The return of Sleepy the Dwarf

by grungedave on Apr 15, 2009 9:29 PM CDT in Random Commentary

Rockets have a 14 point lead... but start to sputter.

Mavs start cutting into the lead. But no worries, Adelman will call a timeout, get Lowry into the game and draw up a play for Yao. Right? Right?

Uh oh. He's back.

Wake the f--k up, Ricky!

So the Mavericks take a late 4th Q lead... Rockets sputtering again. Ricky calls a timeout and gets the ball into Yao's hands, right? Nope. Yao doesn't touch the ball, Jason Terry comes right back down and drains another jumpshot. Battier has yet to guard Terry this quarter. A known Rocket-killer.

Again, wake the f--k up, Ricky!

And now you are going to make me root for Denver? Ugh.

You have hereby eliminated yourself as a candidate for Coach of the Year.

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Denver better wins..

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by ~mark~ on Apr 15, 2009 9:32 PM CDT reply actions

Please

don’t let us face the Mavs in the playoffs…or the Spurs

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by n1ck34 on Apr 15, 2009 9:38 PM CDT reply actions

No, we wont face the Mavs, but we're either going to get the Spurs or the Blazers now

Guaranteed.

by UHoustonFan on Apr 15, 2009 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions

we don't have much choice now

Looks like we play the 4th seed, be it Denver or Portland now.

by grungedave on Apr 15, 2009 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions

What happens depending on who wins?

by chrisjay84 on Apr 15, 2009 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions

all that is left is homecourt

We get Portland one way or another

by grungedave on Apr 15, 2009 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions

I think

if Denver wins we still play Portland but we’ll get homecourt, right?

by chrisjay84 on Apr 15, 2009 9:48 PM CDT reply actions

if denver wins

the rockets are the 4th seed, and the blazers the 5th.

if the blazers win, the rockets are the 5th seed and the blazers are the 4th.

by Lima Time on Apr 15, 2009 9:50 PM CDT reply actions

Ugh, I wanted clarity for the playoffs

but not like this. NOT! LIKE! THIS!

by chrisjay84 on Apr 15, 2009 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm not trying to diss the coach, but, GEEZ...

When nobody’s hitting for our side, and one of their guys is killing us, CHANGES gotta happen…

by bigalshouseoflove on Apr 15, 2009 9:56 PM CDT reply actions

From Yahoo:

They will definitely play Portland; whether the Trail Blazers or Rockets are seeded fourth and have home-court advantage depended on whether Portland could win at home against Denver later Wednesday night.

by chrisjay84 on Apr 15, 2009 10:05 PM CDT reply actions

The NBA where sleeping on the job happens.

Your a ten, but I'm on eleven!

by JakedaSnake on Apr 15, 2009 10:18 PM CDT reply actions

Yao was fronted by Brandon Bass.

That’s why he couldn’t get a touch.

"I think girls are probably just better shooters." - Steve Novak

by Tom Martin on Apr 15, 2009 10:21 PM CDT reply actions

You mean "mauled" by Brandon Bass

Right?

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by UofTOrange on Apr 15, 2009 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions

Also

We play Portland in round 1. Which means we play L.A. or Utah in round 2. This seriously could not have gotten any worse.

"I think girls are probably just better shooters." - Steve Novak

by Tom Martin on Apr 15, 2009 10:21 PM CDT reply actions

So

I know hindsight is 20/20 or whatever that saying is, but does it weird anybody else out that we all know what should’ve been done and Rick couldn’t figure it out? Maybe this is just a commentary on NBA coaches in general but it just seems to me that Rick is either losing it or was overrated or something. I mean the whole time in the 3rd I was screaming for a timeout, but it didn’t come until it was too late. And then the Terry thing, why on earth did Battier spend any of the game on Jason Kidd? Why do we put our lockdown guy on their least effective perimeter player? These are the kind of doubts I hate to have right before playoff time.

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by SlatonShuffle on Apr 15, 2009 10:25 PM CDT reply actions

Actually Kidd leads the team in 3 point percentage (according to Worrell).

Otherwise I agree completely, Shane should have been glued to Terry.

Your a ten, but I'm on eleven!

by JakedaSnake on Apr 15, 2009 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions

Jason Terry...

Killed us! AGAIN!

What does he have against the rockets? He always comes alive in the 4th quarter.

In all seriousness, there was a 4th quarter collapse in this game, bad officiating or not. Our hopes when to shit after Landry tied the game with that spin move on Dirk.

Either that or we are a bad road team

by Carlos_HoustonSportsFanatic on Apr 15, 2009 10:32 PM CDT reply actions

hey

how about putting someone on jason terry!

"I think girls are probably just better shooters." - Steve Novak

by Tom Martin on Apr 15, 2009 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions

I've been thinking about Rick Adelman for a while

And came to the conclusion that he is a good coach overall, maybe great, but his in-game coaching is below average and sometimes precarious.

When the team depends on his intervention to change the game, he’s likely to blow it. Mostly by omission (not calling timeouts, not calling plays, not taking Tracy or Artest out, not reassigning defenders, not riding the hot hand, not, not…).

Also, seems to me that he is too much of a “stick to the plan” guy. I have no problem with sticking to the plan, if it’s a good plan, and I honestly think his is, no problem. But if it is not perfect and is not working at a certain point, you better have alternatives an the will to use them.

I’m no expert in his history with Portland and Sacramento, but I sure remember those seasons when the Kings had collapses in important games while he was just watching from the sidelines and did nothing to adjust.

And now we head to the playoffs, where it’s all about adjustments, in-game and between-games. I concern.

by Chuck DeBruce on Apr 16, 2009 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions

I concur

This is exactly what I’ve been saying all year.
Adelman is a hell of a coach as far as getting personalities and egos to mix.
He’s not exactly brilliant when it comes to in-game adjustments and match-ups. He always looks flummoxed when his “plan” goes awry.

by grungedave on Apr 16, 2009 2:09 PM CDT up reply actions

Outta curiosity

How does Adelman make a player concetrate?

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by pookeyguru on Apr 16, 2009 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions

He doesn't

That’s the point ;-)

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by UofTOrange on Apr 16, 2009 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions

THERE IS NO RE-SEEDING IN THE NBA PLAYOFFS

I deleted an above comment just to make sure there was no confusion.
Nothing wrong with the comment, please keep posting, just wanted to keep it clear.

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by UofTOrange on Apr 16, 2009 6:15 AM CDT reply actions