ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Pacers 12/26/2006

You said you don't care about his conditioning but I think what you saw is absolutely because of his conditioning. Do you think it's only a coincidence that Tmac was back immediately after Yao got injuried? Obviously Tmac was rushed back to the lineup in order to give this team a hope to win without Yao. This is his first game in a long time and he has not recovered 100% yet. Give the guy a break.

 

absolutely he rushed back.. I think he was getting better before Yao's injury, but he may have taken a couple more games off if Yao hadn't gone down.

You could tell he was tired in parts of the game. For a guy coming off two weeks of probably constant aches, he looked pretty good to me. He will take a few games to get back into the swing of things. I am actually of the mindset he played too many minutes last night. Though I don't know what else you do to get him more rest.

Just glad he was driving and cutting rather than shooting all contested jumpers