great coaching by RA at the end there keeping lowry in. we looked really tired in the thrid but mandry came in in the fourth and brought the energy back in, it was a good game overall nice to see ariza doing better
Your kidding right? key defensive stops, key shots to tie the game and push the lead.. what are you saying.. his stat line is not sexy but he had a solid game..
Forgot to mention I loved the amount of minutes Rick gave Shane tonight. He had 29 minutes. Which I think should be his max. The days of Shane playing 30+ minutes a game are over. When we do that It hurts the team on both sides of the ball. I hope we see more of the same minutes distribution we saw tonight
Lowry has a worse shot than Brooks, is not as quick as Brooks is, and doesn't even have the handles Brooks have. Yet, Lowry seems like a better point guard than Aaron.
Rick Adelman went back to Hitler Adelman that we saw last season. Pulled Chuck with 4 minutes to go in the 3rd and went with all offense at the 4 and 5. Didn't put him back in for the rest of the game. So Luis Scola scored 14 points in the first half, but he was clearly struggling in the second half and got ate alive defensively by Hawes and Thompson. He made a few clutch shots late, but would they have even been clutch if Chuck Hayes was in the game on defense? Chuck was having success getting into the lane. Even on the shot that he got a jump ball on, that is a good play. Could easily be a foul on his defender. Even got the tip but The Rockets didn't chase it down. Defensively, it was vintage Chuck Hayes. How many charges did the guy draw tonight? What I hate about this, is it could get Adelman off on a tangent and start Landry and Scola just because it worked tonight, even though Sacramento just missed some shots that were dead on target.
Cbud's activeness leads to key plays. He's great running the floor without the ball, makes good decisions, and is becoming a good defender. He has confidence, but not arrogance, about his 3 point shot. Good things happen when he is on the floor.
I was watching the Spurs@Wizards game at the same time and seeing the Spurs dominating the Wizards just reminds me so much of the old days. We used to be a good defensive team. Brent Barry once said an elite team is a team knows how to keep a 10 point lead and grow it into 20. Good win, but i don't feel happy, our defense looked horrible, though these guys are husting.............
Rockets win the game, the audience in Toyota Center and the respect from opponents Rockets win the game, the audience in Toyota Center and the respect from opponents What a beauty, that's why coach A had the guts to say NO to his superstar, this team does not need another superstar, everybody is superstar.
Wow Landry has developed into such a great offensive talent. Only if can improve more on his defense...
No doubt in my mind Tracy Mcgrady makes this team better. These dry laspes are painful to watch. If we dont get in our offensive set, we wont score.
