets hit on his forearm, and in the following 1/4 second he sunddenly holds the ball like an egg and shoot it with the softest touch. Robot Cop?
It's not that hard. He can do it. I'm sure it will be an area of focus after what happened today and we'll see a big improvement. I think more then anyone Yao works on improving his weaknesses, and this is the biggest weakness to his game right now. It was exposed fully. Was he fouled? Absolutely - but we can see that just because you are fouled doesn't mean you get the call - and you can't count on the refs to win the game for us. To be a star, you have to win in spite of bad calls.
What that have to do with ppl putting to hands in his back and pushing every time he turn and when Yao go strong he get call for an offensive foul or players just flops and Yao get call for a T.O. or him being trow down by DH or players flopping when he go for the offensive board etc.
Uh, yes. Try checking just about any other team's message board after a bad loss to us. Of course there's not gonna be much complaining about calls in our favor when all you visit is a Rockets board. The Utah fans were ready to hang the officials during the first half of our first-round playoff series last year.
Good point, but it wouldn't really matter with a hook shot. Thats why Shaq was so good, he was so stong no one could hit the ball out of his hands. Yao needs to get in the weight room, because if he could finish on all of those blocked shots and fouls, he would be unstoppable. Also, it is the same thing with his rebounding. He needs to be stronger for 1) to box out better and 2) to be able to pull the ball down without anyone being able to hit it out of his hands, which happens a lot. I think he just needs to get stronger. It would benifit him in so many ways.
1) first of all that play was a foul. regardless of what else is going on, if the game is correctly officiated, that's a foul. period. if you want to cut to the chase you can stop right at 1) 2) yao's always had trouble finishing with contact, and holding onto balls with contact. I have no idea why this is, but even a little body seems to knock yao off his shot. his percentage for finishing w/contact is very very poor. I dont know if it's physical or mental. It's very possible that unlike NBA tough guys Yao just isn't ready for the contact... for a big guy this is very very poor, and as good as he shoots FTs he should be getting many many times (3-4x) as many 3point plays as he does 3) "The swipe wasn't that hard either time" How do we know this? We have no idea how hard the blow was, unlike collisions where you can see the inertia of the 2 bodies move to judge force, it was a blow to the arm we have no idea how hard it was. I'll say this: that was a chop directly across the wrists. No matter who you are it's hard to hold on to the ball when someone chops you that way. If you take self defense, that's how they teach you to try to disarm someone, sudden, forceful blow across the wrists. 4) The call was bad but the Rockets let it GET TO THEM. After playing tough they folded after that terrible terrible call. They let Paul go coast to coast without a hand on him, and the last play was totally broken down. Still work to be done mentally for this team. 5) Coming full circle to point 1) STARS do get that call. Jordan made 3/4 at crunchtime but he also got the whistle the other 1/4 he missed. Yao delivered big time after time in the 4th quarter but the refs did stab a dagger in the rockets when it mattered most. Why does that happen? Lots of theories but clearly Yao does not inspire confidence in the refs
You are right on all of these points. But Yao can still hold onto that ball. He's got to hold it closer to him so no one can take it away. They can't slap his arm if he holds the ball close to his body.
