Rockets/Lakers: Five Random "Opening Night" thoughts

Play Budinger more. That guy just looked absolutely at ease in this offense.

are direct/indirectly caused by Rick Adelman too busy counting butterflies in his dreams?

These techs are completely inane. Kevin’s “oh darn” snap is the equivalent of having to put $20 in the swear jar because you said “criminy”. It’s completely natural to be upset at a foul; being upset is not the same as disrespecting the ref. Instead of curbing complaining, calling technicals for the twitch of an eyebrow is merely going to increase the frequency of completely asinine calls.

I predict much more stupidity throughout the season.

against the lakers? its like everyone of his teams can do no wrong in the first half then late 3rd quarter the well just dries up? How many sacramento teams seemingly looked really good only to look abysmal against the lakers.

I think there is a curse on him.

even though there is a passing offense someone in those dry spells someone not named chuck Hayes needs to just take it to the basket and draw fouls. Passing around is great but if they are taking away the passing lanes put it on the floor and draw the whistle.

I know u guys lost the game but i’m really impressed by your team and a bit scared to think of what it could become if Adelman gets the right combination on the floor and Yao gets back to 100% game sharpness.

I generally dont have a problem with your team, but for some reason I hate Brooks (maybe its because he consistently roasts D-Fish).

Anyway good luck for the rest of the season, who knows maybe we’ll meet in the WCF.

Until then just rep the Western Conference against the over-hyped and overrated teams that are in the L-east.

I know a lot of people in Houston love Chuck Hayes and Battier, but in order for this team to make it past the second round they have to go. Hayes is 6’6" thats small by PF or C terms. He cant run and he can barely shoot. Battier has seen better days, but he is no longer a viable starting SF. Hopefully something may be in the works to change this but just because the fans love you doesnt mean you shouldnt be traded or even cut.

It would be murder for the other teams. Brooks and Martin looked good don’t know why Martin was on the bench for so long he was on fire. I know he had fouls but still you just cooling him off on the bench.

Though if the Heat and Lakers both lost on Opening Night, the NBA would have probably demanded a re-do. I’m still not convinced that David Stern did not make any calls at halftime during our game……… because some of those third quarter offensive fouls were, uh, questionable at best.

I looked up and Kobe was standing to take 2 free shots and what the call was, I have NO IDEA!!! Just gave him some shots because they were behind!!!! I ma with you phone calls were def made!

But I have to say, we still don’t have that closing plan together, where is the closing plan to win the game???

I know this is the start of the season but it worries me that this has happened 3 games in a row. We were leading at halftime in every game and lost it in the 3rd and 4th quarters. When it happened in the preseason games, I thought well we were playing our second unit so it is ok, now we lost with our starters. They need to focus for the whole game and run the offense. I am convinced that if Hill played instead of Chuck for just 10 minutes, we would not have lost. I love Chuck but I would rather use him as a defensive specialist when someone is killing the Rockets, like when he shut down KG if any of you guys remember, but not as a rotation player all the time, especially since we have Miller now. Chuck and Miller playing at the same time is a no go for me.

I can see him slashing and defending with the best in this league. He simply needs to be more aggressive on both sides of the court.