A good thing is that the Suns also played last night. But the game is in Phoenix.
Lin is better player than Dragic, but Dragic has been fantastic lately (but, imo, been so so all season, tho didn't have any surgery) with his individual stat lines; he also has better players around him - supposedly anyway, on paper, as far as experienced players and their team salary. And they have picked up an expensive amnestied player to boot (Scola). However, all the offense went through Dragic, which is not the case with Lin playing for McHell, Damnpson, and their gm, Sorry.
I hope Lin plays great and aggressive. Even though it's just one game, if Dragic plays better than Lin, horns will be blown all over the Houston media. Lin needs to score or assist a lot; limit the type of assists and defense that doesn't show up in his personal stats (That's playing team ball, Lin! SMH), so that the Houston media will shut the heck up.
I guess it has been shown that high top shoes didn't help prevent ankle injury.http://lowerextremityreview.com/article/ankle-sprain-prevention-revisits-shoes-as-solution
Lin with an excellent anticipation play to tap the ball back in bound to Harden who gave it up but Dragic made a TO to Parsons who scored on the AND 1.
It really did look like Harden forgot which team Marcus was on. There was no Rocket in the vicinity, so maybe his instincts just kicked in -- "Morris open near the 3pt line!"
D-Mo and T-Rob not ready to handle NBA bigs .... why did Morey trade Patterson and Marcus Morris again? He must have thought that ANYBODY can fill their position better.
Knicks are beating Jazz by 20 points now. Bad news for the Knicks, Stats is out for the remainder of the season to have knee surgery. Stats career is pretty much done.
The Jazz front office is crazy. They had FOUR great big men and not a single starting caliber guard. And yet they refused to trade any of their bigs in the past two seasons!
They could be elite...but now they're gonna lose Millsap and/or Jefferson for nothing. Not sure what the heck they are doing in Utah...
Lin with great defense on Dragic so far. Made Dragic shoot a missed shot which hit the back board and missed the rim. It's like the Twilight Zone to see both Morris playing tonight. Couldn't tell which is which except for the side burns.
Houston team with Bev, Parsons, Delfino and T-Rob is sucking on defense. Let the Suns player do a back door pass and also getting out rebounded. McBail quickly calls a time out to get his bail out plan in action.
boy..... Lin and Harden trying to see who can turn the ball over the most by trying to make "cool" and quick passes. pay attention! they started out looking good.
Rockets starters looking really tired, having trouble getting the ball up to the rim. Bench with more energy but all they do is jack up contested jumpers and one-on-one Iso plays.
Hes been standing in the corner since the last time out. McHale not taking into account that Suns started their run with Beverly still in the game (-6).
Yeah, it looked like he was just trying to stay back as far as he could to create room for Harden. He probably wasn't expecting the ball to be swung his way, as they weren't passing him the ball anymore after the timeout.
Harden is hogging possessions. I think he might be trying to make up for his less-than-average output last night by scoring a lot tonight. He's definitely a stat sheet watcher. Lin needs to do more of this. He won't get respect in this league with only 10 FGA a game; that will barely break double-digit points.
True! The TOs and so occured within a time span of 2 minutes or so. He did just fine before he got benched. Suns started their run with Bev in the game (-6). JLin came back while Suns were hot. Still -> gets all the blame and is forced to play scarecrow in the corner again.
Lin is playing terrible. He needs to get his act together. And that's on him not on McHale. On another note, Rockets need to put this away in the third. They can't keep playing like this and expect a win.
The Rockets were KILLING the Suns early, but then Patrick Beverley came in and completely got greyhounded and lost. When Lin came back, the Suns were lethargic and had lost momentum.
James Harden and Chandler Parsons are getting anused defensively. They're TERRIBLE and UNWILLING.
Lin has completely shut down Goran Dragic, but it doesn't matter because Jared Dudley is destroying Harden and Parsons.
The Suns would be up 20 had they played Lin through the 1st quarter.
Watching the game on tv, it looked to me that everyone, including Lin, was trying to make too many fancy passes to start game. Do you think that is a correct impression?
This seems like night, so far, where McHale would be correct to say just make the simple pass.
