holfresh wrote:

mreinman wrote:and btw crush ...

just think about how nice it would have been if Riley had the stones to pull Starks

how many shots does a guy need to miss before you realize that he is killing the team?

He didn't pull Harden..Harden was getting his usual rest when the subs made a comeback..He stuck with the guys who got the team back in the game and had the momentum...How you manage to file that under a win for metrics is beyond me..

I think the post was edited but it is in your quote.

holfresh wrote:

mreinman wrote:and btw crush ...

just think about how nice it would have been if Riley had the stones to pull Starks

how many shots does a guy need to miss before you realize that he is killing the team?

He didn't pull Harden..Harden was getting his usual rest when the subs made a comeback..He stuck with the guys who got the team back in the game and had the momentum...How you manage to file that under a win for metrics is beyond me..

This.

holfresh wrote:This is why the NBA playoffs are great..No other sport can you measure the mental fortitude of players and of a team as you can, in the NBA...You now have questions about Chris Paul and Blake Griffin..They blinked last night..They were scared last night..They were tentative last night..They were shook last night..You will never know a player's true character until you see them in the moment..We all thought of Chris Paul as a leader and he may well be a great leader..Last night he folded..He could make a great comeback in the next game or the games after that..But last night he needed to be led...Blake was great, I mean great all game, until the game was on the line...He shied away from the moment..Maybe he too, comes back as well..But they both cowered in the moment..This was about the Clippers more than it was about Houston...Clippers needs some dawgs in the trenches..Right now they have boy scouts...

I'm assuming that you watched the game last night since you made that Harden comment. Although they did collapse in the 4th QTR, I think Paul and Griffin had a fantastic match. The blame really needs to go to the rest of the team. None of the other Clippers stepped up...especially Roddick and Crawford. If those two make even half their shots, Clippers win.

Swishfm3 wrote:

holfresh wrote:

mreinman wrote:and btw crush ...

just think about how nice it would have been if Riley had the stones to pull Starks

how many shots does a guy need to miss before you realize that he is killing the team?

He didn't pull Harden..Harden was getting his usual rest when the subs made a comeback..He stuck with the guys who got the team back in the game and had the momentum...How you manage to file that under a win for metrics is beyond me..

This.

holfresh wrote:This is why the NBA playoffs are great..No other sport can you measure the mental fortitude of players and of a team as you can, in the NBA...You now have questions about Chris Paul and Blake Griffin..They blinked last night..They were scared last night..They were tentative last night..They were shook last night..You will never know a player's true character until you see them in the moment..We all thought of Chris Paul as a leader and he may well be a great leader..Last night he folded..He could make a great comeback in the next game or the games after that..But last night he needed to be led...Blake was great, I mean great all game, until the game was on the line...He shied away from the moment..Maybe he too, comes back as well..But they both cowered in the moment..This was about the Clippers more than it was about Houston...Clippers needs some dawgs in the trenches..Right now they have boy scouts...

I'm assuming that you watched the game last night since you made that Harden comment. Although they did collapse in the 4th QTR, I think Paul and Griffin had a fantastic match. The blame really needs to go to the rest of the team. None of the other Clippers stepped up...especially Roddick and Crawford. If those two make even half their shots, Clippers win.

dk7th wrote:

holfresh wrote:

dk7th wrote:grizzlies have had injury issues all season and are more or less healthy right now and gelling at the right time. good for them. i like players like conley and tony allen and gasol. all are somehow underrated.

interesting statement was made at some point of last night's broadcast, where someone said: "grizzlies [are one of the few team that] play playoff basketball during the regular season." this may not get you the best record or the highest seed but it apparently has its benefits. this is why it always pays to ask whether the team you root for looks like a playoff team or not.

"a win is a win" is false.

Gasol is not underrated..he put up some horrendous shots, much like Aldridge last night and he didn't have to..He won defensive player of the year when he wasn't even the best defensive player on his team...Gasol is a lot of things, underrated ain't one of them..

he has made only two all-star appearances in a seven-year career. what does that tell you?

What does that tell me 2.0?...

It tells that you won't make the all star team scoring 11.7 pts and 7.8 boards a game..