ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Cavaliers 3/5/2007

Fock!

 

shot comparison for tracy, yao and alston.

 

Besides T-Mac who I now see should of gotten a B or B-
everyone else I don't see what's wrong with their Grades.

Yao was his first game back and was active on defense did grab many boards and played well in the fourth, not to mention he should of gotten that call when fouled by Ilgauskas which would of added another 2 points in his total. The one thing the bothered me the most were his turnovers but again it was his first game back and they were not as bad as Luther’s TO’s.

Alston did many things besides scoring, he shot 40% from three point land which is okay and did make steals and got rebounds. His last play on Hughes was risky but in the end it was a clean block the ref’s got wrong and C+ is an average grade I think it’s fair.

Overall it was not the worst performance we have seen the rockets have lately, they played against a good opponent away and fell short by only 6 points while playing better in the 4th that has to count for something.

 

Did anybody see a guy wearing a white T-Mac jersey standing up and daring any of the Cavs players to do something else besides shoot jump shots? Yeah, that was me -- I guess i'm bad luck this year at Rockets games.

 

i am throwing out my Rox jersey...

 

One thing I noticed last night is that almost every time Yao stepped out to defend PNR or to chase smaller players (mostly guards) on the perimeter, something bad happened to the Rockets defense. It usually ended up with either a field goal for the Cavs from the outside, or an offensive put back inside the paint. On the other hand, if Yao simply roamed near the low post, the Cavs had less chance of succeeding at scoring.

 

I think big Z also knows how dangerous it was to yao and how hard yao fell down on the floor. He tried to help yao get up.