I'm still reading through the thread, but have you conveniently forgotten when the majority of the year McGrady was notorious for poor first halves then having big 3rd quarters.?
ok, kobe went 5-19 in game 1 v. the jazz in 3 quarters and they were up by 19. admit the fact kobe has the better team. he does less (focus only on scoring) and his teammates do other things to help him out. he has a better team RIGHT NOW.
How many free throws had Kobe hit through those same 3 quarters? How many times did he attack the basket versus settling for contested jumpers? Come on now...be fair. DD
Yes we all need to be fair. But really, this thread was mainly made for McGrady's performance in game 6. Basically McGrady's game 6 vs Kobe's game 1. McGrady's numbers were too impressive for a team to lose, and its unfair for others to even criticize McGrady's performance. McGrady also attacked the bucket a lot in game 6, of course not as much in the earlier games.
Tmac was not the problem in losing to the Jazz, well not the MAJOR problem anyway. He could have done more, like hit free throws, but in reality, the entire team needs help.....starting with a 7 foot 6 center that needs to somehow remain healthy. DD
Agreed. He needs limited Limit and we need a reliable Back up Center. We have a lot of players right now in our rosters that can become our potential third scorer. I see that in Scola and Landry. I also somehow see Brooks becoming a good PG. He needs more confidence on the court. Francis and Alston have that ability as a matter of fact if they can work their ass up and stay consistent.
Man, exactly what I was thinking...TMac (or any player in Houston for that matter) is defintiely damned if you do, damned if you don't. Good thing they are rich.
5-19 into the 3rd quarter? Yahoo sports stats show that he was 8-16 for the whole game, for total 38 pts. 38 pts for 16 shots, that's highlyt effective, and thanks much to his good FT %.
No one avgs 20 FTs a game. When he does take 20 FTs, he made most of them. I only hope T-Mac can work harder to improve his FT. Injuries, that's something already happened, you can't fix that now. But don't be lazy, he should practice more and improve his FT! No excuse about that!
I don't think T-Mac is the only one showed up in the series. Altson played well, and Scola played well, so does Battier. Saying T-Mac is the "Only" one is too much deviation from the fact.
People are calling the 4th quarter garbage time. To me, since we've seen 13 in 33 (35, whatever people are calling it) there is always a chance with McGrady. I was just hoping someone would help him out int he 3rd and 4th. It didn't. So even the CHANCE at something incredible wasn't even there. All you can ask for is a chance, and Tracy gave the team a chance by narrowing the lead at halftime. You can carry a team most of the game, but not all of it. Even if he did. That gameplan won't get you far, even if it takes you out of the 1st round. For those that are upset. Just sit back and think a little. Think of our roster. Think of everyone else's rosters in the West. Be glad we weren't swept. Be glad our squad is made of the guys we have. They are competitors. We were just hampered by too many injuries. Not just little ones either, season ending for 2 (francis and yao), rafer out basically 3 games in the playoffs, tmac playing hurt all season minus something like 10-15 games, Landry out for a stretch of games, and battier playing hurt in the playoffs. The smaller stretches you can deal with. But not yao going down for the season, rafer being out for 2.5 games in the post season, and not having francis there as insurance (assuming he's worth anything, hopefully he is next season).
Please look at why I made this particular post. I was answering TMac-1's post. I do think that if one played like **** the whole games and only made a few magic shots in the last few minutes should not be treated as heros of the game. Just look at the post I am replying to, first.
In the 3rd quarter the Jazz doubled Tmac right away forcing the ball out of his hands.... He did the right thing by passing it to his teamates, who missed WIDE OPEN shot after WIDE OPEN shot. If they hit their shots, the Rockets get a game 7, they didn't so the Jazz strategy was smart. Next year, get a group around Tmac that will punish teams for this approach. Tmac played his guts out and played it the right way.......all game long. I am a TMac critic and even I see that. DD
feels good to see someone that is not a big tmac fan that can see that.. if our role players could have made those shots...tmac would have got a triple double and around 12-13 assists and we would have won that ball game and everyone would be praising him
I havent checked the numbers, but on average, I doubt any of them played any better than how they played in the regular season. TMac in the playoffs always have played above and beyond his regular season numbers
Yea at least we know DDakota is not a blind TMac hater but a true Rockets fan. Most others are just TMac haters or Y OFs who thinks giving any credit or praising TMac would jeopardize Yao's role as the 'leader' of this team/
exactly.. i have no problem blaiming tmac but he ALWAYS show up in the playoffs..he cant do it without yao...i know we always say next year but i do believe that with both of our allstar healthy and one other player we could go very far... mcgrady now knows how to play with yao and this is why we MUST keep him..Mcgrady makes yao better
