Yea, it's all Roy's fault. Ineptitude from the coach, to all his forwards, to his starting point guard, and it's all his fault? Alright.
I'm pretty positive we can blame this on lack of offensive sets from McMillan, Outlaw not showing up for any game this series in any way shape or form at all, and Steve's random brain loss in the final minute.
I usually enjoy arguing with him, but that's mostly because it's sort of like playing whack-a-mole (the same statements keep popping up in one form or another, you just have to swat em when they poke their heads up) The trolling act is starting to get pretty thin though, it's not even fun any more.
I don't know what plays McMillan told them to run in the second quarter, so I don't know if it's his fault. All I know is what I saw on the court, and that was Roy taking jump shots and Aldridge hanging out at the free throw line. As the team leader and the the best player, it is up to Roy to marshall his forces and use them in the best way. If Aldridge is not under the boards, Roy has to tell him to get there. And if Aldridge refuses to do it, then Roy has to find someone else to do it, or do it himself. That's what comes with being a leader.
It must have been the Knicks players' faults when they wouldn't even show up to Coach Thomas' practices. Sounds a lot like this. If the coach can't get his team to follow his instructions, that is a coaching problem. While I agree Roy could have played better, it can't be squarely on him. With the exception of one other player, Roy single handedly won us game 2. It shouldn't have to be like that. We have way too many weapons on the offensive end to rely completely on Brandon Roy to will us to victory.
This seems pointless. Roy doesn't have to carry us to victory all by himself. He just needs to take advantage of the Blazer's height advantage over the Rockets when Yao isn't in there. Period. I'm out.
I think Nate can't find 5 guys who are ready to handle playoff pressure basketball, but I don't see how that is Nate's fault.
i would simply say that i love roy's effort but he can't let his desire to be a leader kill our ball movement. every single time we got a bit up-tempo tonight, every time we got some flow going, we just killed them. got good looks at 3s, dunks on player movement. every time we did iso for roy, or a slow developing pick and roll for roy, it just caused issues and turnovers (or a forced long jumper). and he overdribbled to the point of absurdity tonight. so regardless of the praise for roy's effort, the ball movement aspect needs to change. i also questioned the rudy minutes and the lack of sergio. i mean blake's best stretch was when he was probing the D with the dribble and finding cutters off semi-broken plays. that's sergio's entire game. i have not idea why he wasn't worth trying when we were stuck on 37 points for an eternity. and perhaps we don't run out of timeouts this game if "tight reigns nate" isn't calling timeouts 1:30 into the third quarter.
So the Rockets made halftime adjustments on offense, and our players were unable to read them on their own. Would you rather Nate let them play through it and give up layup after layup, or call an early timeout and attempt to right the ship?
Travis is killing me in this series. 4 points, 2-11 from the field in 30 minutes? He's settling way too much for jumpers, and he's not even crashing the boards despite having the ability to outjump anyone on the court. Ugh... and then he gets beat several times defensively on backdoor cuts. He just looks clueless out there sometimes.
so the one guy whos been through this sort of pressure plays 22 minutes while blake gets 40 and outlaw gets 30?
LMA blew it tonight, Travis, well he shouldnt have even played....he doesnt have that fire... Shit Frye was hitting more than Travis. Batum would have been nice, but we really needed more Rudy and dare say , Sergio....b/c Blake was tired
Outside of Oden and Rudy, the entire team sucked balls in this game. Roy was triple teamed every time he tried to drive inside. Too bad his outlets were LA and Outlaw.
It's a team thing baby, so you cannot put it on one guy. Notice that Houston has played like more of a team the whole series.
There was enough blame to spread around. Roy to me seemed slow to see things. The last few minutes he was like in slow motion, wasting time dribbling the basketball. Travis needs to sit if he can't rebound and shoot. Give Rudy more minutes if he stays this consistent. Our defense stunk. Too many uncontested shots.
Not at all, I was agreeing with you, BTW. Brandon was out of his element and clearly confused at being out there with 4 guys who don't just stand still and watch him go one on one. They move incredibly well without the ball and they're used to someone getting them the ball at precise times and placed exactly where they can catch and shoot in a fluid movement. Not exactly Brandon's strong point.
