I've seen some of the best teams lose to scrubs before. This sort of thing happens. I am just as upset about the loss as you guys are but I understand ..you win some you lose some. We will make the playoffs. We will get past the 1st round.
My biggest problem for losing this game is that TMac won't be getting his rest. I'm assuming he will be playing from now on because he sees that this team just can't play well together without him, oddly as it may sound. Even though Tracy isn't at his best, he still facilitates pretty well. And hey, I'd rather have Tracy taking 15 foot jumpers than running our "dribble the ball until the shotclock is below 10 seconds and pass it off to Rafer for a contested jumper".
Scola had 17 shot attempts to Yao's 14. "Scolandry" let Troy Murphy go for 21 points. Did you see Scola run away from TJ Ford on defense? That **** was laughable. At least Landry can claim ignorance considering the coach he is playing for, but Scola has been playing organized pro ball for 8 years. If he was going to play defense, he would have done it by now. Chuck Hayes, DNP Coaches Decision and you lose by a point. Nice job Adelman...
Scola saw Rafer comming for the switch.. so he switched.. Rafer however.. decided to play between players.. and TJ took off as soon as he saw the opening..
I just want to point out that Troy Murphy hit back to back 3 pointers while being guarded by Yao....that is what started their run. DD
Quoted for truth. If chuck got some pt in this game and helped the team get some stops we win this game. In a way Im glad we lost, it should be a wake up call to the coaching staff that Chuck is needed out at least in spot situations help cool down hot players.
Scola and Landry were both having pretty good games. But on that last defensive possession, I was surprised Chuck wasn't put in there.
Too many thought we were rolling just because we beat the Heat. Whoopty-doo. The Heat just got blown out by the Blazers by 38 points. Maybe we aren't as good as we thought we were. Not surprised by this loss at all.
Yea, I really don't understand the Rockets crowd. Maybe the reason for the lack of, uhm, getintoitness has been lessened by the fact that we're supposed to be a playoff team? I live in Portland, and even when Blazers had Sebastion (sp??) Telfair (what a complete waste of talent) there was still a ton of emotion from the crowd. You can't even imagine what its like today with Roy, Aldridge, and Oden. There is absolutely nothing like being at a home game here. Even watching TV you can tell the fans are totally and completely into the game. They actually cheer when a basket goes in. You won't see an empty seat. Watching a Rockets home game is, well, boring. What gives?
