At team with a bunch of no namers just beat the combo of Yao and Tracy. Van Gundy is done after this year.
Ley's just make something clear. TMac is not the dynamic scorer he was a or 3 years ago. He now rarely drives. Yao can be dominant, but he is a jump shooter. Rocket fans are driven nuts by the fact that Yao only gets lay-ups and dunks when the defense collapses on a driving player so Yao still has a lot of growing to do.
THe Jazz are also not a bunch of no-namers. They're not big name guys, but they are far from no namers.
Houston lost for several reasons...
1)PG Play-As A guy who has a soft spot in his heart for Toronto, I can tell you Rafer Alston is a horrible starting PG. He was great as the 3 point shooting 6th man for the Bucks and the Heat, but he's a chucker and an And 1 Mix Tape player as a starter. Let me put it to you this way, Mike James (a chucker in his own right) was by far a better starter than Skip to my Lou. Alston tries to be too fancy, or he chucks 3's, or both. I can't even name another PG on Houston's roster.
2)PF Play-Chuck Hayes is a nice hustle player, but he contributes no offense. Juwan Howard is way past the point of being a solid player.
3)Lack of Bench scoring-Aside from Luther Head, who on the team can score off the bench?
4)Poor Coaching-Jeff Van Gundy is a horrible offensive coach. No set plays, and has to rely on TMac to make the decisions.
5)No 3rd scorer-Shane Battier is a great defender, and does a lot of great things for a team, but he should NEVER be a team's third option. No one else on the team can be a consistent scorer to take pressure off of the big 2.
The fifth reason being the most important. You look at any team that advanced, they've got atleast 3 guys, if not more, that can light up the score board.
Spurs-Duncan,Parker,Ginobili,Finley,Berry(When he gets hot),Horry(playoff time)
Suns-Nash,Amare,Matrix,Barbosa,Bell(3 point shooting)
Warrions-Baron,JRich,SJax,Harrington(when hot),Ellis(Pietrus and Barnes are also explosive)
Utah-Okur(dude was an All-Star this year),Boozer,Williams,Harpring(he can get hot, same with AK47)
Pistons-Billups,Sheed,Rip,Prince
Cavs-LeBron,Hughes, and Sasha (it is not all LeBron, they just have no consistensy aside from maybe Sasha)
Nets-Kidd,Carter,Jefferson
Bulls-Deng,Gordon,Hinrich,Nocioni(again, he gets hot, he's deadly).
There will be some changes in Clutch City.
