[Clutchfans Game Thread] Preseason: Rox vs Hawks 10/13/06

so did the useless guys play at all? guys like haryass, azubuike.
jacobsen?

did howard play?

 

Good game. Defense was great again and the offense just continues to roll.

Rafer is really showing the player we saw in Jan. and Feb. of last season. When he has the players around him, he is a top-tier PG. Yes, I said it.

What impressed me was Luther Head's play tonight.

I dunno, the way Luther played in the 2nd-quater, the Rockets and JVG have their back-up PG.

He did everything you would ask of your back-up. He brought the ball up (even in some pressure), got the ball where it needed to be, he played good defense on the other team's PG and he hit open shots.

After this game, as far as I'm concerned, Spanoulis and Lucas are battling for who is the 3rd PG and who is on the inactive list.

There is still a lot of ball to be played before that decision is made but Luther is really showing a much improved play at the 1 and that's exciting.

 

cool. so did he handle pg duty in another stretches?

 

Like someone said b4, Spanoulis was really outa control. Didn't seem to make any attempt at all to play in a system.

 

Tracy played most of the 1st half and looked superb. No Bonzi. Shane looked OK but this game was clearly another evaluation game for the lesser players.

Snyder impressed me a lot. I like his attack attitude. If he attacks the basket like that when Tracy and Yao are double-teamed, we have a keeper. His intensity and physicality on defense are also welcome. In addition to Battier, he may be the kind of player we can put on Dirk.

Chuck Hayes has got to use his big head and stop fouling. Hopefully he will snap to it after watching the game tape.

I think we will be fine from the 3 pt line this season. We hit almost 15 today at a decent clip.

Hopefully we can see more of our real team against the Mavs and Bucks next week. Bonzi and Yao need to bond on offense with Tracy, Shane and Rafer and develop some chemistry.

 

I wonder who started the 4th for us to get us outscored big time 15-3!!!!?
Please cut Jacobson. Anyone read his blog?! He sure knows how to reason man~
If you don't play well, prepare and comeback big next game! Don't whinge! I can't believe he reasoned "Tmac was 0for5 but his our starter......" WTF yal? He gotta know the diffce between him and Tmac, a SuperStar is the CONFIDENCE level! Tmac can go from 0-9 in one quarter and comeback to nail 8for11 (the first game after he's back from back injury VS Nets in 2005).

Love Luther Heads guys! Ain't no want to see/hear any Luther haters in Clutch Town!!! The guy is hard working, athletic, confident, high bball IQ, he's a winner yal!

go 2006-2007 rockets!!

 

I would love for vspan to get a couple months in the D-league in just to get adjusted and work on his shot. plus I want to be able to watch him here in austin

hopefully JL3 will turn it around, even if he doesn't we didn't risk a ton on him.

 

He has a very difficult adjustment and it will show even more when regular season game intensity is involved. Plus his shooting is awful. But V-Span has a knack for slick passing and aggressive defense that needs tweaking to fit the NBA. He may not be that effective this year but he's definitely a keeper.

 

Could somebody youtube the highlight of this game? please.

 

I agree one hundred percent. Head was bangin'

 

I guess they don't keep stats in Little Rock, the sites don't have the box up at all for this game. Anyone find the box available yet???

 

Starter line:
Alston,Tracy,Novak,Battier,Hayes

 

Na. The second half he was out there with either Alston or Lucas. He did still bring the ball up at times, but not to the extent of the second quater.

 

ESPN reports the score:
1 2 3 4 T
ATL 20 20 24 29 93
HOU 32 23 29 23 107

while NBA gives:
1 2 3 4 T
ATL 20 20 24 29 93
HOU 32 33 19 23 107

How comes?

 

That's not what he said at all. His words were "Tracy McGrady had a great game on Tuesday, but even if he went 0-for-5, it doesn't mean a thing. He's earned the right to be on this team and he has shown that he can play at a very high level. I'm still a young player and I haven't earned any kind of respect like that." You obviously missed the point of his post. He was talking about motivation and how he shouldn't let himself down with his perfomance. He wants to earn respect through hard work because he really wants to make this team.

 

Billy is really having a bad time adjusting to the NBA game style. It's costly to have him learn that in the regular season.

 

If so, my bad man. Perhaps the story got twisted when reposted on that blog.

 

Oh man!!!! What a fuc|<n game.. doods.. I cant wait till that danm se4son stars!!! this team is going to own the fuc|<n NBA i havent been this excited since we won the championships (i was 14, hispanic (not mexican (to be really clear, not fuc|<en mexican!!) (when they won 95 playoff series against b!tch sa antone ) and started to loved b-ball and rockets) i am a little drunk... but regardless! the rockets have showed me something that I havent seen in several years.. van grumpy is no longer that.. should be called van happy, cuase i saw him smiling for the first time.. amazing!!! Sorry for this long as drunk post... but this season is the one I have been anticipating since 94.... and baby.. I believe we ar3 going all the way!!!! (no pun intented, hahaha!!!)

 

Oh man!!!! What a fu)<n game.. doods.. I cant wait till that danm se4son stars!!! this team is going to own the fuc)a<n NBA i havent been this excited since we won the championships (i was 14, hispanic (not mexican (to be really clear, not fuc|<en mexican!!) (when they won 95 playoff series against b!tch san antone ) and started to loved b-ball and rockets) i am a little drunk... but regardless! the rockets have showed me something that I havent seen in several years.. van grumpy is no longer that.. should be called van happy, cuase i saw him smiling for the first time.. amazing!!! Sorry for this long as drunk post... but this season is the one I have been anticipating since 94.... and baby.. I believe we ar3 going all the way!!!! (no pun intented, hahaha!!!)

 

(so soory will not post those character together again) Oh man!!!! What a good game.. doods.. I cant wait till that danm se4son stars!!! this team is going to own the bad azz NBA, i havent been this excited since we won the championships (i was 14, hispanic (not mexican (to be really clear, not fuc|<en mexican!!) (when they won 95 playoff series against b!tch san antone ) and started to loved b-ball and rockets) i am a little drunk... but regardless! the rockets have showed me something that I havent seen in several years.. van grumpy is no longer that.. should be called van happy, cuase i saw him smiling for the first time.. amazing!!! Sorry for this long as drunk post... but this season is the one I have been anticipating since 94.... and baby.. I believe we will go all the way!!!! (no pun intented, hahaha!!!)