He was not the problem last night at all.....Tmac played fairly well and within the system...until the end. DD
The team did not play defense, and we had no one to penetrate and dish when Tmac was out, or when Memphis stepped up pressure at the end.... Got to have that 2nd penetrating player who can break down the opponents off the dribble when things go south. DD
Maybe some people complain when he facilitates, but not me. As far as I'm concerned the team is much, much stronger when T-Mac is working to set people up rather than working to set himself up. What I find hilarious is that the guy sits down and talks about how relieved he is that he no longer has to carry the main load while scoring. He talks about how he envisions himself as a 15/6/6 type of guy. Then he goes and jacks up 20 shots. It's not even the 20 shots that really kills me--it's that everyone else had 7 or 8.
Hey, I was not trying to pick on you. It's just a piece of advice which hopefully can help to make your posts more understandable. No offense.
I completely agree, People fail to realize that tmac was 6-11 at the end of 3rd qaurter and finished 9-21 because of many uncalled fouls and about 2 "in and outs". Tmac played well and at one point kept us in the game, we all know if yao wouldn't of had stomach problems, we would of won the game, yet we bring in artest for these kind of situations and he shoots 1-10..... I mean that's why we have luther.
hey Rockets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!please pass the ball to Yao at the 4th quarter!!!!!!!please!!!!!!!do not shoot stupid 3 points anymore!!!!!!!Ron,please do some penetrations!!!!We need more free throws,not 3 points!!!Everybody should play defence hard!!God, I would like to see trade tracy and Ron to miami and get D Wade back.our team is in danger.
Exactly, at the end was the problem. Even at the end back to back 3's rimmed out and that would of tied the game. If the game was tied I'm sure we would of went to Yao in the block. The team panicked basically.
Everyone struggled tonight so T-mac felt he needed to try and score. He got some guys easier shots but the shots just wouldn't fall. Scola missed an easy layup and got some blocked. Landry struggled. Artest was 1-10. Yao played good while in but he was sick and winded. Battier struggled. And yes T-mac struggled but I don't expect him to shoot 10 shots every game. He shot like 7 times in the 2nd half. A few driving to the hole and an open 3. It wasn't like he was just jacking up contested shots the whole 2nd half.
if we have a 7 time all star plus a nba leading scorer plus a 20/20 scorer blocker , we should be up there with the leaders. if the cavs can do it with only lebron when we have the "Big" 3 then its the coaching staffs problem if we dont win games.
I just can't understand why they shot those hopeless 3 pointers when we were only 4 pts less and there were still more than 3 minutes left...Yao was doing great and dominating in the paint.... Marc Gasol or anyone else of Memphis seemed not be able to stop Yao....but Yao was stopped by his own teammates shooting stupid 3 pointers.... I am losing hope to this team.... This season, it is gonna be another first round exit, if they ever make it to playoff.
