ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Timberwolves 3/20/2005

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bad coaching and bad point guards! just look at the 1st quarter all you r****ds.....! yao was scoring left and right at the beginning, and then, suddenly, he didn't get any feed from anyone! but we shoud have T-mac, or even James keep shooting and missing? how about those times when Yao was under the basket with no one around one and james decides to take it to the basket the hard way?

I hate the people who thinks Tmac should shoot 30 times a game and make 8 shots in order to shoot himself out of a slump? if yao shoots 30 times a game and he's almost 60%, then he'll be getting 40 points a game!

 

Who in particular are you calling a r****d? Everyone who posted in the thread prior to your message?

 

Shut up. You are as r****ded as the ones who have nothing to say other than picking on other people's command of English here.

 

YAO: 65 788 12.26
ONEL: 64 954 14.91
AMAR: 64 1082 16.91

 

What do you mean here?

 

The way Yao being used in the game also a factor. Notice that he does not stay in the paint but come out to challege the point position as well as the low post. This will wear out Yao very quickly. Plus it make no sense to for him to guard outside shooter anyway. Any guard can just run through him in a heart beat.

 

fga per game?

 

Rockets v TWolves Highlights 03/20/05 torrent


seed seed seed seed.......you know whats up.

Keep in mind...there is always a highlight even amongst a bunch of lowlights...
Things will get better...it isnt the end of the world or the season...

Our D sucked..our O was misfiring...this cant continue.
I do give credit to the Wolves...they wanted this game much more than we did....their defense was much better than it has been lately.....Bill and the Shark were talking about how much better MINN was playing....something about the Rockets always brings out the best in other teams....thats a sure sign of respect...

 

Thank you so much for working so late.

 

I don't know.
But he was trying things the whole game to get us to come back. And we almost did. IF Mike James didn't miss that freakin put in right at the basket and Ryan Bownej ust shot it instead of pasing off to our NOTHOT shooters..it would have been 7.
We were down by 7 with like 35 seconds left.

I wanted to see a timeout..and then like crazy dream clutch Rockets come back and win the game by 1.

I wanted them to do that in the Celtics game too.

Thanks Rockets2K

 

The Rockets can't win because they're unable or unwilling to make an adjustment. I can't tell you how frustrating it was to watch T-Mac continue to throw up shots over and over again. Dude, you're having an off-night. Maybe you should slow things down and try to get your teammates involved? Damn, T-Mac played like Kobe Bryant tonight (and that's not a good thing).

Unfortunately, I think the Rockets have developed some terrible habits based upon a couple games where they had hot shooting from the outside. Only a fool would expect the Rocket's shooting to stay hot forever. Frankly, I hate the Rockets offense. In my opinion, it's ridiculously simplistic and only creates mediocre low percentage jump shots, rather than emphasizing getting the ball inside. I swear, it's a complete waste to use Yao to set screens. It takes Yao out of the offense because they never pass it back to the screener. It pulls Yao away from the basket, taking away any chance of offensvie rebounds. It doesn't create open shots for the other teammates. All the screen and roll usually creates is low percentage 18-foot jumper.

 

T-Mac put up most of his shots in the extended trash time we had in the game, he stopped at 12 fg attempts for quiet some time, and then when he figured that NO one was knocking down a shot, and that he needed to desperately get out of that shooting funk if the Rockets are to win a single freakin' game the rest of the season, he tried to shoot some more, and it is not like any of them were forced shots, they were not (go back and watch the game).

Do you mean if T-Mac has a wide open jumper to take (even if he is struggling) then he shouldn't take it?

I thought he moved the ball around quiet a bit last night, just won't get many assists if no one is knocking down a jumper.

Yao got plenty of touches, since he was winded similarily just a couple of minutes into the game (the ESPN announcers said as much). Yao DOES NOT have the stamina to put up even 20 shots a game on consistent basis (night in and night out), and anyone who thinks so is fooling themselves. I would be ecstatic if he gets 15 fg attemptsa game the rest of the way (which at his shooting percentage, means he makes 9 of those at least, and then he continues to get 6 FT a game, and making 4-5 of them, that would put him into the 22-23 ppg territory, which is great)

Of course, even Yao seems to be screwing up at the FT line lately. If he makes those, he would have had 20+ ppg the last few games.

 

Tmac had a horrible shooting night, he took the shots he always takes, they just didn't fall. They look like bad shot selection when he misses, but when he makes them, we forget about the shot selection and just think "good shot". If he had made half of his shots we would have won.

And going down to YAO too much scares me because it just seems like he fumbles the ball around too much and doesn't catch it with authority, but I do agree we need to take it down to him more often, even if it is to open things up so that he can pass it back outside.

 

That's when he got benched. Stop theorizing.

 

Here's the interesting thing. The touches for Yao isn't translating into any significant increases in FGA for him.

Timeframe -- FGA -- FTA -- eFGA (FGA+(FTA/2))
Games 1-64 -- 12.3 -- 6.1 -- 15 eFGA/game
Last 3 -- 7 -- 11.7 -- 12 eFGA/game
Minnie -- 9 -- 16 -- 17 eFGA/game

Furthermore examining the team FGA's we seem to be pretty much following the same game plan in terms of shot distribution per player.

To be fair our perimeter shooting % has been off. That plus the combination of missing a legitimate PF threat has conspired to frustrate us.

In my opinion we need to try and figure out how to come up with a two-man game combo with Tmac & Yao to defeat defenses and increase our attempts of higher pct shots.

 

The thing that sucks is that guys are having off night at the same time. It's like it's contagious. We're not as good a shooting team as Supersonics I realize that, but to have different outside guys bricking at the same game we lost that inside-outside balance. If we have both TMac & Yao going off at the same time, as well as outside shooter knocking them 3s, we can beat any team. I'm a little worry about the Miami game coming up, they are a really good team with a balance of good defense and offense, much like us when we're on.

 

The most dissapointing thing about the last 2 games is how no one has stepped up in Howard's absence, not Yao or TMac.

We need players to step up and play hard while Juwan is out, especially Yao and TMac. But Yao was no where to be found last night, grabbing 5 rebounds! TMac had his worst shooting night of the season and added TOs to that as well.

 

For sure Tmac is in a shooting slump. Just as sure, he will get out of it eventually. The problem is until he does, we will struggle to win games.
I just wish TMac realizes it and tries to take it the hoop more.
Part of the problem is also that TMac seems not to have the legs, the quickness to get to the hoop, or the height to his jumpers at times. JVG needs to help Tmac out by resting him more. He could also design plays that get TMac easier shots. TMac has had to make things happen by himself with the only help being a screen up top. Another play is an isolation post up. Same old plays that opponents have well scouted, I am sure.

 

This is not right. we are not lakers, we have Yao here and although he is not super star right now, at least he is a solid all-star. Lakers can not get any champ