Clutchfans Game Thread: Rockets @ Hornets 12/26/2008

If both Tmac and Rafer play bad, and if Coach continues to let Rafer play extended minutes in the second half, Rocket will lose for sure.

 

Are you serious?

 

Are you serious? He ran the clock down for a reason and it's the reason that every team does when the shot clock is off at the end of the quarter.

 

i was thinking that but tmac was coming off a screen for a catch and shot at te buzzer. that was the plan, so no sense leaving the hornets with anytime left on the clock. however chris paul deflected the pass out of bounds and thats the situation which was left.

you could just as easily blame the in bound passer for passing it to rafer in the corner.

 

agree

 

excellent. thanks LG7.
appreciate the link.

what happened to the super clear links we used to get?

 

I'd rather play Von Wafer than the "superstar" formerly known as T-Mac.

 

Brooks has more offense and can score,We don't need rafer to just dribble down the court to telegraph a pass to tracy in the corner to watch them steal it time after time.


We need somebody who can break guys down off the dribble because right now we have a predictable game plan and thats' to force the ball to tracy and Yao in the post positions.

 

I see Dwight Howard get call for those a couple of times. It sucks to be big and trying to block a shot when smaller players just create the contact. I wonder how Duncan and Shaq is able to keep players from doing that. Maybe you gotta let the defenders through and then try to block them from behind.

 

McGrady would have like 6-7 asissts if people would actually finish. His shot is off, but atleast he is driving to the hoop and creating for others.

 

dude, I understand why teams do that, it's not the first time I've watched ball, but he should have made a move around 10 sec instead of 6 sec so he could have ran a play for Yao, instead of a predictable end of shot clock chuck...

 

Can anyone explain what the bells are in the Utah home games, similar to Sacramento in the old days.

 

that's because you are dumb

thats it

 

There isn't nothing wrong with tracy other than he didn't work on his strength with the leg in the summer.He allowed months to go by and didn't train after the healing of the surgery and as a result he is out of shape and still not ready to play 2 months into the season.

 

Rafer Alston, PG 14 0-5 0-3 0-0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0

 

Our starting five has looked horrible.

If TMac doesnt start playing like he has to, we are not gonna win which will be a dissapointment.

 

How much longer do you think it's going to take to rebuild that strength? The season is almost halfway over.

He's stinkin up the joint 2 out of every 3 games.

 

OMG!!!! ugliest commentator I've ever seen in my life!!!!! how the heck they allowed that dude on TV????????

 

Rafer telegraphed the whole play he ran the clock down to far without observing the second option.His plan which has been the whole game is to dribble right up to tracy's defender and hand the ball off to him in a fashion of telegraphing the play.


The hornets knew where the play was going and they intercepted the delivery.Brooks should have been in to use his quickness to break down the D for a draw and kick.

 

Move your A$$ Tracy ! And we better play D