ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Jazz 5/3/2007 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 6)

He isn't supposed to be the great player he only plays a supporting role to Tracy McGrady. Yao follows JVGs instructions and plays exactly as instructed.

 

Dirk is devastated.

Avery is shell-shocked.

 

he got calls in game 5 when he was fouled, while he didn't get calls in game 6. what is the point to penetrate if he couldn't put the ball because of all contacts and couldn't go to the line because of no calls??

 

Bad offensive foul call. Jackson was in the circle.

 

he did penetrate. u kidding me? he did get 10 fts didn't he? and he got "blocked" like 4-5 times. so he drove like 15-20 times if u count just off of that.

just b/c we lost doesn't mean he didn't penetrate like he did in game 5.

secondly, shooters went cold AGAIN, esp. battier.

i don't know what game you were watching.

what i hate AGAIN w/ tmac is his jumpshot is just basically pathetic right now. i don't care how good tmac drives, but he has to make his jumper consistently to be able to mix it up. b/c his J was off, they were able to guard the drive better as the game went along by packing the paint. and tmac still drove, just got REJECTED (though i would hope he gets those calls in game 7)

 

The difference between games 5 and 6 are that McGrady kept driving to the basket in game 5 even though he was blocked a few times. He just wouldn't give up. In game 6, after he was blocked a few times, he started settling for jumpers in the second half. I'm not saying he didn't penetrate. I'm just saying he shouldn't have given up so early.

 

gave up so early? he did keep driving in the 4th. but he didn't get any calls.

and i dont' care who u are, if ur not gonna get any calls, that's basically a turnover. if tmac made a few of his jumper, it would be great.

again, even if he drives 100x, if he can't make a jumper consistently, it's pointless. he has to be able to create space by making his jumper. 1-8 in the 2nd half ain't gonna cut it.

he did what he said he would do which is drive. he consistently drove tonight. but if u saw, they basically didn't care for yao anymore and just packed the paint and put everybody around tmac tonight.

yao better step up and force the double teams again. i was shocked at the space yao got to operate.

so if u want tmac to drive, tell yao to open up the lanes by forcing the double teams so 4 guys won't be around him along w/ ak47.

 

Why? Jeff vg, when shooters are cold, they can not drive to the rim, just try it again and again. No players can come from bench and make impact to the game, always same and same, His O is really sucks.
What we can do? Pray!!!!
Hope we can hit our shots then we win.

I don't know if we choose another Coach for 4 years what we will be.

After watch the Warriors game, I know the coach is really the most important in the team. Look at Don, he choose the right players and know how to use them. Look at Mavs, they still use the players choosed by Don, the new players after he left are all play bad.

What we got, the only one maybe is the battier. Anderson, Bonzi, vspan. boki, sura, JJ, DW, JhonB...... yea, some of them play good, but they do not good for even 2 seasons.

JVG Sucks

 

The problem is Yao. 8 Turnovers twice in one series is just unbelievable. Where the hell is so-claimed high basketball IQ now?

 

Well guys, the Warriors are waiting for us now!

T-Mac, "IT'S ALL ON YOU NOW" in Game 7.

 

Yao is not fast, his stamina is really bad in Utah, He has a really not good game.
But I have to say his TOs half is his fourt, half is others.
4 3 seconds, he need stay in paint, so pass to him is up to guards. half his foult.
1 goaltending? is this a TO? I don't know.
2 times pass out and stealed (one is his foult, one is Hayes not get it)
1 time blocked by ak47.
....
I never blame his Heart but his talent is there so ... maybe let him shots some mid jumpers and give the space for others to drive in? Forget it, too complex for Jeff to handle.

 

Battier must step up and shoot more balls. I am very upset that Battier is too passive at offensive end.

Don't expect Yao too much. His Tos really kill this team. Also Yao's jumper shooting is not so good in past six games.

 

You know nothing about basketball! Really nothing at all.
Tmac is 203 cm. and BD is 191 cm, even idiotcan tell who is easier
to drive in to the paint area.
BTW: this is BD's stats today:
38:17 7-17 3-10 3-4 2 8 10 6 3 1 5 0 20
TMAC's:
41:25 8-23 1-6 9-10 2 8 10 3 0 0 5 0 26
I don't see who is much better than the other.

We will see who is the best in the second round.

 

again its not about the stats. davis said he's hurt. stephen jackson and jrich took over b/c davis doesn't have to do everything. as much as he has played well, it's golden state style of play that dallas can't match up w/ more than davis.

jazz on the other hand is doing everything to stop tmac's penetration, even risking letting yao go 1-on-1.

 

again, utah has yao figured out. his moves are so predictable. they know when he shoots, his tendencies when he does pump fakes or do any moves.

again, we cannot iso yao anymore. we can't risk yao turning it over like this repeatedly. now, the ONLY time yao should touch the ball to score is when one of his feet is in the paint, he's moving around via pick and roll and catch and shoot immediately.

other than that, don't go to yao.

and please tmac, just have one great game. i dont know why u can't make your jumpers? u need practice?

 

!!!!

make it done deal - our important game for the last 10 yrs!!

 

OK I've calmed down after several beers and my faith is back. We've beaten them at home and we can do it again.

GO ROX!

 

Ok. we are still playing game 7 at home. We can beat them at home. We have done it 3 times and we can do it again. We will get a few more calls at home. Hopefully the arena will be a sea of red like the Warriors arena was a sea of yellow.

What i'm wondering is why the officials let anything go (fouls) for rox / jazz and call it tight for mavs / warriors? Is this stuff fixed?

I lost count of how many times I saw rox get hacked. Half of Kirelenko's blocks were blatant hacks.

 

agree, I still remember when sura play point, he always put ball to tmac first. For the O maybe the best way is start from Tmac, not yao. JVG????

 

I try to stay positive and believe in this team.

But i cant denied that Sloan and Jazz have completely exposed all the rockets' flaws and they have figured out our 2 stars:

Yao - Predictable moves in the post; play him physical, he will be completely out of sync.
T-mac - Still hard to stop and rockets' only hope now but physical defense will wear him off
and everytime Head was on the court, it was obvious the Jazz will keep on attacked him and have became the rockets' weakness on the floor.

More worries, are that the rockets cant figure out the Jazz. They cant stop Boozer and Williams. And now Sloan has drawn a few plays to involve Kirilenko and his confidence has increased plus Okur seems to come alive again.

I tried to stay positive but it seems like JVG has all but put his future in both t-mac and yao's hands. Let the stars played hope that they will lead the rockets to victory without coming much new plays or adjustments.

Don Nelson bench Al Harrington who was ineffective. Rockets have a solid starting five which i dont think need any changes. But i think JVG should play VSpan, just because of Williams alone will worth trying him.
Nobody expect VSpan to come in and scores 20pts and dish out 10asst. But i hope to have him to at least slow down Williams while Rafer rests and have Vspan penetrates and open up the offense. Plus, by playing Vspan it will alter rockets predictable offense and force the jazz to adjust!

Game seven and season on the line i believe JVG will play T-mac, Hayes, Shane and Rafer 45minutes! If yao has the stamina he will play 40minutes too!

But I still believe!

Go rockets go!