Why the team play differently w / wo Tmac?

Yao's stats with and without T-Mac on the court alongside him over the last 4 seasons:

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[SIZE=1][B]Year  T-Mac?   Min      Fga    FG%       Fta     Reb     Ast     T/O    Blk    Stl    Pts     GmScr  +/-     Off      Def     Net [/B]
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2005    Yes    2032     15.3   0.564     7.4     11      0.9     2.9    2.6    0.6    23      19.9   +145    96.6     93.2   +3.4 
2005    No     424      18.8   0.505     11.5    10.4    1.5     4.6    2.6    0.6    28.2    21.2   -14     90.8     92.0   -1.2
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2006    Yes    800      17.5   0.561     7.1     11.9    1.5     2.6    2.0    0.6    25.6    22.0   +86     96.4     91.2   +5.2 
2006    No     1145     19.2   0.492     8.8     11.9    1.8     3.3    1.8    0.6    26.4    21.0    0      90.1     90.2   -0.1
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2007    Yes    1009     19.1   0.559     9.4     11.2    1.8     4      2.3    0.6    29      23.0   +278    104.1    90.9   +13.2
2007    No     616      22.0   0.455     11.5    10.9    3.1     4.3    2.3    0.1    30.6    22.7   +18     93.0     91.7   +1.3 
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2008    Yes    804      16.6   0.515     8       11.6    2.4     3.2    2.7    0.4    24.3    21.4   +13     96       95     +0.8 
2008    No     824      17.6   0.494     8.4     12.0    2.8     4.4    2.1    0.6    24.1    19.2   +58     94.0     91.0   +3.0 
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General trends are his points, assists, and turnovers go up, while his FG% goes down without T-Mac. This year, his scoring rate is about the same either way. Note that his FG% with T-Mac is much lower this season than in previous years. A different offense may mean that he's not getting as many assisted buckets from T-Mac around the basket, resulting in a reduced FG%. That's just a hunch, though.

 

I hate seeing discussion always around yao and t-mac. that's not constructive. nobody remember why rockets can't live through the first round. they are both down hills now. that's the truth. the solution is trade them or dig rich from other players.