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James Harden & Kevin McHale Ruined it for Jeremy Lin & the Houston Rockets
There was only one game in the six games the Houston Rockets managed to drag out of the Oklahoma City Thunder in which James Harden had an impressive night. One of the biggest superstars in the NBA, but a head coach that doesn’t know how to limit him and make the most of him, while their once chance of playing the kind of basketball an injured Thunder team wouldn’t be able to handle, Jeremy Lin, got injured and made things worse by trying to play instead of watching from the side.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin & James Harden Fail When it Matters the Most
Young teams need to go through growing pains, and losing in the first round of a postseason series qualifies as just that. Jeremy Lin shouldn’t have played but did, becoming possibly the least valuable player of the series, while James Harden refused to learn from the lessons of a previous game, trying to shoot his way out of trouble instead of slow down, stop and think, which might have led to better results.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Needs to Find Himself Another Team
There’s nothing wrong with being a bench player who gives about 15-20 minutes a night, but Jeremy Lin wants to be and can be a starting point guard in the NBA, but it’s getting clearer and clearer that playing for the Houston Rockets under Kevin McHale and next to James Harden isn’t that beneficial for him, and probably for the team.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Should Never Have Played in Game 3
For the second straight game, the Houston Rockets lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder by 3 points. Jeremy Lin had another one that he won’t be too proud of, but there’s a good chance that without him the team would have done better – Lin played injured, leaving the game quite early looking quite limited (At best) during the time he did spend on the floor.
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Houston Rockets – James Harden Almost Gets it Done Without Jeremy Lin
All the theories in the world about Jeremy Lin being the one thing that the Houston Rockets need in order to turn their series against the Oklahoma City Thunder into a more even one went out the window as James Harden had another impressive scoring output while shooting terribly, this time actually getting some help from his head coach, who didn’t too bad with his small lineup idea.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Needs to Take the Game From James Harden
A second loss and a fall to 0-2 in the series for the Houston Rockets will mean the end of it. Yes, they can win and draw it out a little longer at home, but the difference between them and the Oklahoma City Thunder seems to be too big, especially when they play the kind of basketball that lets James Harden do whatever he wants, while Jeremy Lin and the rest of his teammates are relegated to mere pawns on the court.
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Houston Rockets – James Harden Forgets About Jeremy Lin & Teammates
If anyone needed more proof that the Houston Rockets are playing the wrong kind of basketball to succeed or even stand a chance in the NBA playoffs, came Game 1 of their series vs the Thunder, and the continuing approval from Kevin McHale for James Harden to do whatever he wants on the court while forgetting about Jeremy Lin or any other of his teammates is making this look like a clean, cold, painful sweep in the making.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Isn’t in a Competition With James Harden
Heading into their first playoff series together in what might be a long and fruitful backcourt relationship, one of the important things to remember about the combination of Jeremy Lin and James Harden it’s that it isn’t a competition, and that the way to postseason and franchise success goes through finding the right way to make the most of them both, instead of just putting them both on the floor and sees who comes out leading the team.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Can’t Succeed In James Harden Style of Basketball
After an awful shooting night from both of the stars in the backcourt, it’s hard to point one blaming finger as to why the Houston Rockets lost and fell to the 8th spot in the Western conference. But there’s a worrying pattern over the last few weeks, with James Harden getting too much credit as the ball handler, which simply wastes away the abilities of Jeremy Lin and makes the Rockets in general look worse than they should.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Should Leave if James Harden Gets Treated Better
On the surface, everything looks great. After missing the playoffs for three straight seasons, the Houston Rockets are back in the postseason, with a young and very promising core, led by James Harden, the obvious star and most talented player on this team, followed by Jeremy Lin, who isn’t as a gifted scorer like his backcourt teammate, but when you look deeper, is just as important to the team’s success.