To begin, it was pretty disappointing to see how many people left the game before the final buzzer sounded. By the 1 minute mark, 75% of the arena had emptied out. On a Friday night, on the last game of the season, I thought it would have been a nice gesture to stick around until [...]
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On Lin, McHale, and a ’95 memory
Whether we win or lose Game 6 now is irrelevant. They made us proud. They made it a competitive series. That’s the only thing that we could have asked for. While the odds are still against them, the Rockets actually have a chance to make history. You could sense from the opening tip last night [...]
Huq’s Pen: On Hero-ball, Jeremy Lin, and Chris Paul
via CSN: “We drew stuff up to get movement and motion, a double screen… Stuff that’s worked for us the entire series,” Rockets coach Kevin McHale said. “We just held the ball. We’ve got to attack. We hold it too much at the end of the game. We’ve got to attack with enough time that [...]
And so we live to see another day
It’s extremely difficult to not get greedy and push from one’s mind the thought that the Rockets could, nay, should, be up 3-1 right now. On the flip side, given their late-game execution, they are extremely lucky to have not gotten swept. They shouldn’t have won last night. Running three consecutive ISOs to close the [...]
Postgame thoughts on Game 4
First, the bad: those last three plays to close out regulation, where Harden, true to form, ISOed his man before stepping back for a jumper were despicable. At this point, I don’t even know what to say. You know it’s coming. If the game is close, the Rockets are going to ISO Harden. Luckily tonight, [...]
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