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.” 夏洛特山貓在今天對陣火箭的比賽中前三節始終處於領先， 這也一度讓他們看到了終結主場14連敗的希望， 但是火箭在末節打出26-13成功怒轉了比賽， 而山貓也創下了隊史最長主場15連敗的尷尬紀錄。 他們在11月22日1分險勝暴龍後就再也沒能在主場時代 華納有線球館(Time Warner Cable Arena)取得勝利了。 山貓主教練Mike Dunlap認為James Harden得到的21次 罰球機會和兩隊相差了17次的罰球數是本場失利的主要原因。 “他們的罰球次數對比我們的罰球次數， 這就是本場比賽中最大的差別。”鄧拉普總結道。 在今天山貓主場迎戰火箭的比賽中， 山貓二年級後衛Kemba Walker全場21投12中， 其中三分球7投6中，得到了職業生涯新高的35分。 但是受困於火箭隊的包夾戰術，Walker在第四節表現不佳， 僅僅5投2中並且沒有送出助攻，而山貓也被火箭完成逆轉， 以94-100主場落敗。 “是我的錯，我在面對夾擊時應該做的更好，” Walker說道， “我應該做出更好的決定。如果我投籃手感不佳了， 那我就應該想辦法給隊友傳出好球。” 而在談到今天命中的六個三分球時，Walker表示： “林書豪(Jeremy Lin)可能不想讓我輕易突破， 所以外線防守給我很大的空間。我有了自信心， 並且也投中了這些三分。” http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/01/21/3802887/bobcats-set-franchise-reco\ rd-with.html --

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