bright spot of the night - battier with a monster defensive effort on evans and a whole lot of blocks.
Two words: offensive rebounding. How in the HELL did we allow that many? True, the Kings got some good bounces, but half the time it didn't even look like we were trying. I felt like I was in the Twilight Zone watching this game tonight.
Aaron Brooks playing most of the game, including all of the 4th is no bueno. At least put in Conroy for 2 mins. to give Brooks a breather
Damn, I had an uneasy feeling after Brooks got fouled to potentially tie the game. I'd rather have seen the drawn up play than a foul, even though I have a feeling it was just going to be Brooks going in amongst the trees, which usually doesn't end well in clutch situations. And although Houston was getting killed on rebounds, I still would have preferred Hayes coming back in against Landry for the fourth instead of seeing Jeffries attempt to guard Landry. I was also surprised Adelman didn't put Andersen in at all in the second half sans the play in which Brooks got fouled. I know he wouldn't have been guarding Landry after Carl buzzed by him in the first half, but I think he could've been in when the nearly as soft Hawes was on the court.
I think Bullard and Eschenfelder are as gutted, if not more, than we are by their analysis of today's horrendous showing.
Guys, in the big picture this was no big deal. They sucked tonight...AB and Kmart were pretty bad, our rebounding was horrible. AB missing both the wide open tying 3pter and the FT to tie it..... Bad bounces.....bad effort.... But......since we aren't going anywhere as a team....this year.....higher draft position. DD
When the defensive intensity gets turne up, he is not a good enough decision maker, let's not forget that he got those free throws cos he got bailed out on a foul call that should've been a non-call.
How many injuries does the Rockets have? How many of our Top 8 players is sidelined for this game? Ariza? Lowry? Yao? I am not concerned Rocket River
It's awful seeing Landry on another team, cause we know what he can do. AB shooting too many 3's. Don't keep shooting them if you're not hot! Don't believe your own hype. Martin needs more plays run for him, and should have taken the last shot, imo. Andersen needs to be in there when he's playing well. This ain't our year, obviously. But we're still getting the pieces together for next year, and that's what Morey's planning for. It's all about next season. We missed Ariza's hardnosed D and rebounding, Lowry's toughness and drive. The ball bounced the other way, and there goes the season. Maybe that will translate into the draft pick we need/want. We need one mean guy on the team to help balance out the energy. Artest was that guy last year. And preferrably your want your PF or backup C to be the mean guy. I hope Morey gets someone like that between now and next year.
Alot of the time it seemed like it would slip out of the rockets hands, in addition to the lucky bounces. This game was jinxed from the get-go in addition to the sloppy play from our hometown team...
Jeez, all you landry groupies make me sick... A loss is never easy, quit bashing single players it was a team effort.
a few box score numbers Landry: FG: 8-13, 61% FT: 8-8, 100% REB: 10 Scola: FG: 8-16, 50% REB: 18 Brooks: FG: 9-25, 36% FT: 2-4, 50% AST: 2 Martin: FG: 3-13, 23% FT: 7-8, 87% REB: 8 TO: 4 Budinger: REB: 8 Battier: BLK: 7 Lowry: INACTIVE
I'd trade Kevin for Landry. I haven't been this frustrated about a player being inconsistent since Rafer.
