Dude, I agree with you 100%. I get depressed after every game, not because we lost, but because I know that there will be at least 5 threads blaming Yao, Artest, Tmac for some reason, Rafer, and Rick Adelman. This loss doesn't say anything about the team. If we go on a 5 game losing streak, then we can talk about what the team is doing wrong. But we've had plenty of great wins over good teams (Dallas, New Orleans, Orlando, Phoenix) that this board shouldn't have to become a huge mess after every loss. What happened in this game was simple. Indiana went small in the fourth, changed their defense and made a comeback in the confusion. In the playoffs, you can't gimmick your way to wins like Indiana did. We'll be fine guys. Its a loss, and we're probably going to have about 10-15 more by the time the season is over.
No no no. You can't think like that. You call yourself a CONTENDER so that means you wanna win it all. Good teams don't lose 10 points in less than 8 minutes especially playing a team like Indiana. We have to figure it out. Our record should have been something like 12-4 or even 13-3 now.
Another good team in the league wouldn't consider this season's Rockets a gimmie. I would say that the 1982-83 Rockets really were a gimmie, though.
Even with yao on the court, we can still not get points from him if he's tired. And he's always tired on court. For sure I don't hate the team I love, I just think the coach should take some resposibilities for the problems we are facing. Yao is a good player even though he's not smart, he's able to keep a big threat in opponents' paint if he always stays there. But the coach doesn't ever learn how to play the big guys like yao that can not hit long range shots. Yao is dominant in the Paint but is almost a crap on perimeter, why the hell does Ric ask yao to post up and PnR for tmac or even rafer? Yao should play the games the way Shaq played when he was young. Standing in the paint, getting the ball and dunk the ball heavily into the damn hoop. The only problem is yao can never get the ball if he stays there all the time. But when he gets out for the ball, then he can't dribble the back to where he's most dominant. We just don't have a guy who can feed yao the damn ball when he's in the paint.
