I think the point stands that to win against the top tier teams in the West you need more than T-Mac and Yao. Look, we don't have to run the experiment where teams expend all their energy into shutting down T-Mac and Yao. That experiment's been done and everybody knows the result. If the Rockets are going to get anywhere I think they need that new look offense with its balanced attack. Sure, the role players look better now. But the Rockets barely pulled it out against an Indianapolis team without O'Neal, and they couldn't put away a Milwaukee team without Redd. What I would like to see is a bunch of wins in February where Yao and T-Mac score 20-25 points apiece and the Rockets get 100+ total for the game. That would make me, personally, feel a lot better going into March.
The problem isn't Yao getting his shots. It's guys like Scola, Landry, Brooks, etc. getting their shots.
You know what scares me about Yao's performace tonight? "It is big," Yao said. "To be honest, I was a little bit nervous last night. ... It's like a playoff game or something." Only hope he plays normally during the REAL playoffs.
I am tired of YOFs bringing up FG%. You do know that 51% is pretty bad for a center? Let me put it this way for you, Bogut has a better FG% than Yao but he is averaging 11 shots a game! So you YOFs stop it already about FG%
I had to go to the bathroom I bet. I was hoping for a repeat of last night, that was so exciting. This game wasn't.
so tell me why did the mavs lose to the bucks this yr? tell me why did the suns lose to the wolves twice this yr? so tell me why did the spurs lose to a few bad teams this yr? EVERY team more often than not play down to its competition. it's a long reg. season. the team has to pace itself. we exerted ourselves down teh stretch to win and we did. the thing that i notice that is different from earlier in the season and the previous 3 yrs is our ability to finish. we have not "choked" once for a while.
I don't think the Rockets should be too cocky given wins over Seattle, Indianapolis and Milwaukee. Those teams suck. A win is a win, but you could also argue that there should have been at least one blowout in those four games. SA and Portland were good games though. I also can't help but notice that the Rockets beat those teams with a balanced attack and output from many players.
Do you think that was a good or bad thing? The team shot 50% tonight, so I say it worked out well. Looks like Adleman ball to me. If, of course, our role players weren't shooting as well, we should default to our stars. Tonight, the distributed shooting proved good, and that is the goal.
I kind of agree. These two don't have big games at the same time much often. In playoff time, we really need both to be on file most of the time.
I think people don't like Tmac because of the... lazy way he seems to play the game... lazy or not... after 10 years in the NBA and you cant get out of the first round...then at what point do you stop blaming your teammates...or the depth perception and look at yourself as the root cause... could it be that... Yao is playing more high post now...since Tmac got back... reason for his poor play...
Dude, firstly, I am not a YOF. I have the greatest of respect for Yao and for many other players in the Rockets (Battier, Scola, etc.). I have quite a high level of respect for T-Mac and I believe that if he achieves certain things or plays with more heart, my respect can go higher. Secondly, you using YOF in nearly every single post of yours is doing NOTHING more than ADDING FUEL to the FIRE, and POLARIZING this board more. If you want to rebutt people's arguments, rebutt it politely and without using labels, so that the molehill caused by all this YOF and TOF bu!!sh** does not get any larger than it already is. Enough lecturing, I need to go get some freaking sleep.
YOF-Yao ONLY fan TOF-T-Mac ONLY fan Meanwhile, 80+% of the board, ROF's, we only cheer on the Rockets!
The Rockets choked against Philadelphia. That's the middle of January, or a couple of weeks ago. Also, every team doesn't play down to its competition. The Rockets do, which is why I'm tearing my hair out. Occasionally a team like Dallas will drop a game to a nobody. But more often the elite teams will kick the crap out of the patsies they run across. They wouldn't have records over .600 if they didn't do that.
again, u complained last night and we had 5 guys in double figures. tonight u still complain and we shot 50% on 24 dimes. u also forgot that it's a b2b. tmac is the only guy who plays well on a b2b. and u aren't impressed with our ability to finish games? u do notice that we blew leads to pathetic teams earlier in the season too right? this is a more resilient team dude.
I think it will work against Milwaukee. But didn't the Rockets run into a whole lot of trouble after starting 6 and 1 because teams adjusted and shut down T-Mac and Yao and the rest of the team couldn't step up? I think it will work against Milwaukee. Is it really going to work against Dallas?
i was saying how this team has changed since tmac came back from his injuries. he has integrated himself in the offense and has more energy to close out games. and having landry doing his thing doesn't hurt either.
For the record, I love Yao and want the Rockets to win. Other than that I am here to defend TMac, if that gets me to rookie status, its all good..
2 players scored in double figures against San Antonio. 4 players in double figures against Portland. Perhaps it was becasue the bench had 4 of those 6 players in double figures you "feel" it was a more balanced attack. Or maybe there wasnt a dominant performance, so you feel it was more balanced. Balanced maybe, but the key is contributions from multiple sources.
Damn right I complained. Last night's energy sucked. You obviously can't be too unhappy with 100+ points but there was zero defense and the Rox had to battle Indy the whole game. Yes, it was a win but you'd like to see the Rockets pull off a win without coasting for three quarters. Blowing leads to pathetic teams means you suck. Not blowing leads to pathetic teams means you're mediocre. The Rockets have definitely improved, but they've only made the jump from sucking to being mediocre. Progress is good, but let's not delude ourselves into thinking that the process is over.
