How can you completely lock down Evans and not win that game? How can you keep CHUCK on the bench for the whole 2nd Half in favor of Jeffries? Chuck would have atleast scrap for a damn rebound! How can take Andersen out the whole 2nd half when he was having a great offensive night? What was Adelman doing?
For the people that want to blame Brooks for the loss... just stop now. During the last 5 minutes, everyone just sat around and hoped to the heavens that somebody would step up. Martin got the ball a few times and all he did was pass it to somebody else and just stand there. Brooks was the only guy that tried to actually make plays on offense. Unfortunately, his shot just wasn't falling tonight. Anyways, this was the first game since the trade where I was actually somewhat impressed by the Rockets defense. They did a great job of staying in front of their man. They were just terrible at finishing the defensive possession, and that's why they lost.
and this is why i wouldnt doubt it if morey went after bosh or amar'e and gave up brooks...brooks is great, but we're still gonna get killed against the bigger teams. Yao alone can't do it and when he sits this is what's going to happen. Lowry at point with bosh/yao frontcourt works better. Worrell pointed out how the difference between martin and landry was when martin's shot is off he cant just go the rim like Landry and still get his freebies...although true for this game, i think a better comparison is brooks and landry. When brooks' shot is off he cant get free throws.
We'll find a way to win these games but tonight hurts. I hate to beat a dead horse but we need Lowry & Ariza back.
same could've been said for David Anderson in the first half, for god's sake... just a miserable showing by the Rockets...
el, if you say anything bad about martin, you're a TOF according to some people here. i'm being sarcastic.
We lost the game not because of poor shooting but offensive rebounding....THEY JUST CAN NOT REBOUND THE BALL and constantly giving the Kings 2nd chance shots. This is what killed us. It's horrible...this team need a legit C or PF with height that can rebound.
"Poetic justice" involves an ironic punishment of vice and a triumph of virtue. I find no inherent moral struggle in our trading of Landry. Apropos, perhaps. Or maybe just coincidental. But not poetic justice it is not.
Bingo. Kevin played scared tonight. He didn't react wells to the pressure of playing the former team but Landry did it.
