I am confident we would have won this game with him playing. If he is not injured then it was a boneheaded decision not to play him. If he is injured then...crap.
That was a bad decision but we still should have won. We definitely gotta unleash every weapon. This was an athletic team... we needed Faried's energy and athleticism.
I feel he has been in the dog house for lack of D. Y’all really want the 2nd seed that bad? At 2, we may have to play the Spurs in the first round.
Ya Faried needs more minutes. Gave up 18 offensive rebounds tonight. I love Tuck but that man can't rebound without fouling
Faried could've played just fine vs Noel out there but our dumbass coach refuse to give him any minutes. Tonight we really could've used his hustle in the 4th when everyone outside of Tucker looked checked out.
Shimmery didn’t play either. Not that he’s great. But the coaches seem to be tinkering with who does/doesn’t play off the bench. I think they wanted the players themselves to show on the court what the playoff rotation should be. Unfortunately it’s been up and down spotty imo. MDAs rotation will be very key to how far they go.
It's rare that the Rockets will play both Faried and Nene in the same game. This was a better matchup for Nene, because of the physicality of Steven Adams.
Nene cant jump and cant move. Faried is physical enough bt more importantly he is much more mobile and brings a lot more energy.
You could be right. I'm just trying to get in the coaching staff's head. They seem to prefer Nene against bigger, more physical bigs.
Yep. But they can’t just always go big guy = Nene. Rockets got WAY out rebounded. Nene had one board in 11:37 of action. Steven Adams alone had 8 offensive rebounds.
Spurs is a machine. I rather have the OKC in the first. Almost got them tonight at their home. Looks like the Blazers will give us the 3rd to avoid OKC. This loss may not be that bad of a result, but I am more concerned with the way they lost it.
You guys need to pay attention. Faried has a bum knee and MDA has been resting him so he doesn't hurt it before the playoffs. Steven Adams is not that great a match up for him anyway. Energy is sometime not enough when you are just big. Faried wont be resting in the playoffs. Faried isn't the reason the Rockets lost this game.
I don't know, but while i understand having Nene against Adams when Capela rests, i think having Faried on the court when Noel was out there might have been better. But you can say the same about House and Gordon, why were they out there in the last minutes when they were playing like complete garbage? Gerald was on fire and glued to the bench, meh.
