The loss was on McHale, but for different reasons.

That loss at Dallas was certainly on McHale, but it's more about in-game adjustment, or lacking thereof; than the "proper usage" of Lin, in this particular game. McHale was simply out-coached.

Bear in mind, Lin's offense was poor in those limited 17 minutes. No, it's not his norm, and no, the loss is not on Lin. Albeit everyone is prone to a stinker every now and then, that was still a bad performance. 

Before we pull the party line among us supporters, raving about how Lin makes a great floor general and how his shooting percentage is dramatically improved this season, we need to realize this might be true in general, but it had NOTHING to do with this particular game.

Lin didn't act like a floor general, and he hesitated a lot, played uninspired, and wasn't aggressive at all in the game. His 0-5 shooting wasn't pretty either. But was Rockets offense gone down the toilette, because the only "qualified" and "rightful" PG struggled? It didn't. It could be an outlier, but the ball wasn't sticky, and assist numbers were pretty high. Offense was actually clicking - as evidence, they scored 120 points. 

You normally have to win away games if you can score 100+ points, and you almost MUST win away games if you score 120 points. Offense wasn't the problem, but defense was. McHale failed in that game. A simple double team on a few occasions, and/or something really simple, called "denying the ball" for hot hands, would have done all the trick and wonder for that game. 

Correlation doesn't make it causation. It wasn't fair to remove Lin from the starting line up, and it also wasn't optimal for Lin that he sometimes had to play out of his comfort zone or style, but that wasn't the reason for the loss. Clearly, nor was Lin's 1 point outcome the reason for the loss.

That gentleman would have made a better argument and sent out cleared message, if he had chosen NOT to mix those separate topics regarding that ugly loss.

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• 頂再看。. -nymoon2008- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 11:32:03

• 的確如此，冰箱的臨場指揮真心不敢恭維 -nymoon2008- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 11:43:11

• 文章重點不在大家都認知的東西。 -talkatwxc- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 13:26:59

• 頂碗再看！寫洋文就是為掩蓋自己不會寫繁體字嗎？打倒！ 哈哈哈哈哈哈~~~~ -美麻子- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 11:43:04

• 哼，阿拉小學就看繁體三國誌，盡管沒看懂。 -Warsteiner- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 11:45:10

• 哈哈哈 -白娘子- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:08:50

• 那叫望三國誌。 -geneseo- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 13:56:26

• The loss was on McFailure and TaLiBan with eyes defense. -Redcheetah- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 11:44:12

• 老W同學正積極向推媽陣營靠攏，嗬嗬 -筆名花差花差的農民- ♂ (45 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:02:37

• 下場雄起花差花差的:) -Redcheetah- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:18:11

• U're a dirty 花差花差的農民:) -Redcheetah- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 13:36:35

• 老W同學的話，多少還是可以讓推媽聽進一耳朵的。換個我，早就被一頓王八錘伺候上了 -美麻子- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:20:35

• 你就算了 -筆名花差花差的農民- ♂ (23 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:21:50

• 倒也是， -美麻子- ♂ (50 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:27:36

• 主要是坑太多了 -白娘子- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 13:20:04

• 不對，那要上十個人才能打。 -Girl8888- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:18:37

• correlation often reflects causation -犇馳- ♂ (115 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:17:33

• You are online because I had a burrito for lunch?:) -Warsteiner- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:21:50

• You are kiding, right? -ctgolfer - ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:21:53

• kiding about what? -犇馳- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:37:20

• 是醬，麥教練被outcoached了不假，他自信過度把首發使進土裏也不給林融入節奏的機會，也是原因。 -toosad- ♀ (326 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:30:36

• 17分鍾試手還不夠，你以為跑馬拉鬆。 -talkatwxc- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 13:12:04

• 17分鐘分成5次，每次沒有超過4分鐘的。所有時間和哈鄧重合 -toosad- ♀ (174 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 13:49:50

• 這不正好說明技術有待提高，作為職業比賽，不會給你5分鍾比賽時間warmup. -talkatwxc- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 14:43:23

• １0中１的都能打３４分鍾，球隊看重你的話就會給時間找節奏，play through mistakes。小林不是，什麽也不用說了。 -toosad- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 15:00:00

• 從別人那裏是找不到答案的，要比也要跟厲害的比，提高自己才是本。 -talkatwxc- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 15:05:15

• 小斯也抱怨５分鍾不夠使。----不過您說的對，提高自己是根本，別人誰也不能指望。 -toosad- ♀ (226 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 15:17:20

• 不能用小 s作榜樣，這小子是尼克的耗子藥。 -talkatwxc- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 15:32:57

• 這裏還沒有詳細的文章，preview一下小林在第二個全賽季的期望值 -Net-A-Porter- ♀ (180 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:18:31

• 題目太大，沒有這個能力:) -Warsteiner- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:22:45

• 給推媽看，隻要你寫，目標定位越高，理想越大，她們越喜歡越high。 -talkatwxc- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:32:37

• 崇拜W總，既要說實話，又不能招推媽尤其是推爸磚砸 -大戈壁- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:49:32

• 這叫藝術。 -talkatwxc- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 13:16:58

• 跨度有些大了 -筆名花差花差的農民- ♂ (33 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:23:35

• 和誰比較你們自己定吧。我想說的是，你們都不給他時間成長。 -Net-A-Porter- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:27:03

• If Jlin keeps being treated this way, he will regress in skills -gushen- ♂ (224 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:27:25

• 光從體育上講，好兵不一定成得了好將。冰箱水平不夠，目前是二流，將來能不能進步，不知。 -Francine- ♀ (86 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:34:22

• 小林的優、缺點都太明顯 -筆名花差花差的農民- ♂ (71 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:38:55

• 同意，我的側重點是冰箱。小林的問題還是上錯了哈夫，現在就當是4年NCAA。當然當時他的水平也進不了D1。 -Francine- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:42:46

• 小車不倒隻管推的思想嚴重錯誤，嗬嗬 -筆名花差花差的農民- ♂ (69 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:45:14

• 一個presidential cycle才4年，冰箱前後主教做了4年多了，你很耐心。 -Francine- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:50:03

• 有的苗子成長快些，有的慢些，咱們需要客觀些 -筆名花差花差的農民- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:51:30

• 所以我不是說了，以後是否會進步未知。 -Francine- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:53:51

• wish him the best -筆名花差花差的農民- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:54:55

• 說錯了，我的意思是在藤聯那4年不算。 -Francine- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:47:36

• 藤校在NCAA裏沒啥份量吧？ -筆名花差花差的農民- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:50:14

• 就是我的意思啊，所以那4年沒有好好學藝，耽誤了。 -Francine- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:52:37

• 是啊, 基本功都是在NCAA 打的. 在DIV III 就浪費了. 如果目標瞄準NBA -amyd- ♀ (36 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 14:50:08

• 冰箱永遠是二流，不能也不會進步。當今爛聯沒有超一流教練。。。 -LakersFan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:39:06

• Mark Jackson還不錯 -筆名花差花差的農民- ♂ (29 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:40:09

• I've always liked Rick Carlisle, ever since his Pacers days. -Warsteiner- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:42:03

• He's a good coach, a good man, 2 -筆名花差花差的農民- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:42:48

• 都是接近一流罷了，看今後幾年。 -LakersFan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 12:42:18

• Since long time ago, we all know giving Lin 17 min is not going -TraderJo- ♂ (58 bytes) () 11/22/2013 postreply 18:28:12