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Why was Scola benched untill the end of the game??

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Seth, May 7, 2009.

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  1. Seth

    Seth Member

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    Yao had 5 fouls and Landry was playing since the second quarter?

    I didn´t get to see the game, but i thought this was strange.

    Was it because of Fisher´s elbow?
     
  2. rocketghost

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    The writing was on the wall. Joey Crawford was not going to let the Fakers lose. Scola had just taken a hell of a cheap shot, if I was Adelman I would've been concerned about him retaliating.
     
  3. Grimm920

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    Same reason why Wafer was sent to the locker room... Rockets need to stay focused and not do something stupid to warrant a suspension like Fisher did
     
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    Hmmm good question. After all the ruckus, we still had a shot to win that game with a few timely 3 pointers and super solid defense. I kinda feel like we conceded that game after Artest got ejected.

    Where is all the chatter about Von Wafer sent to the showers early?
     
  5. Dave_78

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    Because Rick is always a quarter too late on his substitutions. The bench thoroughly outplayed LA and was rewarded for erasing a double digit deficit by being bench until the Lakers gained control of the game for good in the second half.
     
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    Luis Scola: 12 points on 5/14 (35.7%) shooting, 4 rebounds (2 offensive), -20 while in.

    Carl Landry: 21 points on 7/9 (77.8%) shooting, 10 rebounds (5 offensive), +11 while in.

    Both had about equal minutes. Landry was playing a ton better than Scola who was just having an off night across the board. I don't mind the choice of sticking with Landry last night.
     
  7. ibm

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    because he bit fisher's head and tried to eat it. rick was really mad about that. :D
     
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    haha! i was wondering where the blood was coming from.
     
  9. UTAllTheWay

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    It's pretty obvious Adelman was just trying to take control of the situation.

    If Fisher felt the need to "send a message" to Luis Scola, who's to say the rest of the Lakers didn't want to do the same thing?

    Throw in the fact that Landry was playing really well, and it was a smart move by Scola.
     
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    He was doing great when posting on odom, but we went away from that.
     
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    Seriously, where did the cut on Fisher's big head come from? Scola's fingernails?
     
  12. justafriend

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    Landry and Scola were both benched until Artest got ejected, Adelman was going with a smaller lineup.
     
  13. Cowboy_Bebop

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    You should rewatched the 3rd quarter of game 2 to understand why Scola need to be bench.

    Scola also was damn hesitant in game 1 that almost cost us the game with his passing the ball to someone who being guarded instead of taking a wide open shots while the clock ran down.
     
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    Scola lost his concerntration because of the incidents. It showed on his play. Less hustle, more 1 on 3 in the post etc.
     
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    Scola's teeth.
     

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