Game 63: Rockets @ Wizards
by Only_A_Lad on Mar 9, 2010 6:17 PM CST
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Houston Rockets at Washington Wizards, Mar 9, 2010 6:00 PM CST
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What's Scola's normal FT shooting %?
"I may be mistaken, but I'm never wrong." - Sir Charles
by ressaliance_00 on Mar 9, 2010 6:22 PM CST up reply actions
kevin martin...
he gets called for travel about twice every game, please do something about it Kevin.
"Hip-Thrust!"
What's a travel?
It’s never called consistently. Scola gets called, but usually doesn’t travel, his multiple moves off the same pivot confuses people.
Significant gravitas shortfall expected in 2010.
Their bigs are killing us
Blatche and Oberto have scored everytime they wanted.
Lowry still has his explosivness good to see
"I may be mistaken, but I'm never wrong." - Sir Charles
The difference Kyle makes-
if we hadn’t lost him and Ariza the last few weeks we would be in the playoffs right now
"I may be mistaken, but I'm never wrong." - Sir Charles
REALLY wanted cap space
"I may be mistaken, but I'm never wrong." - Sir Charles
by ressaliance_00 on Mar 9, 2010 6:41 PM CST up reply actions
Anderson?
but idk if he’s still injured or not
"I may be mistaken, but I'm never wrong." - Sir Charles
by ressaliance_00 on Mar 9, 2010 6:50 PM CST up reply actions
101 threes by Ariza
on how many shots I wonder?
"I may be mistaken, but I'm never wrong." - Sir Charles
good pass!
and good steal/putback by Ariza/Lowry
"I may be mistaken, but I'm never wrong." - Sir Charles
currently watching the Wiz broadcast
I’ve grown to hate Bullard. Clyde comes off as stupid, but I’m just so tired of Bullard’s corny bullshit.
At least Clyde's entertaining
Bullard is indeed very very corny…and he eats on the job what’s there more to say?
"I may be mistaken, but I'm never wrong." - Sir Charles
by ressaliance_00 on Mar 9, 2010 7:17 PM CST up reply actions
When Bullard accidentally isn't corny, I think he's pretty good.
Significant gravitas shortfall expected in 2010.
apparently
Wizards fans follow Rockets’ fans example of showing up halfway through the game. Arena’s starting to fill out a bit.
Good first half effort.
Although I think Martin could stand to take it inside more often, and Hill needs to teach Jeffries how to dunk it.
"Hip-Thrust!"
Can't we just use alchemy to synthesize them?
Then, we’d have a very good basketball player.
as usual
"I may be mistaken, but I'm never wrong." - Sir Charles
by ressaliance_00 on Mar 9, 2010 7:27 PM CST up reply actions
i think Landry was one of those guys who made dunks look easy, even if he didn’t jump that high.
"Hip-Thrust!"
AB and finish an alloy-oop?
I guess I haven’t seen that before…
"I may be mistaken, but I'm never wrong." - Sir Charles
by ressaliance_00 on Mar 9, 2010 7:36 PM CST up reply actions
two that I recall
There was one weird one between him and Brent Barry (I know, right?). Then there was the court-length thing from Artest during the Mother’s Day game. Though I guess he finished that with a layup, rather than a dunk. I think it still counts, though.
I do actually remember seeing a video of that one between him and Barry
it’s strange he can’t dunk normally but he can dunk an alloy-oop
"I may be mistaken, but I'm never wrong." - Sir Charles
by ressaliance_00 on Mar 9, 2010 8:05 PM CST up reply actions
I remember the Artest one, as it was a badass play all around.
Significant gravitas shortfall expected in 2010.
one of the most memorable plays of the series
"I may be mistaken, but I'm never wrong." - Sir Charles
by ressaliance_00 on Mar 9, 2010 8:07 PM CST up reply actions
People respond to their environments.
We’ve got two interviews with David Thorpe basically saying Martin is a good defender when part of a committed defensive scheme.
Significant gravitas shortfall expected in 2010.
Shooting the ball poorly
but still have a huge lead-amazing what some D will do
Welcome back Lowry and Ariza
"I may be mistaken, but I'm never wrong." - Sir Charles
No idea what Brooks was thinking
Lowry does that a lot though
"I may be mistaken, but I'm never wrong." - Sir Charles
It's a weakness and a strength.
He has all those crazy moves that usually succeed because of it. Those things are hell to defend.
Significant gravitas shortfall expected in 2010.
It's usually not a "done" thing to give up on a top ten guy after 255 minutes of playing time.
Significant gravitas shortfall expected in 2010.
I don't think they gave up on him
I think it’s just that Walsh really overvalues financial flexibility. There was some article on either Hardwood Paroxysm or FD last week about making the Knicks into a bank holding company.
