ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Clippers 2/13/2013

Just wondering since I didn't follow the Gorgi and Lowry during their run in Houston, was McHale hard of either of them?

 

Was McHale actually "yelling" at Lin. Maybe he was just talking to him. Or coaching him. Why do people consistently assume the worse? My goodness.

 

soo what if McHale yelled at Lin...coaches yell, i dont know why thats such a shock...

 

This game seems different; he deferred a lot more in this game compared to the Spurs game where you could clearly tell he was the main guy (#1 option). In this game it looks like Mchale put Chandler as the main guy - from what I can tell Chandler seemed to have the highest usage and also took the most shots. In the Spurs game Lin took more shots and had the ball in his hand much more; this game only 12 shots - you can't expect a lot of points with the limited shots.

 

McHale is no Popovich.

 

Mchale's system sucks, we need a Post game... wheres the inside outside game? We really can't live off threes... hope we get Kevin Love next year to help Asik down low.

 

This is not accurate. Three guys on this team can get their own shots, quality and bad. Harden, Lin, and Parsons. Each of these three makes plays for the other players on the team. With the exception of Anderson and Beverley (too early to tell), most if not all of the other players depend on these three main players to make plays for them. McHale is trying to mold Lin into a different role and different system. The Spurs game was a rare occasion where he Let him play like he did last year. Since then, he's been trying to fit into a system that involves players who cannot play without others creating plays for them.

 

It happened in the first half. Just before he got kicked by Hollins. Also apparently it was bleeding had to get it retaped.

 

Yes everybody, Mchale hates Lin. Mchale wants him gone. Blah blah blah

Well the clippers scored less points in the second half then in the 1st quarter. At least it wasn't a huge blowout like Utah and GS

 

It's his wrist. He was slow getting up after the hard foul in the 1st quarter and that seems to affect him throughout the rest of the game.

 

The Clippers announcers said McHale was yelling at Lin.

 

I don't know enough about the guy but there is no such thing as a perfect coach. I do know that coaches are motivators. So, yeah, I do think that aspect of what he was trying to get was needed.

On to your point of shrewd, Kevin is not a genius game planner. He should rely on Kelvin and Chris Finch to come up with that stuff. I do think McHale exhibits pretty good instincts for what he can get from players. Our game last night showed that.

All in all, you cracked me up tonight so I don't think I should argue with you at all.

Get well soon, Mr. Harden.

 

I agree. No need to overreact to the yelling of Lin. It's like your parent yelling at you for doing something wrong because they care. It would be worse if Mchale just told him to go to the bench without every saying anything. Mchale's rotations are iffy though.

 

Because Mchale obviously hates Lin, he's a LOH

 

Well, we're just depending on the Clippers announcers, which was saying that Mchale was in Lin's face, ripping him. So, I guess the Clipper's announcers were right.

 

i think mchale prefers a low post gm
we just dont have a pf and morey been trying to get a low post player for awhile now. maybe letting luis go wasnt such a good thing.

 

Lol, I was using "interesting" as a euphemism.

 

Yea - he was driving to rim at will in the first quarter then stopped after getting fouled hard a few times. Landed hard on his back that one time and never looked the same. Lin appeared hobbled the rest of the game.

 

Really nice to see DMo get playing time today. I, like a lot of other people here, want him to take out at least Morris' spot in the rotation

 

But anyway, let's focus on the real topic here:

Morris sucks a bag dicks every game. Agreed?