Move the ball, move your body, and make the simple pass.
Rockets still look they are much better team than Suns, so hopefully they still win comfortably if they go back to McHale's simple adage tonight (?)
These last few games, Lin is doing way too much jumping without knowing what he's doing. Why is he STILL doing this? He's been regressing in this aspect of his game; looks like last year's Lin.
I've watched videos of Lin's shots in college and his shot when he was with the NY and it looks different from how he's shooting now. He's feet weren't as far apart and they seem to swing forward a bit. Now his feet are wider and very little forward swing. What ever he did in the off season to his shooting motion it's hurt it more than helped IMO. I think shooting is just natural and you shouldn't over analyze it. Everyone will have a natural motion a fits them.
Suns commentators are high on Aaron Brooks. They think he will be playing tonight. He is in uniform.
ReplyDeleteCommentator also said McHell said Brooks is not familiar with Rox's non traditional plays yet.
DeleteA good thing is that the Suns also played last night. But the game is in Phoenix.
DeleteLin is better player than Dragic, but Dragic has been fantastic lately (but, imo, been so so all season, tho didn't have any surgery) with his individual stat lines; he also has better players around him - supposedly anyway, on paper, as far as experienced players and their team salary. And they have picked up an expensive amnestied player to boot (Scola). However, all the offense went through Dragic, which is not the case with Lin playing for McHell, Damnpson, and their gm, Sorry.
I hope Lin plays great and aggressive. Even though it's just one game, if Dragic plays better than Lin, horns will be blown all over the Houston media. Lin needs to score or assist a lot; limit the type of assists and defense that doesn't show up in his personal stats (That's playing team ball, Lin! SMH), so that the Houston media will shut the heck up.
DMO!
ReplyDeleteLin with his first assist to D-Mo who did a turn around and got a good bounce.
ReplyDeleteLin for TWO!
ReplyDeleteLin scoring on a jumper at the top of the key.
ReplyDeleteI am glad to see Harden was not clogging up the top of the key like he was last night.
DeleteSuns commentators said Lin looks like he is playing in house slippers.
ReplyDeleteAnd, Harden wearing track shoes?
DeleteI guess it has been shown that high top shoes didn't help prevent ankle injury.http://lowerextremityreview.com/article/ankle-sprain-prevention-revisits-shoes-as-solution
DeleteLin with an excellent anticipation play to tap the ball back in bound to Harden who gave it up but Dragic made a TO to Parsons who scored on the AND 1.
ReplyDeleteWow Parsons missed two 3s and a fts?
ReplyDeleteWhere's Psalm and Khuang?
ReplyDeleteWave your hands!
DeleteLike mom like son.
Deleteo.O
Delete8)
DeleteKhuang, start a mexican wave for us !
Delete;)
DeleteKHuang! KHuang! KHuang!
DeleteUniforms of the Suns said Los Suns tonight.
ReplyDeleteMarcus Morris isn't a free throw shooter as well. He is starting tonight for the Suns.
ReplyDeleteMarcus Morris knew that play! Forced Lin into a TO.
ReplyDeleteLOL Lin thought Morris is his teammate.
DeleteHarden did the same.
DeleteMarcus Morris paid them back with a traveling violation.
DeleteHarden and Lin might pass to the Morris brothers a few more times before the game is over.
Deletewas sad to see Morris traded. he was one of my favorite on the Rox. smh. but he's happy playing with his twin bro.
DeleteYup Rockets might be a better team before the trades.
DeleteIt really did look like Harden forgot which team Marcus was on. There was no Rocket in the vicinity, so maybe his instincts just kicked in -- "Morris open near the 3pt line!"
Delete:)
DeleteI never liked Marcus Morris. He was a one dimensional player. At least with T-Rob he is still raw and still have time to correct those deficiencies.
DeleteOf course, TR provides better D.
DeleteBut, I think Rockets has better chance of knocking out higher seed teams with MM and PP.
Two TOs!
ReplyDeleteI thought Lin had 2 TOs. I guess scorekeeper took one away.
DeleteHarden clogging up the top of the key again. Move!
ReplyDeleteSo far lots of turn over in this game. Asik and D-Mo getting beat inside by Marcus and Phoenix big men.
