The FastBreak

We screw up most of our fast breaks, if we do get a fastbreak basket we still struggle to score on the play.

 

yep. first we don't get many fastbreaks.. and we suck at them when we do. Surprised we're not last. but even more surprised that Toronto is worse!

 

yeah we suck at fast breaks..

 

The big problem is 3/5s of the starting lineup aren't players that look to get out in the break. Battier and Yao are limited athletically and Tmac, since the start of his career, was never a hard sprinter down the court. Rafer always looks to start the break, the problem is he isn't a very good finisher. Scola always sprints down the court and is a decent finisher, but limited athletically.

Then, if you check out the rest of the roster, only Wafer, Head, and Landry are decent finishers around the rim and look to run. This has been an ongoing problem since as long as I can remember. It has nothing to do with a lack of a fastbreaking mentality, it's just that the Rockets have few athletic players that look to run.

 

Brooks, Wafer and Scola got a decent number of fast break points. Too bad the first two don't seem much action.

 

We've sucked at fast breaks for awhile now. And we suck at defending them. We have to work hard for our points, they don't. Game over.