Stop Giving Dwight The Ball In The Post During Crunch Time

I think they did but he couldn't hear or see it coming. I think being in the league that long, you should be prepared for that though.

 

That's why you have James Harden. Dwight was better tonight in the post. He was doing a great job of waiting for the double team and passing out for open shots.... It's just that Lin was the only one hitting them. That last play was the fault of the perimeter guys not calling the double team.

 

Last TO wasn't his fault, can't blame dwight but I blame coach. Lin should be getting the ball and getting going. He's a clutch 4th QTR player. If you are going to give to DH down low then have him kick it out to the shooters more often (like he did to Lin one time). But he can't be taking that shot...makes me cringe everytime DH does and it clanks lol

 

He scored 5 points and 1 assist for a 3 - in 4 touches at the end of OT.- the only bad play was the steal.

Yeah - getting 8 points from 4 touches from Dwight was the problem

I know what comes next - FIRE MCFAIL!!1111!1 they could have have just gotten 23 points from Lin on 3 touches.

Shut up.

 

I was honestly thinking the complete opposite of this thread title. The offense looked like complete garbage during the overtime.

Then they started going to Dwight in the post. That's when the offense opened up and they took the lead.

 

It's not a knee jerk hate thread. When Dwight puts the ball on the floor, a major result is the TO. This was rageworthy but nowhere close to unpredicted.

 

anyone think maybe having asik in at the end of games will be better? seems like he can cover up the paint better and get the rebounds...howard isnt exactly tearing it up in the post offensively, so it isnt much of trade off.

 

Doesn't have to be a complete pick n roll offense but it should be used. Howard can get his touches in the post while the team also runs some pick n roll plays.

 

For some reason he thinks pick n roll is beneath him.

 

The thread is about posting him up and the 3 point play came off of Chandler going to the basket and then passing it to Howard. So that's two points and an assist for 3. Posting up Howard was not very effective in the 4th quarter and overtime.

 

Dwight was screwed on that offensive foul dunk

 

And where did Chandler throw the ball to Dwight? At the 3 point line?

Read the thread title genius. The OP and you are the kind of idiots that we don't need - it's almost more upsetting than the loss really.

Isn't lakersground or whatever it is still open for you? Why don't you just go?

 

You can't be serious. The thread is clearly talking about running post up plays for Dwight and not dump offs where he finishes. If you think those two are the same there is nothing else to talk about.

 

Although I agree his post game needs refinement, you cant make this post after tonights game. Everything was going perfectly, he was getting to his spots and making plays. The problem is when he was kicking it out to shooters when he was being doubled in crunch time, they weren't hitting the open looks. This allowed the other team to relentlessly send doubles, clogging up the paint leading to turnovers and blocked layups. He also is getting an unfair amount of offensive fouls called on power moves that could affect his aggressiveness in the post.

 

Rubbish, that was probably the 3 or 4th consecutive Dwight post up the Rockets did, Mcfail just doesn't have a clue on how to run a proper set play, I doubt he has any actually, which is why Mchale just runs Dwight post up or Harden ISO.

 

OK, so let's pretend like you're right.

they ran 3 post plays. The first time they got a jump hook for 2 points, the second time they got an assist for a 3 pointer. THe third time there was a steal.

Why is this a terrible overall result? - you don't think scoring on 2/3 of your posessions is a good result?

If the Rockets scored 5 points for every 3 possessions (1.66 PPP * 105 Poss per game) - they would average over 175 points per game

So please, in your infinite wisdom, tell me why this ineffective offensive strategy mertied this dogsh-t sandwich of a thread?

Answer- it didn't, it's just another excuse for some frustrated turdbucket to put forth FIRE MCFAILL!!!1111ELEVEN garbage. And for a r****d like you to try to pile on...and fail.

Frankly I don't care if McHale is fired or not - maybe he should be, either way, you just need to shut up.

 

Dumping to Howard in the post was fine this game. He mostly got the ball in his spots.

However his effectiveness was severely impaired by the lack of most of the players to make a shot. Missing 3 pointers over and over is definitely NOT good for the team scoreboard.

 

Jeremy Lin doesn't want to come off the bench but does it and is professional about it for the good of the team. Dwight should do PnR for the good of the team.

 

Dwights posting up is our most efficient play... Everyone has to tell him the double team is coming he doesn't have eyes in the back of his head!

 

Why are you just analyzing the post up plays the Rockets ran for Howard in the 4th quarter and over time? What was our success rate on those plays in the 4th and overtime combined? The advanced stats show that Howard isn't very successful out of the post but they made that their game plan to close out both the 4th and OT and neither turned out all that well. Why not go with something that has proven to be more effective?