After the Heat loss, I made a post that was filled with optomism, perspective, a healthy mindset where I tried to "focus on the big picture." Screw that. I'm mad. Mean mad.
well mj had 4 turnovers in 12 minutes to steve's 4 in 44 minutes and i think in only two shots he actually shot worse than steve considering how bad the 3 and the floater missed. playing mark jackson swung the game back to the kings to start the fourth when we went from up 5 to down 3.
let take a vote, who do you trust the ball with more, francis or MJ? Who will make the better decision 90% of the time?
mark jackson made some brilliant passes, however the team is not ready for him. his turnovers came from fumbled passes and during times when the team cleared out and did not fight for position, forcing MJ to shoot something he didnt intend. horrible game from francis, he should have kept on passing, i dont know how many times i cringed when he shot the ball, its like he's trying to pick up the slack from moochie. and his temper tantrums with tossing the ball are really getting to me. he needs to redeem himself.
I think Bibby stealing the ball from Yao combined with the refs calling 2 offensive fouls due to flops got Yao tentative. He didn't want to go strong to the hole especially after the 2nd offensive foul.
If Yao gets called for an offensive foul he should STEP on that flopping players chest before heading back down court. DD
SF loses his touch. He even missed layup. His penetration game is gone. 3/16 shooting. And Yao said he will have a breakthrough, but he even dare not shoot the ball. JJ and MoT are hot. Especially MoT is consistent. Maybe should start MoT from now on.
Bill and Calvin interviewed that flopper Vlade and he admittedly said he flopped. I think his protege Brad Miller has got that skill down too. I didn't think those calls would be made in the Toyota Center, but they did call them.
He is in the most prolonged slump, short of when he had the inner ear problem, that I can remember. He keeps trying to shoot his way out of it and it doesn't seem to be working. And Francis keeps doing it when he should be running set plays. I don't know when he's going to relocate some consistancy. Yes, 10 assists is a nice number, but not if you put that alongside 4 for 17. (edit: 3 for 17... damn) Van Gundy needs to figure out how to turn Francis around. We played an excellent team, but I felt better about the Miami loss, which is pretty crazy, but there it is.
We just didn't take care of the ball and I contribute that to the Kings' defense (yes, their D). Yao showed again that he is not ready to carry this team yet. He got outplayed by Brad Miller in the second half and really wasn't a factor down the stretch. I don't want to diss Yao, but people need to stop those Yao Ming for MVP threads. He still has a lot of improvement to do and a ton to learn before he can be mentioned as an MVP candidate. I expect Steve to get bombed after this game (not that he hasn't been). But really I want to know if there is something wrong with him physically. He never looked as bad as he has been lately, not even in the year when he had the migraine problem. Francis is a better shooter than he is showing now. JJ played a great game, so kudos to him.
Incredible performance by JJ, Taylor was solid, and Francis had over ten assists. Why did we lose? Turnovers and our guards cannot shoot consistently over the zone defense. Bobby Jackson (off the bench) and Bibby look like the All Stars. If your guards can't hit over 40% from the outside, a decent zone will kill you most of the time. This team needs better outside shooting and won't win consistently without it. The King's guards put on a shooting clinic and our guards need to go to a clinic.
What the hell happened to the franchise??? I used to love him and his great play against the better teams, but damn hes been sucking more than paris hilton!!! How long does it take a player to make the transition to another system???And the refs are really pissing me off!!!How can yao get beat and wrestled down in his last game and then they call these wussy offensive fouls on him??
Good start... awful end... JJ play as a warrior,with fire in his eyes. Yeah, I see it, i really see it. Damn 23 deadly turnovers made JJ play like a tragic victim.
I know this may sound stupid but sometimes stupid things actually work... Steve needs to start wearing headbands like he did early in his career. He seemed alot more confident and a better player back then.
I think Bibby may dislike Steve Francis. Look at Shaq. He's using Yao Ming cardboard cutouts to dunk on. Shaq obviously feels Yao Mings is getting too much pub as a center. How is Bibby feeling not ever starting in an all-star game because Steve gets the fan votes? Bibby looks like a robot without emotions, but I bet he feels Steve isn't better than him. Bibby plays his best games against Steve. I think Bobby Jackson hates Steve too. Steve better recognize that a lot of point guards in the West hate him for going to the all-star game on the fan vote.
These offensive fouls called on Yao need to be stopped. The NBA is just plain stupid for letting the refs call this garbage. How can they expect him to be aggressive if they call him for some BS fouls when he is trying to make a move to the basket? David Stern needs to make some phone calls. I think China should protest by shutting down one of the NBA sweat shops for a few days.
Concerning on 4th quater, they seemed like they don't know what to do. the Cat didn't know how to pass the ball and kept shooting the ball with lots of pressure. SF didn't know how to move ball safely and shoot accurately... Well, I think that MJ can make team offense a lot more stable than SF in such situation. I believe that he knows how to make players steady without loosing their mind... Rockets have played like for several years. Playing well during from the 1st to the third, but loosing everything in the 4th. This is a problem of backcourt players who have to set the steady team offense. Give more time to MJ!!!
Every point guard in the league has a season best like game against francis. Scrub, all start, 10 day contract...it does not matter...they all have a field day against francis.
