I remember a lot of posters saying how bad we are closing the game in the 4th quarter. How do you feel about the rockets 4th quarters now? If you have any doubts, check this stats. Houston is tie with NOLA for best 4th quarter wining% (60) http://www.82games.com/0809/QSORT5.HTM Houston 6 in Point differential per 4th quarter. (+1.1) http://www.82games.com/0809/QSORT11.HTM
We had a 18 point 4th period lead the other night against the Timberwolves and they cut it 3 points late!
5 stars thread! we talked a lot over years about how we had the lead in the 4th quarter, but couldnot close it out and collapsed. Proud of speaking ...Not This Year(overall). Go Rockets.
Yea, I feel good about any game now if it's close in the 4th quarter. We always seem to execute. Most of the games we've lost in the 4th is because the refs made a series of bad calls and take the wind out of us or some miracle shot/sequence. By and large, we execute and close out games. It's nice to see. Biggest factor, TMac doesn't do 40ft J's with 3 minutes left. He did that ONE time a couple weeks ago ...and we lost.
i too am thrilled with our 4th quarter performance but the 3rd quarter seems to be our worst area. i'm still enjoying the season and all the games tho! thx for the stat
I like getting Yao and Tmac rest in the 4th quarter. BUT, I've learned that this is the reason we often lost leads. So, I'm fine with Rick leaving them in late in the 4th. Rick knows what he's doing. (Though I would really like a backup C who can help us hold leads in the 4th to prevent Yao from having to play long minutes.)