ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Grizzlies 11/5/2004

LOL. Yao has been a great shooter all his career. His left elbow might be bothering him, but I am not worried about his jumper a bit.

 

our two superstars are not getting the so-called superstar treatment, thats for sure. Other than the turnovers that is the most significant concern. Yao and Tracy, particularly Yao though, have been in foul trouble every game. Yao has never been able to play through his regular minutes yet. the refs have too much power and control, it was bad in previous years, but now its gotten to where the 'actual game' is secondary to all the foul calls and stoppages of play. just trying to enjoy what little fragments of 'actual game play' I can.

 

This is against the Wallaces. That's not playing against the Wizards' frontcourt defense. That's pretty darn good from my viewpoint.

 

Ryan Bowen's hustle helped us a little at the of the 2nd quarter. Boki made some turnovers under pressure but he isn't looking scared. I liked it when he put the ball on the floor because it showed a willing ness to attack and he seems to be fairly confident with his shot.
T-Mac was great in the 1st half but with him and Yao with 3 fouls we are again in trouble.
JVG needs to come up with some plan for Yao so he can overcome the fronting to some extent.

 

I reading the yahoo ticker correctly? Juwan Howard is 2-10??

 

Am I the only one who think Jason Williams looks like a young version of Hubie Brown?

 

You remember last year against MO Yown Yao had the 20 and 20 same detroit D but he played 8 less minutes.

 

'not only does yao have a cultural difference here in the united states....but......he...also has a hearing problem...in his ...left ear"

how is that relevent to ANYTHING?

 

Lue has a difficult time getting the ball into Yao so at times he just seems to say the hell with it and run something else. Lue is a munchkin, he's real tiny. Even when Yao is has position, one may say why isnt he passin the ball to him, but down there on the court its hard for the little bugger to make the actual pass over his defender who is much bigger.

 

Now that is classic...lol

 

How can Howard have 10 shots and Yao only 2 with half the game over.

Something is definately amiss in Roxxy land offense or lack there of.

 

Now thats what I like to see Yao with the dunk.

 

Yup, even the lob passes Lue attempts for MIng gets deflected out of bounds.

Maybe he needs to wear some platform shoes or something.
Ward ain't that much better, his passes get caught by the defenders.

 

how about the fact that yao sat out with foul trouble and juwan howard was basically their only offensive option when both Tmac and Yao sat?

please watch the game and try to make sense of it first before you start tripping.

 

Does anyone get their shot blocked more than Juwon,of course when you can't jump over the phone book those things will happen.

 

Juwan is having a tough time shooting the ball but he was real active out there.

 

The rockets defense seems to be getting to the ball much faster tonite.

 

The offensve came alive with Tmac running the point!

 

Run the damn offense through TMac all the time now. Yao is going to have to sharpen his roleplayer skills. Yao needs to get that jumpshot back. He's blocking more, and he's rebounding better. Yao needs to get the jumpshot down because the center is leaving Yao wide ass open on the perimeter when TMac penetrates.

TMac is orchestrating this entire offense like a conductor now.

 

Tracy just KNOWS how to play the game...
Just the way he's dishing off the ball reminds me of Magic...I'm not talking about flash...
This guy is mentally gifted.