Naja, Schonung ist recht und gut, aber wenn wir die Spiele nur gewinnen, wenn die beiden lange auf dem Court spielen, dann müssen sie da durch.
An Dallas sieht man, das so eine Schonung oft nach hinten los gehen kann.
Und der Kampf um die Play Offs wird hart dieses Jahr, da sollte man sich keine Schwächephase erlauben.
Sicherlich waren unsere beiden Stars in der Vergangenheit oft verletzt, aber ob eine Schonung da wirklich ein weniger großes Risiko bringt ist fraglich. Fakt ist, dass auch andere Superstars in der Liga so lange spielen können. Das sind Profis, die verkaften das schon.
Es werden auch wieder Zeiten kommen, in denen beide weniger spielen.
Hier noch ein guter Bericht:
The season is a little more than a month old, and the Rockets have firmly established themselves in the lower levels of the NBA, ranking just 22nd in shooting.
They are an even lower 27th in 3-point shooting.
"We're just not making shots," McGrady said. "Guys are getting shots. It's evident that teams are putting more focus on myself and Yao to try to take us out of the game and make those guys make shots. Right now, we're just missing them. We're shooting poorly from all over the place.
"I can go out and get 40. Yao can play great. It's really not going to matter. Until everybody else contributes, we get bench production, we'll be a mediocre team."
Shane Battier, Rafer Alston, Mike James, Steve Francis, Bonzi Wells, Luther Head. Not one of them is shooting 36 percent from 3-point distance.
"If you're missing shots, you have to do something different," coach Rick Adelman said. "You need to attack the basket more, which is one thing we haven't done."
Another part of the problem has been the Rockets' failure to embrace the motion offense.
"We don't take it to one more pass," Adelman said. "When you're not shooting it well, teams are going to adjust and take it to the good shooters.
"Even when we were 6-1, I was concerned that we weren't getting enough production from other people."
The Rockets are not getting enough of the hard cuts that are a fundamental part of the motion offense, the moves that create opportunities to go toward the basket and score.
They are quick to revert to what they know best. They simply dump it to McGrady or Yao.
"You tend to go with what you know is good," Adelman said. "In the long run, you'd like to see them be more facilitators, especially Tracy, where he can get guys other shots."
Good shots available
The Rockets keep saying the shots are good shots. They say they are familiar shots with maybe slight variations.
"Most of the 3s I got last season were late in the shot clock," Battier said. "Now, I'm getting shots much earlier in the possession.
"It's a different feel. You have to adjust. But as a shooter, you always feel that you're just a shot away."
Or many shots away?
"Come early in the morning before practice," Yao said. "Maybe stay for a half-hour and take a couple hundred shots, like I do every day.
"We need to repeat what we do every day with shooting the ball. Maybe not in the game, but you have to keep shooting in practice, before the game.
"Before the (last) game, I saw a lot of players doing this. I think we need more."