http://blog.chron.com/ultimaterockets/2015/11/ty-lawson-plays-like-ty-lawson-and-rockets-get-a-win/Ty Lawson plays like Ty Lawson, and Rockets get a win
By Jonathan Feigen on November 3, 2015 at 2:54 PM
After three games mostly spent trying to stay of out of the way, Rockets guard Ty Lawson found another way. For the first time with his new team, he played much as he always had for his old team, putting together his best, most assertive performance with the Rockets.
“Ty got in the paint a whole bunch again which we needed him to do,” Rockets coach Kevin McHale said after Lawson had 14 points and 11 assists on Monday in a win over Oklahoma City.
With that, he found what he was doing wrong when he intentionally tried to not do too much.
“I didn’t want to step on their toes, make sure I didn’t mess up the system,” Lawson said. “But I feel like me not being as aggressive as I was was messing up the system. So, now I’m getting in the paint, just playing my game.”
This is what the Rockets wanted from Lawson all along, a point James Harden made to Lawson before Monday’s game when Lawson had tentatively made 28.6 percent of his shots with just five assists through his first three games.
“I just tried to tell him, ‘be aggressive,’ ” Harden said. “Sometimes, he’s like too relaxed. ‘Attack. Do what you do. That’s why you’re here. You’re here to be aggressive and you’re here to make plays for us. Never feel like you’re doing too much.’ ”
Totally agree. He's been trying to fit in, but as he gets his groove, so will Houston.
