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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin is Out But James Harden & Omer Asik are Thriving
No Jeremy Lin, where are thou coming from the Houston Rockets, making the most of their rivals missing their second best player and using quite unintelligent tactics to try and make up for it. Meanwhile, James Harden finally played the kind of game he’s supposed to, while Omer Asik made the most of being the focus of intentional fouls in an attempt to send him to the line.
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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 & James Harden Forgotten by Chandler Parsons
With no Jeremy Lin, the stage was set for James Harden to do whatever he wants, only to be thwarted again and again by a prepared Oklahoma City Thunder defense. Luckily for the Houston Rockets, there’s a bit more to them, especially coming from Chandler Parsons in a huge performance, and some big plays from less involved players like Carlos Delfino, including one huge and shocking dunk over Kevin Durant.
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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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Players With the Most to Prove in the 2013 NBA Playoffs
Doesn’t matter how many title rings he has, LeBron James is always under the scrutiny of the media and the NBA loving public, meaning he finds himself in a similar position – needing to prove that he’s good enough to take a team on his back all the way to the title. Others, with different reasons to doubt them, are also heading into the playoffs with some proving to do – Carmelo Anthony, James Harden and Dwight Howard to name a few.
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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.