ReplyDeleteD-Mo and T-Rob not ready to handle NBA bigs .... why did Morey trade Patterson and Marcus Morris again? He must have thought that ANYBODY can fill their position better.
DeleteThey were shooting too many Js and are non existent on D and rebounds. TR provides more balance. I suppose.
DeleteWhoa, first time I've ever got a Lin start time wrong. Thought the game was at 7
ReplyDeleteKnicks are beating Jazz by 20 points now. Bad news for the Knicks, Stats is out for the remainder of the season to have knee surgery. Stats career is pretty much done.
ReplyDeleteKnicks is putting a beating to the Jazz even without Stats. Looks like Utah didn't come to play tonight, which is good for the Rockets.
DeleteThe Jazz front office is crazy. They had FOUR great big men and not a single starting caliber guard. And yet they refused to trade any of their bigs in the past two seasons!
DeleteThey could be elite...but now they're gonna lose Millsap and/or Jefferson for nothing. Not sure what the heck they are doing in Utah...
Lin with great defense on Dragic so far. Made Dragic shoot a missed shot which hit the back board and missed the rim. It's like the Twilight Zone to see both Morris playing tonight. Couldn't tell which is which except for the side burns.
ReplyDeleteEyeball test shows Lin is more athletic than Dragic. Lin is containing Dragic easily and blowing past him on the offensive end.
ReplyDeleteDragic has a bigger wingspan (easier to dunk or do fancy wrap-around passes). Lin is more athletic in every other way -- speed, strength, agility.
Delete"Not a good defender"
ReplyDelete"can only go right"
DeleteSAS is in the house? What a coincidence.
DeleteLOL. That's like saying Kevin Durant is "not a good scorer." He only shoots jumpers after all!
DeleteHis virus is everywhere...
Delete* SAS
DeleteLin will shove that down those words to announcer by shutting Dragic tnite
DeleteT-Rob got out rebounded by Marcus Morris and Morris hit a 3 pointer.
ReplyDeleteTo TR's credit, that ball bounced pretty far from the rim...
DeleteBeverly is in for Lin with 3 minutes left in the 1st quarter. Bev, Harden, T-Rob, Greg Smith and Delfino.
ReplyDeleteSurprised that CP is out so early.
DeleteParsons sat down after the block from behind on Marcus Morris.
DeleteYup saw that. McHell benched CP because CP blocked McHell's step son's layup.
DeleteI wonder how it will affect Jeremy if he's playing with Scola still a Rocket...
ReplyDeleteSomeone wake me up when Lin comes off the bench.
ReplyDelete"Patrick Beverley all over the place!" with nothing to show.
ReplyDeleteEnergy
DeleteHope Lin isn't playing down to his opponent tonight. He sometimes does that.
ReplyDeleteHe does...
Deleteeeeek!!! Crawford is still in the NBA
ReplyDeleteCaptain, ship is sinking!
ReplyDeleteIn an alternative universe: "It's my fault. Everyone get on the life raft. I will go down with the ship."
DeleteIn this universe: "It's Lin's fault."
Captain, what do we do?
DeleteBlame Lin! No energy from Lin (whos on the bench).
DeleteSet phaser to bev. We need more energy, scotty.
DeleteLead was down to 3 points with Beverly and bench players out there for the 2nd quarter.
ReplyDeleteand its gone
DeleteLin +6 vs starters. Bev -6 vs bench players.
DeleteDelfino stealing, clearing the boards, shooting 3s....
ReplyDeleteThis could be his best game all season and Rox still lose.
DeleteDelfino just got lucky gambling. He's a terrible defender.
DeleteBench loses the lead.
ReplyDeleteHouston team with Bev, Parsons, Delfino and T-Rob is sucking on defense. Let the Suns player do a back door pass and also getting out rebounded. McBail quickly calls a time out to get his bail out plan in action.
ReplyDeleteBeverly run offense looks like crappy D-League ball. So much for McHale's golden boy taking JLin's starting minutes.
ReplyDeleteLin back in. This is about when Lin turned it around in win against Dallas.
