If you have read my responses throughtout this thread, you should know that I agree it was TIME to put in some bench players, and at the very least rest Howard and Harden. What I DON'T AGREE with is taking out every starter and putting in an unbalanced horrible lineup with too much time and not a big enough lead to let happen what happened...and that is that we ALMOST and COULD HAVE ended up losing that game. Fortunately we didn't.
All right. We have different opinions. I'm no basketball expert. Your opinion is as good as mine. Peace!
This prove that our bench sucks (they need to step it up)...McHale I guess he want to rest the starter for next game.
You agreed but obviously, you still don't get it. As strong a team as Rockets is, NOTHING is proven during regular season. So what if Rockets earn #1 seed but most key players are burned out??? Last two weeks of last season, we played like a lottery team because Harden was burned out. Do you want history to repeat itself????
Wrong. It would not make sense for the entire game because: (a) 10 possessions in a 4 minute span is unsustainable for a full game. That's 120 possessions per 48 minutes. Even the fastest pace teams won't average much more than 100. (b) Obviously, you'll never have a situation where one team is shooting only 3s and the other is shooting only 2s. This is more likely at the end of games. The model gives a heavy advantage to the team trying to make the comeback, and it is still very unlikely for them to do so. I don't think you can dispute this. Of course its possible for a team to make a comeback. It wasn't quite an insurmountable lead, so I would not have had a problem if McHale kept his regulars in a little while longer. But understanding that the other team had removed their regulars and that we had another game the next day, and that a comeback would still extremely unlikely on their end, his decision is just fine.
I see absolutely nothing wrong with his decision. Given all of the chatter about depth, promise and upside -- especially where DMo and TJ are concerned -- shame on them for squandering a great deal of the lead. But no, I have no problem with his decision at all.
I like that you use the Spurs game 6 in the finals when they had all of their stars on the court. .. The game was basically in hand had it not been for an average player playing out of his mind. He misses one or two of those shots, this thread is non existent. Hypothetically the same could have happened with anybody on the court. We got the win, lets look forward to tonights game vs. the evil Jazz.
In 14 years as a CF member this might be the worst, idiotic, most unreasoned thread I've ever read. The chances of a Dallas comeback had to be less than 1% or something really low like that. The guy had to hit like 6 threes in a row just to make it a 5 point game with under 30 seconds left. The chances of someone, even a great 3 point shooter hitting 6 in a row are less than 1% I can guarantee you. McHale made a great decision and should be applauded. So please stop with you're incessant trolling/not being to let it go/whatever you want to call it. Also, it wasn't a "rookie" coach type move. Gregg freaking Popovich probably would have done the same damn thing. TROLL
I think Mchale would've gone with Omri Casspi had he not tweak his ankle. Brooks and Casspi IMHO would be more than enough to hold it down with the entire bench unit. Injuries are hurting our depth. It was a little scare, but the team pulled through is all that matters.
I only wish that D-Mo and Jones had some playing time the last game vs. Charlotte, they need as many minutes as they can get to develop chemistry with the team.
I would have keep Lin and Garcia in, subbing in Brooks, DMo and either Jones or Smith...probably Smith. And then with two minutes left and we still had a lead of 12 or more, I would have taken out Lin and put in Brewer. Maybe Garcia out and put in anyone else with under two minutes left and a good lead.
You obviously don't know how important seeding is for an up and coming team. This is not a veteran playoff team like the Spurs or Heat. Protecting last nights lead did not require Harden or Howard to stay in the game if you haven't been listening to ANYTHING I have said in this thread. Reading comprehension is necessary.
Once you have watched basketball for some years, you will understand that when you sub in your bench players, and also who you pair them up with when subbed, and how NBA teams make a lot of comebacks in games like this; you will realize that it was not about just resting all the starters for tonight. But that the bad decision included several factors: Timing of the substitutions, who was substituted, who scale substitutions, what the lead was and inability to get the subs to focus on cutting out 3 point shots for the other team to make a comeback.
BTW - I have it paused at 1:50 left and the score is the Rockets 108 - 93....so they still had a 15 point lead with under 2 minutes to go. So come on, this thread is silly. DD
I think it was bad because he did not leave in a couple of starters to work with the subs, for at least another two minutes, making a comeback less likely. A comeback is always possible in the NBA, unlike most other sports. A great coach has to be aware of this and not just put any five players that he can find on the bench to play just because there are only 4 minutes left in a game. That lineup that was put out there SHOULD NEVER be on the court together under any circumstance. It had no balance whatsoever...and it showed.