I suppose not, but there's still a sense he wasn't part of D'Antoni's plan, anyway.
He’s not very expensive at all. I guess he was the last piece to maybe get New York the ability to take two max deals?
They weren’t playing him much though, and this on a team that was clearly going nowhere. He got 255 minutes through, what, 40-50 games?
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I'm sure you're right.
It just seemed like they didn’t value him that highly, but maybe I’m wrong about that.
At any rate, he’ll learn to play his position much better here anyway, I’d say.
Significant gravitas shortfall expected in 2010.
Ariza
looks pissed everytime Martin doesn’t pass him the ball….. pretty funny
by fullo91 on Mar 9, 2010 8:22 PM CST via mobile reply actions
He's going to have to learn to live with it.
He did with Kobe.
Significant gravitas shortfall expected in 2010.
I don't know where everybody gets this "Ariza looks pissed" thing
People said the same thing earlier in the season. He always has that same sleepy expression on his face.
I didn't see it, actually.
I’ve had to duck in and out of this one, and am going to watch the whole thing at some later point.
I was just thinking that Martin and Brooks have to be 1 and 1a in most situations.
Significant gravitas shortfall expected in 2010.
Ariza shouldn't really be holding the ball much
I would prefer him to be making plays w/o the ball. Now that we have Kevin Martin, Ariza (32%) really shouldn’t be taking any three pointers at all.
"Hip-Thrust!"
He’s actually not a bad three point shooter when he gets a wide open look with his feet set. He just needs to get a better sense of when to pass up the shot (which is most of the time) and when to take it.
No one on WAS broke 18pts. I thought Blatche and McGee would go crazy..
Nice to have the full version of this year’s team. It made a big difference.
Significant gravitas shortfall expected in 2010.
Brooks and Lowry have different skill sets.
If only they could be combined into one super PG…
Significant gravitas shortfall expected in 2010.
Brooks made several impeccable passes which were not rewarded with assists because the assisted player missed an easy layup.
I honestly think they have similar passing skills and court vision. It’s just their approach that’s different. Brooks looks to shoot more of the time, while Lowry more often looks to draw the foul or set up his teammates.
this is completely off topic
but Artest shaved his head…weird
by fullo91 on Mar 9, 2010 8:31 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Did you miss the golden head with "defense" in 4 languages shaved in it?
You should google it.
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didn't miss it
I just saw it as a tribute to Rodman
by fullo91 on Mar 9, 2010 8:40 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
He held a commemorative orgy after the game, too.
That’s respect right there.
Significant gravitas shortfall expected in 2010.
good team defense with lowry and ariza back.
would have like to have seen jordan hill post up a bit more, he had a few mis matches on him and we didn’t feed him. he has a nice jump hook and good touch around the rim. he had 2 thunderous dunks which was nice to see. 8 boards too; hello starting center??
Rockets>>>>>>Jazz
Texans>>>>>>>Titans
Super Mario>>>>>>>Vince Young
Dave
should make a post about Scola being beastly as of late
by fullo91 on Mar 9, 2010 8:39 PM CST via mobile reply actions
I'm sure he's working on it lol
I think we’ve officially “freed Luis Scola”
"I may be mistaken, but I'm never wrong." - Sir Charles
by ressaliance_00 on Mar 9, 2010 8:42 PM CST up reply actions
DM just promised to resign Lowry
I wonder if that means Scola will be history by next year
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by ressaliance_00 on Mar 9, 2010 9:14 PM CST up reply actions
Lowry's restricted
so signing him and Scola isn’t too much of an issue provided Les is willing to spend the cash.
It's hard to see us not doing it.
And I think we’ll resign Scola as well as Hayes. With Yao back and healthy (we presume) there are no obvious weaknesses on this team and the depth is somewhat staggering.
Significant gravitas shortfall expected in 2010.
Suppose Rockets go on a run
If the Rockets go on a decent run,finishing say 13-7,do you think they will go after a top player,or be content to just re-sign Lowry,Scola and see what happens with Yao?
If the opportunity presents itself
to do a sign-and-trade for another all-star, I can certainly see the Rockets doing it. Obviously depends on who it is and what is required in exchange, of course.
Yao's never had a talent like Kevin Martin around before
so I doubt Morey will make any big changes without first seeing what the Rockets can do with Yao and Kmart.
"Hip-Thrust!"
He has played with a few guys at least as talented as Martin
McGrady – at least in his first few years here – was spectacular, and significantly better than Kevin will ever be. Francis had his issues, but he was a star, too.
Now, if you mean he has never had anyone as talented as Martin in the the ways Martin is talented, I agree. McGrady and Francis may have been as good or better than Martin, but they weren’t exactly efficient while in Houston.
missed shots
and then a defensive rebound for the other team.
If you “block” a pass, it’s nothing, and whoever recovers it gets a steal.
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