Listen TOFs, the REAL ROCKETS fans paid their hard earned money to cheer for the Rockets. They can boo the living crap out of any scrub bench player from Detroit if they please. If you wanted to cheer him, go buy a ticket and show up to Toyota center with your Orlando Magic jerseys and start whaling when he shows up. But you didn't, so don't criticize Rocket fans who pay money to see the Rockets play.
How about C-Bud for Tmac straight up? It works out and I'm sure Tracy is willing to give it another go. He's a playmaker and we could use that.
Not to take anything away from Lowry's excellent game, but I'm really surprised by how poorly Stuckey defended. In the fourth, Lowry repeatedly carved him up and set up whatever shot he wanted for the rest of the Rockets. Stuckey's got the size and speed: he should not be that bad a defender. I'm also surprised that Detroit did not put McGrady back in the game after those two quick fouls in the second half. Battier and Scola did a fantastic job on McGrady on consecutive plays, but I expected Detroit to send McGrady back in after a little rest. Strong game by the starters on both offense and defense. The main bench guys, except for Courtney Lee, contributed very little. The Lee/Taylor backcourt is still a work in progress, and Miller either doesn't match up well with Detroit or was just off. Great call by Adelman to stick with Jared Jeffries in the second half.
Funny how a fourth quarter lineup of Luis Scola and four good defenders was able to hold off the other team from making a run. I wonder if we may see more of Jeffries for small stretches in the fourth quarters of games going forward. I really like his defense, and he matches up great against longer teams like Detroit. A POSITIVE substitution change by Adelman for a change.
Lowry with another Godly statline! 22 pts, 12 assts, 6 stls... unfortunately he had 6 TOs to boot, but still! Yeesh! Give the guy consistent starter minutes and THIS happens. Who woulda thunk...
Lowry Lee Battier Jeffries Scola works well, provided the other team doesnt have a 7 foot post presence and Scola cant miss a shot.
Stuckey hasn't been the same player since that seizure last season. I feel sorry for him actually. He's lost something.
Excellent win. We have to vote Scola into the all star game. Lowry, Scola and Battier are our team's leaders (and they have been balling lately ) CBud needs to double and triple his shots in practice until he gets back to form (he should also see reduced minutes to other players who are playing better during this stretch until he consistently catches fire again) Our bench needs to still play better and help push our leads further. KLowry is a difference maker and if he consistently keeps his FG percentage and 3pt % up he may have to be the starter due to his assists, defense, rebounding and relentless will to win. Bill Worrell also gets special points for saying "Lowry will really get into your grill."
He's lost a degree of intensity and it affects his aggressiveness to the rim. He's just not the same to me. Reminds me of a punch drunk boxer. Not that he's that bad. But you just don't see and feel the intense aggressiveness he used to have that propelled his game so much.
The obvious, Scola. On fire, All Star performance. The not so obvious, Lowry, one of his better games. And Martin was lost in the mix, another solid game. C-Bud hitting new lows, his playing time should be over until he works through the funk. I was surprised T-Mac was booed. I think many on the board assumed that the TC crowd are not so knowledgeable adoring fans. Apparently not.
Listen you, f++++ing moron, it's not about T-Mac it's about showing signs of respect for players who were a huge part of the team in a past. And you can see something of a kind with Yao right now on cluthcfans. Rick, Morey, Clanton and Keith are trying to keep Yao out of new injuries before he will finally be 100%, cause they wanted to save his career but there are already a lot of criticism for Yao in a situation when he is a "hostage". He wants to play, they didn't allow him to go on court but a lot of clutchfans members are starting their messages with words like "throw him out of this team. He is useless, we doesn't need him at all bla bla bla" It's not a showing signs of Respect. That's all. It was with McGrady, it's started now with Yao and things will only become much worse if he'll stay out of court for another couple of days or even weeks, despite his willingness to play the game. If you want to deny it - screw you. Go and f++k yourself
Yikes, I did not know about his seizure. He definitely did not seem like the same player who gave the Rockets fits two seasons ago.
Tmac was doing well for Pistons at the point. But i think it has to do with the team limiting his minutes like Yao. Tmac cant be playing over certain amount of minutes for the first half of the season. But yea, noticed when Stuckey was back in the game, Pistons went in a drought.
Also, Rick made great adjustment putting Jeffries on Mcgrady during the game. I also realized I've lost my Mcgrady hate (who had a pretty good game) which used to be huge. He's a bit role-player on a bad team in the east. I still laughed at how hard Rox fans booed him when he came in though, old hate dies hard I guess lol