ReplyDeleteGame is getting exciting. Marshall is making the difference. Rox is frazzled.
ReplyDeleteLin is being careless with the basketball. He is going to get yelled at by McBail during the 2nd time out.
ReplyDeleteLin is careless but he's been on the bench for like 20 minutes (real time). Harden had a bad pass too. McHale's substitution patterns are shit.
DeleteAnd he should this time.
DeleteHe's acting like he's afraid to shoot. Overpassing in traffic...haven't seen him play this dumb in a long, long time.
Harden being equally thick-headed.
Jeremy OVERPASSING...come on.
ReplyDeleteTurnover-fest because he's not looking for his own shot.
It pisses me off when Lin gets in the paint and doesn't just shoot it.
DeleteLin was careless last night too in the second half.
DeleteHe's doing what McFail wants him to do ... NOT LOOK FOR HIS OWN SHOT !
DeleteMcHale: Don't be selfish.
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Delete"MOVE THE BALL JEREMY! WE ARE TRYING TO WIN A GAME HERE!"
DeleteSuns hustling and forcing turnovers - hurts my eyes...
ReplyDeleteWhy is Jeremy Lin throwing the ball right into a crowd of Suns? He could go up for a layup anytime he wants....
ReplyDeleteJAZZ LOSE TO NYX.
ReplyDeleteHarden not getting his foul calls.
ReplyDeleteboy..... Lin and Harden trying to see who can turn the ball over the most by trying to make "cool" and quick passes. pay attention! they started out looking good.
ReplyDelete"MOVE THE BALL JEREMY!"
Delete"DEMAND THE BALL HARDEN!"
DeleteSuns totally out hustling Rox.
ReplyDeleteRox not even attempt offensive rebounds while Sun getting second chance points all night long.
Deletewow Rox's shooting just... sucks. I missed the GSW game yesterday. did they lose the "energy" yesterday's game?
ReplyDeleteYes but it seems GSW lost energy about 10 mins before Rox did.
DeleteEveryone looks afraid to shoot tonight.
ReplyDeleteEveryone is overpassing.
Fatigue, I guess? Parsons hero-ball is definitely not the answer.
LOL Asik. Another Lin assist blown. Only 5000 this season!
This is seriously the WORST I have seen of the Rockets this year. Nothing compares. This is just horrendous.
ReplyDeleteRockets are probably the worst in back-to-back games. Their offense relies on too much running.
DeleteRockets starters looking really tired, having trouble getting the ball up to the rim. Bench with more energy but all they do is jack up contested jumpers and one-on-one Iso plays.
ReplyDeleteToo much one man scoring, no passing.
Maybe they're disgusted with bench losing lead they got.
DeleteWhere's Dragic and scola?
ReplyDeleteSuns' bench players are killing the Rox.
DeleteSuns bench was playing much better. Bringing energy that the starters lacked.
DeleteSuns bench are clogging the passing lanes, stopping the drives and getting second chance shot opportunities.
DeleteWOW.. Harden is warming up !
ReplyDeleteGlad he doesn't have to go 2 for 12 before he starts warming up tonight.
Deleteslowly but surely! doesnt look tired to me :)
DeleteLOL he will get his points.
DeleteYes keep shooting Parsons! And, stop driving to the basket!
ReplyDeleteMcBail fighting with the officials because Suns got an extra 3 points.
ReplyDeleteShouldnt it be 46:53 ???
DeleteLin going to lose playing time missing that 3.
ReplyDeleteDid Lin even drive once tonight? Maybe once... ?
Deletewith his shooting right now I expect McEnergy benching Jeremy most of 2nd half.
ReplyDeleteThey would stop putting him in the corner and let him be the point guard.
DeleteHes been standing in the corner since the last time out. McHale not taking into account that Suns started their run with Beverly still in the game (-6).
DeleteLin only took a 4 shots in the entire 1st half. Why did he launch that 3-pointer from so far behind the 3-point line?
DeleteLin never played ON BALL all night.
DeleteABC - exactly why McEnergy is likely to bench him 2nd half - he missed one damn 3-point shot.
