Bobcats set franchise record with 15th straight home loss When Charlotte Bobcats coach Mike Dunlap said he had to find a third scorer to win Monday, he meant that quite literally in the fourth quarter. Kemba Walker scored seven points in that last period. Ramon Sessions added six. And the rest of the Bobcats – eight of them entered the game – provided zip. That was a huge factor in the Bobcats’ 100-94 home loss to the Houston Rockets. This certainly looked like the end to a 14-game home losing streak when the Bobcats led by 12. Instead the streak is now a team-record 15 after the Rockets outscored the Bobcats 26-13 in the final period. Houston coach Kevin McHale did two things to get back into this game: Bench point guard Jeremy Lin, who was defenseless against Walker (a career-high 35 points) and trap the ball out of Walker’s hands at all cost. That limited Walker to 2-of-5 shooting and no assists playing 10 of the game’ s last 12 minutes. “It’s on me. I’ve got to do a better job against the trap,” said Walker, whose previous career high was 32. “I’ve got to make better decisions; if I can’t find my shot then I’ve got to make better plays” for others. The 10-31 Bobcats aren’t a particularly strong passing team; only 17 of their 34 baskets Monday were assisted. The crux of this offense is Walker or Sessions (19 points) breaking down his defender. Then someone else – Gerald Henderson, Ben Gordon, whoever – contributes enough else to edge past an opponent. The only other Bobcat to reach double figures Monday was power forward Hakim Warrick (10 points) and he missed all three of his shots in the decisive fourth quarter. The Bobcats had it going for a while, leading by 11 at halftime. Lin, who signed a three-year, $25 million-plus contract, was abused by Walker. The margin was 35-4 in points, with Walker making 12 of 21 shots from the field. “When Lin backed off me (to not give up constant layups) I was confident and I made them,” Walker said of his six 3-pointers. Lin left the game at the end of the third quarter and never got back off the bench. The Rockets made up a seven-point deficit the rest of the way with James Harden scoring 12 of his 29 points in the final period. Harden is exceptional at creating and cashing in free-throw attempts. He was 19-of-21 from the foul line Monday, including 10-of-10 in the fourth quarter. By the game’s conclusion Harden was primarily responsible for a 17-free throw differential between the Rockets and Bobcats, a stat that resonated with Dunlap. “That was the difference in this game,” Dunlap concluded. “Their free throws versus ours.” 夏洛特山猫在今天对阵火箭的比赛中前三节始终处於领先， 这也一度让他们看到了终结主场14连败的希望， 但是火箭在末节打出26-13成功怒转了比赛， 而山猫也创下了队史最长主场15连败的尴尬纪录。 他们在11月22日1分险胜暴龙後就再也没能在主场时代 华纳有线球馆(Time Warner Cable Arena)取得胜利了。 山猫主教练Mike Dunlap认为James Harden得到的21次 罚球机会和两队相差了17次的罚球数是本场失利的主要原因。 “他们的罚球次数对比我们的罚球次数， 这就是本场比赛中最大的差别。”邓拉普总结道。 在今天山猫主场迎战火箭的比赛中， 山猫二年级後卫Kemba Walker全场21投12中， 其中三分球7投6中，得到了职业生涯新高的35分。 但是受困於火箭队的包夹战术，Walker在第四节表现不佳， 仅仅5投2中并且没有送出助攻，而山猫也被火箭完成逆转， 以94-100主场落败。 “是我的错，我在面对夹击时应该做的更好，” Walker说道， “我应该做出更好的决定。如果我投篮手感不佳了， 那我就应该想办法给队友传出好球。” 而在谈到今天命中的六个三分球时，Walker表示： “林书豪(Jeremy Lin)可能不想让我轻易突破， 所以外线防守给我很大的空间。我有了自信心， 并且也投中了这些三分。” http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/01/21/3802887/bobcats-set-franchise-reco\ rd-with.html --

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