Pass The Ball!
Man?Steve Francis has got to be one of the greediest ball handlers out there to date. I didn?t get an exact count throughout the game, but by the end of the forth quarter, the Rockets made 4 runs in a row, with at least 15+ seconds to spare and Stevie Franchise is running the ball all on his own. The Raptors defense is not spectacular by any means, but that didn?t stop the Ball Hog from tossing up several shots without a second thought that maybe, just maybe he wasn?t the only one on the court. Have mercy!
With 7.2 seconds to go in regulation, it should have been a breeze for Houston to pull out the win. A failsafe layup? A quick stop jumper? Nooooooo, Mr. Franchise has to fuck around and toss up a pathetic, near out of bounds, off balance chunk to the hole. Fine, we all saw it in his Rookie year and the year after that. Sure, these youngbloods wanna prove they have what it takes to compete. This is his fifth year! Grow up already. He should have figured out by now that what it takes to compete is teamwork! Somebody needs to sit this boy down and force him to watch Hoosiers over and over again.
Alas, the Rockets have their third loss of the year. 101-97 in double overtime.
Thank you Mr. Francis.