DeleteLin's shots are coming up short. Must be tired from last night. I'm surprised he took that last three -- he was way behind the line.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it looked like he was just trying to stay back as far as he could to create room for Harden. He probably wasn't expecting the ball to be swung his way, as they weren't passing him the ball anymore after the timeout.
DeleteStill time for Jeremy to turn on the jets.
ReplyDeleteNo jumper today (tired legs). Just attack the rim, Jeremy. Even if you miss, you'll wear down the opposing defense.
Lin usually doesn't have a long range shot until AFTER he makes a few lay ups...
DeleteWhy Lin took a 3 of 4 feet behind the arc? Bad decision
ReplyDeleteTo make sure it would be a 3 and not a 2 pointer :)
DeleteHeat check?
DeleteHarden is hogging possessions. I think he might be trying to make up for his less-than-average output last night by scoring a lot tonight. He's definitely a stat sheet watcher. Lin needs to do more of this. He won't get respect in this league with only 10 FGA a game; that will barely break double-digit points.
ReplyDeleteCome down guys,mjust 1st half. He'll come back strong 2nd half
ReplyDeleteTrue! The TOs and so occured within a time span of 2 minutes or so. He did just fine before he got benched. Suns started their run with Bev in the game (-6). JLin came back while Suns were hot. Still -> gets all the blame and is forced to play scarecrow in the corner again.
DeleteCrawford told McBail to calm the F down. Hahahahah.
ReplyDeleteSeriously though, Lin can get to the hole on any of these clowns, but he settling for jumpers? Mama please.
ReplyDeleteCP should shoot first drive second. Lin should drive first shoot second. But, they are doing the opposite.
DeleteLin is playing terrible. He needs to get his act together. And that's on him not on McHale. On another note, Rockets need to put this away in the third. They can't keep playing like this and expect a win.
ReplyDeleteWhat act? JLin played fine (+6) until he was benched and Suns went on a run. He was put back into the game while Suns were hot. Bev went out with -6
Deletecrazy but all the suns backups played more minutes than their starters in the 1st half and suns are leading.
ReplyDeleteI'm sitting in the upper seats, 211 section.
ReplyDeleteThe Rockets were KILLING the Suns early, but then Patrick Beverley came in and completely got greyhounded and lost. When Lin came back, the Suns were lethargic and had lost momentum.
James Harden and Chandler Parsons are getting anused defensively. They're TERRIBLE and UNWILLING.
Lin has completely shut down Goran Dragic, but it doesn't matter because Jared Dudley is destroying Harden and Parsons.
The Suns would be up 20 had they played Lin through the 1st quarter.
@KHuang!!!!!!! real jealous now...
DeleteWatching the game on tv, it looked to me that everyone, including Lin, was trying to make too many fancy passes to start game. Do you think that is a correct impression?
DeleteThis seems like night, so far, where McHale would be correct to say just make the simple pass.
Move the ball, move your body, and make the simple pass.
Rockets still look they are much better team than Suns, so hopefully they still win comfortably if they go back to McHale's simple adage tonight (?)
Seats look pretty empty. Is turnout as poor as it looks?
DeleteNice KHuang
DeleteLin was so far behind the line. shoulda stepped in but it was a wide-open shot
ReplyDeleteLin didn't even get back on defense after Harden turned it over for a 2 on 1 break. Just watched as Goran got the rebound and the putback.
ReplyDeleteScola is just schooling DMo. Draws fouls at will.
ReplyDeleteThese last few games, Lin is doing way too much jumping without knowing what he's doing. Why is he STILL doing this? He's been regressing in this aspect of his game; looks like last year's Lin.
ReplyDeleteRockets not even rebounding the ball, gave up 5 offensive boards in one possession.
ReplyDeleteNew thread.
ReplyDeleteLin with his 4th personal foul!! Why leave him in there McFail ???
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ReplyDeleteI've watched videos of Lin's shots in college and his shot when he was with the NY and it looks different from how he's shooting now. He's feet weren't as far apart and they seem to swing forward a bit. Now his feet are wider and very little forward swing. What ever he did in the off season to his shooting motion it's hurt it more than helped IMO. I think shooting is just natural and you shouldn't over analyze it. Everyone will have a natural motion a fits them.
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