ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Clippers 11/26/2007

I really like them. The compliments they gave the Rockets should make them all blush, lol.

 

that's why adelman is right now just making him the scorer and force other players to move the ball. we can't rely on tmac completely.

we'll see if they are up to the task. i believe once francis is fully in the rotation, he can take over that role. i mean, yesterday when tmac passed out of that double team and rafer was WIDE OPEN and didn't shoot, francis would have driven.

 

Houton feeds are blacked out here in L.A, so I have to watch them whenever Rockets play the Clippers. They are hilarious. They used to make fun of Kaman whenever he went up chanllenging Yao. You just dont expect home team anouncers do that to their players. They are cool with Kaman tough.

 

Perhaps, but driving into the already crowded lane when you recieve a wide open shot attempt isn't really going to help spread the court much.

In the end we need our guards to hit a respectable % from outside to space the court, regardless of which guard is in there. Certainly Rafer has been struggling this season from 3, but the sad reality is his FG % for the season is higher than James, Francis and Bonzi. I give Steve a pass for now considering his extremely limited play time, but at the same time if we assume Francis, James and Bonzi will improve based on his career numbers, we also have to consider Alston's 3pt % as likely to improve for the same reasons.

Francis absolutely has played well enough to warrant more time, and if Rafer was not having a season best game I am sure Francis would have played more last night. I'd be pretty surprised if Steve doesn't get 20+ minutes vs Pheonix and GS. I'd like to see Steve drive more than he did in the limited minutes he got vs the Clippers though. Steve has made great decisions and been really low turn over so far which is awesome. I am still not convinced he is the best fit as a starter, but I am certainly not against giving him the play time to prove me wrong at this point. My concern is that if he dominates the ball too much with drives to the basket that can be disruptive to the offense, but at the same time if he ONLY passes the ball around the perimeter and takes spot up jumpers like he did in the very limited Clippers play, then Rafer is better at that role. Steve's career fg% is higher, but alot of that is because he traditionally has taken the ball to the hole alot more than Alston. mid range jumper wise they are roughly even, and from 3pt Rafer's career numbers are actually slightly better.

 

Yao played horrible. Getting dominated by Kaman..Come on Yao....wtf

 

Its ok...he said he wants to be a leader "vocally" and not physically.

 

Kaman just played good cause it was Yao Ming. He wanted to make a good impression.

 

one things for sure, the rockets don't have the worst crowd. that goes to the clips. where were they in the 4th?