Did the front or fouls stop Yao from being a factor in Game 2?

The fouls stopped Yao from being good, defensively.

The fronting stopped Yao from being good, offensively.

 

What confuses me is why the hell is fronting such a problem this season?

 

Yao stopped Yao....

DD

 

after a heroic and ridiculously great game in game 1, yao had a horrific game last night. i've never seen a star of his caliber play that bad after such a great game. it's weird. wouldn't yao think he was invincible after game 1?

 

Thats what happens with stars.....

He is not a superstar.

Look at game 1 of the Portland series and then look at game 2

 

Used to be that only teams with undersized guys were fronting him. Now he's being fronted with guys who are normal sized centers but are also faster than him. Aaron Brooks is also really bad at the post entry pass.

 

He is probably tired and is facing jet lag. Houston did play Portland and now i believe they are playing every other day. Long season + Playoffs + traveling can do harm to a 7'6 guy or any at that.

 

Jet lag? Jet lag? He only played 26mins and he is tired from jet lag.

Yao should live for moments like these! This is where Yao can put his mark on history.

Just think if Yao put up 25pts 13rebs 4blks...we would of won and got the next two games at home.

 

it wasn't even about stats. if you don't watch basketball, you wouldn't even know yao was there last night.

scola had a subpar game too, but his imprint was ALL OVER THE GAME. that's impact. if yao knows he has a bad game, do something that will make a mark: hard foul, block shots galore, do something.

 

So it's everyone's fault but AB? Morey and Adelman don't want him to let plays develop? Cause I've heard different since the trade. AB said himself being told to be aggressive isn't just about shooting shots. It's reading the defenses and attacking accordingly. Is it all his fault? Of course not. But don't act like he isn't at fault for some of the things that went wrong out there. It isn't all on the Laker's defense.

 

I'm not going to cry about last night game. As bad as Yao and Scola played we still could have won the game. I trully believed if Artest didnt get ejected we could have pull it off. This team is so scrappy and I'm loving it. It's not about 1 player with this team. You take Yao out of the game and we still go toe to toe with the so call BEST TEAM in the league.
On the other hand, if Adelman put white in there and break Kobe leg, the Lakers are done. That team is trash without Kobe.

 

That game was all on Yao for making dumb fouls. The dumb fouls forced him to be reluctant to establish his position in the low post, allowing a front to easily take him out of the game. Without those fouls, he probably would have been more aggressive in establishing his position.

Oh, and the fouls weren't the referee's fault. They were all brain farts from Yao.

 

You have hit the nail on the head. Yao will always have problems with fronting and other adjustments. He can't get faster or quicker but if he wants to succeed he needs to realize that and make changes in his mentality. The only solution is trying to seal his man better,call out for the ball and to get in the high post for a jumper off a pick and pop.
He needs to stop worrying about what is going on or the consequences of having to make changes.It's no wonder that Okur said that it is easy to stop Yao because of his predictability.

Yao is not going to have a Deron,CP3 or even a physically or mentally healthy McGrady show up suddenly. AB and Lowry have their limitations and need to work hard too,but nothing is going to change until Yao changes his mentality. This is his biggest weakness.

 

Actually, Yao wasn't fronted in previous playoffs, but the rockets failed to pass the 1st round. This time, he was fronted, however, the rockets passed the 1st round and have a good shape in the 2nd round.

The fronting is a strategy that a team don't have other ways, and they has to use it. The fronting means the center leave the paint area and has to give up rebounds, and ...

 

If Yao had not played the second half, we might have pulled out a win.

Someone needs to tell Yao: move, move, move, ......

 

No ball, no body movement, the refs + AB handling the ball = taking Yao out of the game. The main problem still is the Rockets not reacting and taking what the Lakers defense gives them. They're still not doing what RA wants them to do, I think. You see nobody cutting, nobody moving, nobody showing energy and no crisp passes. All sloppy, easy to steal passes and nothing like last year during the streak.

 

or the talent level of the team has improved? im just sayin...

 

It's both. What a let down after game 1.

He has to play smart and avoid those fouls. Two were very ticky tac, BS calls. Two were VERY avoidable and seemed like fouls a rookie Yao would've made.

I hate the cliche, but Yao has to impose his will. It's the playoffs, you're the best center in the league, the best player on your team, you have to find a way. Even in the fourth quarter when he was on the court for a majority of minutes he was nearly invisible.

 

How the hell was Yao suppose to play when Crawford wouldn't let him be a bit physical?

 

LMAO idiot. The real reason we lost was Scola terrible play at the beginning of the 3rd quarter that got the game out of reach and with Yao out. The Fakers score all over the team.