ROCKETS @ BLAZERS - GAME THREAD - 11/05/13, 7:00 PM, TUESDAY

[Strenuus]

Oi.

 

[BBert]

Here are some observations of mine:

1. The officiating was poor on both sides, but the amount of ticky tack horsesh!t that was called against anyone guarding Harden was atrocious. They were calling fouls before he had even dribbled the ball.

2. Mo Williams should not be taking the ball up past half court when he is in "hero ball" mode, and we should be getting entry passes to LA in the post. We were down single digits midway through the 4th, go to your all-star not someone who's going to take off balance long two point shots(4 seconds into the shot clock no less).

3. Meyers Leonard is useless defensively, and I just really don't believe that's something that we will see develope. He doesn't have the mindset, nor the physicality to bang down low with the big guys at the NBA level. My opinion is that the niche he'll have to carve out is a center with a nice shooting touch who can spread the floor. Having said that, this team has plenty of shooters which puts him at the bottom of the list when it comes to getting him shots in the offense, even playing with other subs.

4. I don't feel we doubled Howard enough, as he faced a lot of 1 on 1 possessions on the low block. I would've liked to see him have to deal with double teams and pass out, which would have inadvertently reduced the foul issue we had.

5. If you're going to lose to the Rockets, make someone not named Howard/Harden beat you. I would like to see the guards cut under the picks in PnR situations. If they're going to beat you with 3 pointers, so be it. That's a loss I could handle, but letting them shove it down our throat with their two stars doing whatever they wanted, is unacceptable. Make Parsons, Beverly, Asik, and Garcia beat you.

6. How many times do you have to see the same thing before you adjust? Harden came off something like 147 picks that let him float to the top of the key for an easy jumper. The guard got lost in the pick, the big didn't commit to rotating out and contesting the shot, and the results were an all-star taking glorified free throws over and over.

Great post. Repped and welcome. And thank you.

 

[jlprk]

The problem was they didn't allow Lopez to play.

Lopez' minutes have been limited in every game due to foul trouble caused by no help from the other big man, Aldridge. If Aldridge played like a PF instead of SF, Lopez could play the whole game, we wouldn't see all the threads about Leonard sucking, and Denny would have one less bank account.

 

[BBert]

I think you guys ask a bit much if you expect Leonard to guard Howard and Asik. I pray the Blazers send him to the D-League ASAP.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Lopez' minutes have been limited in every game due to foul trouble caused by no help from the other big man, Aldridge. If Aldridge played like a PF instead of SF, Lopez could play the whole game, we wouldn't see all the threads about Leonard sucking, and Denny would have one less bank account.

What? Just last game Lopez played 40 mins and 1 foul against Duncan and company (including 9 million dollar man Splitter)

 

[jlprk]

Lopez gets too many fouls by the early 2nd quarter every game. He comes back in the 3rd and rations out the toughness and plays weakly.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Lopez gets too many fouls by the early 2nd quarter every game. He comes back in the 3rd and rations out the toughness and plays weakly.

We have different definitions of "every game."

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

Lopez gets too many fouls by the early 2nd quarter every game. He comes back in the 3rd and rations out the toughness and plays weakly.

Damn, you've got a lot of complaints today.

I'm going to start calling you jlprkarlito.

 

[Denny Crane]

Damn, you've got a lot of complaints today.

I'm going to start calling you jlprkarlito.

I laughed.

 

[jlprk]

We have different definitions of "every game."

51% minus 3rd-party votes.