ClutchFans Game Thread: Blazers @ Rockets 2/13/2005

Actually the clock didn't quite run out, but a second or so later off they went to Bullsland.

 

hope rockets2k can get that torrent of the game out soon

can't wait to watch us miss ft after ft and taunt the blazer's mercilessly

 

yeah, i was thinking "you used to coach, right?"


then wesley misses the first and van immediately says to make the second before being corrected by bill that you should miss. why the hell would you make the second if you can only lead by 2 and then give them an inbound opportunity. things like this make me think i could coach if i had any sort of credibility with the players to make them listen.

 

it'd still be a cunning piece of strategy I think...

 

i'm not sure why this isn't coached more because it's the first think i thought when he caught it so open. the ball will be in the air far longer than the time left. he caught it with 3 seconds and would've tossed it around 2.5 or 2. the ball would barely stop going up in that time, much less get back down. you especially do it in this situation since portland had no timeouts. not only would it have to get back down but they'd have to waste time just shooting, much less positioning for a shot. it basically can't fail but no one ever does it.

they should time it one day in practice to see how much time they can run off with a toss up and in the last 5 seconds use this strategy. the stronger guys could probably run off quite a bit of time.


there are so many little things like this that should be tried or worked on.

 

JVG gonna be pissed.

How many games we had a blow-out and let oppenents sneak in?
Lakers game, Boston game, Pacers game and tonight's against Portland.

That should never happen again.

 

The clock doesn't start til someone touches the ball, thus throwing it high would make no difference. That's why Magic rolled the ball in that stuation.

 

He's talking about having the player that receives the inbound, to throw it up.

 

yeah although if your team doesn't get it

then what?

 

Originally posted by Nick
[Honestly, I thought on the inbounds pass to Wesley (before he was fouled)... he should have just heaved the ball straight up in the air].
How about shoot a three from own half? That would take a few seconds.

 

Sometimes you win by luck. SOmetimes you lose by luck like Kings' game. Reallyb nothing complain. I think their mind realxed a little, specially after first half big lead. It's NBA, baby, Portland just loss to Mephis by 2 before this game, they are at bottom now, how close it can be bewteen 6-7 spot and bottom teams.

 

Got cha.

 

Easy Will, I didn't think he would make it. We lost our (last-second game) week before last when Webber hit that 3 to go into overtime. We may lose another at the buzzer, but it is highly unlikely.

I love probability, when it's in our favor.

 

Yea, but unless i'm missing something, a foul is still a foul no matter where the ball is.

 

Huh? We're assuming that the inbounds player catches the ball (like Wesley did)... has some room (like he did)... and throws it straight up in the air, instead of letting the defender foul him.

Of course, we could be underestimating how easy it is to actually HEAVE a ball straight up in the air... but other than that, I don't know why the strategy couldn't be employed if this situation ever came up again.

(also, it wouldn't work at mid court... because it would hit the jumbotron pretty fast and be considered a dead ball right there).

 

well then the other team just stole the inbounds pass and you play D. but presumably you can throw the inbounds pass to your own team. then you throw the ball in the air and the game ends.

if you mean what if you don't get it after the guy who caught it throws it high, well that doesn't matter b/c time has alreayd expired. if there's too much time left, you don't do this. but when wesley caught it, he could've easily run time out by tossing it in the air.

it's really a very simple concept.

 

ahh nevermind thought we were talking about the second free throw (missed) by wesley

carry on

 

Thats exactly what I was thinking. When Wesley got that ball he should of thrown it high up in the air. By the time the ball would go all the way up and come down the game would probably be over.

 

If you throw the ball high enough, it won't come down to the floor till the clock hits 0.

 

You can still foul a guy w/o the ball. It happens all the time.