HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA. No. Not at all. Lowry is without a doubt a major improvement.
It's a disappointing loss, but I thought the Rockets played a tough, gritty game considering their recent grueling schedule. It was obvious that they were worn out from playing a tight game vs. the Bobcats the night before, and the missed free throws were part of that, I think. Artest made some bad decisions during the game, but I don't think he would've missed so many crucial shots if he were fresher. IIRC, he's been playing a little too many minutes lately. I can't understand why everyone's bashing Brooks, because I thought he played pretty well. Brooks did have a lot of problem getting the team into offensive sets, but that had as much to do with the Spurs' good defense as his inexperience. OTOH, his spurt of offense in the second half where he completely outplayed Parker kept the team in the game. And I actually thought Brooks did a better job on Parker defensively than Lowry. At the same time, I was again really impressed with Lowry's passing skills tonight. The guy really knows how to read the court and make great decisions. Overall, it's another playoff-type game that will help the Rockets improve in the long run. And in my opinion, even with a healthy Duncan, the Spurs can be beaten by a well-rested Rockets team. However, the gap between the Lakers and the rest of the West looks pretty huge right now.
So are you comparing the national team to the nba? I'm saying that i'm not against yao getting more shots, but i think its up to him. He threw a assist to scola and that was great, i wish i could see more, but scola yao being singled took scola and battier out the game. Those 2 really count on yao getting doubled. I dont know how many to's Yao had, havent looked yet, but i know lowry had 1 and brooks had another when he failed to seal his man. Even if they got the to because its the last guy with the possession, those were to's by yao. I'm just saying he needs to shoot more, but its something he needs to set in his mind. Every play or angle isnt going to be perfect.
I know about the lakers and i've been saying that among the rocket faithful. About brooks, some people expect him to be out the box like cp3,kidd or someone like that. If they go look at parker in his 1st couple of years. Look at chauncey that was traded as a rookie and in his 5th yr had been on 5 teams. Nash couldnt even get off the bench in phoenix and was traded so he could play. Williams didn't play much as a rookie because he was out of shape. The rox arent winning the ring this year , so this is for development. People are screaming for lowry, yet the other night he played 26mins and 0 asst also. Playing with yao, youre never going to have a true pg. If paul was on this team, people would be crying about him.
I didn't get to see the game but three things jumped out at me when I looked at the box score. Brooks 31 mins 0 asst Battier 34 mins 1 point 1 shot taken 66% FT shooting I thought it would be impossible for a starting NBA PG to get 0 asst in 31 mins. I know about Battier's intangibles but 1 shot in 31 mins for a starting NBA SF LOL. 66% FT shooting will get a team beat most of the time. See Charlotte last night. With these numbers I'm suprised we had a chance to beat a team as good as the Spurs.
Good point. It takes time and guidance for some point guards to develop. Seen from that perspective, Adelman's doing an excellent job developing not just one, but two young point guards, and giving them both ample time and experience.
its finish like this that will cost us playoff games.. now orleans is now what, half a game behind? its time like this that i really miss tmac. we are still not with the top teams of this league
Another outstanding stat is that Yao takes no foul shots, while having so many touches. He needs 17 shots to get 18 points, which is not very efficient. Being such a good free throw shooter, if he can learn how to draw fouls, he can be more valuable to the team in closing minutes.
why does yao always wait for so long when they finally get the ball to him??? its like he can only do something in the post when theres a double team..
A pt. guard who has 0 assist in an important game such as this needs not only to be benched but to be waived or traded. This is more than ridiculous!
Duncan is a hard player to draw fouls on. For the most of the night (save the 4th quarter), the calls on Yao were fair. On another note, I was very impressed with Yao's defense on Duncan. He pretty much shut him down in the post.
Brooks 31 mins and TWO turnovers. Would you prefer Nash's performance tonight? 8 assist's and 7 turnovers. Brooks is a scoring guard, period. As long as he's shooting a solid % and keeping his turnovers down he's doing his job. Im actually surprised he doesnt turn the ball over more considering he gets in some tough situations sometimes, but he either passes off or hits a tough shot.
No I didn't say that. If we are going to win in the playoffs Battier needs to take 10 shots a game & avg. 10 pts per game if we are going to win a playoff series with the way defenses are playing Yao & Scola. It remains to be seen if he can do this. History says he cant with his teams being knocked out in the first rd all five times they made the playoffs. I personally would post him up 2 or 3 times early in the game to try to get him going. I wonder if Battier's foot is giving him problems? What did you think about the FT & Brooks numbers? Not going to do well in the playoffs with those numbers. Ithink Lowery may be better suited to close games. (Can get to the basket, plays better defense, can get the ball to the playmakers in the spots they like).
Adelman's substitution patterns are inexplicable, and his plays at crucial times called out of a timeout are, well, I don't have words to describe them.
