Ye he look tired to me. He is not in game shape. And then why the rockets didn't use a big to set screens for him, every time you put pressure in a guard full court if you use a big then PG can't get free more easily, they let him alone all the time.
Steve is still a horrible point guard and everyone is surprised? I have been amused by all the support Francis has gotten. I knew he would crush all his fans hopes with his crappy play. I am not a big Rafer fan, I just think he's the least worst option.
Looks like the latest excuse from the "START FRANCIS!" supporters is that T-Mac played bad on purpose to make him look bad LOL. Keep up the denial.
To clarify, this is not what I meant - what I meant is that T-Mac shouldn't be talking Alston up after the game as if Alston would have been the difference - we lost this one because T-Mac started chucking and then choking...that doesn't mean he played badly on purpose - him mentioning Alston afterward as if he would have made a huge difference, however, is a slight to Francis and a way to distract from T-Mac's own bad game at the same time.
Yeah, I just love it how everyone will base anything on just one game. Horrible PG? He's putting up 6pts,3ast in 19mins. Thats 21 assist to 4 TOs. How does that make you a horrible PG? One game where he is slow in bringing up the ball and now the Stevie Haters show up in full force. You act like the reason we lost was because of Steve. The Raptors defense was outstanding, and the Rockets didn't want it as bad.
Yeah, actaully that is pretty good numbers off the bench. And if you watched the game instead of watching Francis' every move, you would have noticed that the Raptors stepped up their D tremendously in the 2nd half. They pressured everything and didn't give them room to operate. They're not a great defensive team, but they played like one in the 2nd half. It was probably the biggest reason why we lost. Not to mention that we got demolished on the boards. Landry had more rebounds than Yao. Totally unacceptable.
Agree to what you said. No PG can change the result of this game unless he can score 13-15 pts (score big). This loss is not attributed to a PG but to lack of energy and players missing their shots (chucking big time), namely Mike, TMac and Landry. I hope they will be prepared for the next one (76ers) and please practise shooting before going to a a game.
One game where he is slow bringing the ball up? Dude, he has been slow brining the ball up his whole career!
S.Francis G 31:20 2-4 1-2 2-6 -13 0 4 4 3 2 0 2 1 1 7 T.McGrady G 36:49 7-21 1-6 8-10 -16 0 4 4 3 2 2 4 0 2 23 C.Hayes F 24:16 2-3 0-0 0-0 -8 1 4 5 1 3 0 1 1 1 4 S.Battier F 30:39 3-5 3-5 0-0 -6 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 M.Yao C 38:27 5-10 0-0 5-6 -11 0 6 6 1 1 0 3 3 1 15 B.Wells 22:20 5-10 2-3 0-0 -9 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 L.Scola 17:54 1-3 0-1 0-0 +1 0 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 0 2 M.James 16:40 1-6 0-2 2-2 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 4 L.Head 11:11 1-2 0-0 0-0 +3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 C.Landry 10:24 1-6 0-0 0-0 -6 5 2 7 1 5 1 1 1 1 2
that bothers me too sometimes . . . T-Mac just LOOKS DEFEATED and their is significant time on the clock still Rocket River
Francis, to my surprise, is doing what we all wanted him to do--create and pass the ball. Sure there are a few times when he made some mistakes, but he's honestly trying hard to be a real point guard. Those swing passes he made in the 1st quarter are very anti-Franchise. He's been doing that ever since Adelman gave him minutes. He knows that's what he needs to do to get on the court.
Man steve needs to take over when Yao and Mac are having off nights. Even tho I think T-Mac wouldnt like that very much( but who gives a Sh!+). Steve its time to get in Franchise mode!!
What u guys want T-Mac do? T-Mac was trapped in double-team in several occasions and those dumb asses just stood around and watched. If Alston was in the game, at least Alston would wait around for T-Mac's kick out and/or re-post. I have never seen T-Mac got trapped so bad in the last 20 games.
