ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Pacers 2/11/2005

our guards forgot yao again

 

At least Yao didn't pick up his 4th foul until his usual substitution time, but he needs more touches!

Sura is threatening a triple double again.

 

Well, I guess Yao was there to collect fouls for his teammates, rather than passes from them.

 

you guys need to chill

Yao is playing great...

and so are the Rockets

 

Well, you do have to realize that their entire initial defensive scheme (at the start of halves) is to stop Yao.

In the past, that may have worked... but now, we're just running such a machine of an offense that it doesn't seem to phase us.

We all need Yao scoring big in the long-run... but you have to realize that just his mere presence out there (even if he isn't getting the ball) is helping the team.

 

We're getting to the line and hitting our free throws.

 

Give me a break.

Are we winning?! hmmmmm 77-62 rox.....me thinks that's a 15pt LEAD for the ROCKETS .

Just be happy....we are winning aren't we?! yao is doing well tonight. the whole team is stepping it up.

 

You ain't lying. I doubt Calvin Murphy can shoot that %.

 

Sure they're playing great, but it is a pattern. Yao starts out with a lot of touches and points, then he doesn't get the ball in the 2nd and 3rd.

He'll make up his points in the 4th.

 

Just hope guys wouldnt cite Yao's stats to show he's not
a max player.

 

So
that doesn't mean we can ignore our hottest guy on the floor
he's shooting 70%

 

like NICK said.

It's because the Pacer's defense is set up to STOP yao. Yao had it all in the first.

Now the D is set up to stop him. That's why the other Rockets are stepping it up now.

 

this J. Howard is our J. Howard??

 

Winning is a pattern too.

And, Yao is invovled in the offensive explosion... by just being out there, he gives everybody else wide open looks.... and we're hitting them.

 

put yao back at the begining of 4th, give us 20 pts lead and get his 6th foul then rest on bench

 

when other players can hit, it's good for team. and when they pay more attention to them then yao's turn. we are the team now.

go rox

 

i'm afraid they will becasue it's Yao's fault he doesn't get the ball. i wish Yao could go public and pull shaq's if you dont feed the dog he won't guard the house.

 

Again, every starter in double figure.

 

I wonder how long it will still take for Tmac to prematurelly claim "man it feels good to be a west conference title contender".

 

Well said. To be fair though, you should also speak out to defend Yao when some idiots (who don't watch the games) complain about his performance by citing his statistics.