ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Spurs 3/27/2005

[Clutch]

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ClutchFans Box Score: Rockets 81, Hornets 68
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[barryxzz]

First 1st! :D

Rockets Win! 80:79 an ugly and ridiculously close game.

[El Toro]

Rockets 85
Spurs 65

Bowen for MVP

[macfan]

Can somebody provide the file for the highlights against the Spurs (T-MAC comeback) on yousendit.com?
Thanks in advance

[Frodo]

And the winning strick continues...

Rockets: 90
Spurs : 80

Go Rockets!

[bigbodymoe]

Originally posted by barryxzz
First 1st! :D

Rockets Win! 80:79 an ugly and ridiculously close game.
rockets by 6

[brooksstephens]

we'll crush them, they suck

[Hippieloser]

Houston > San Antonio.

I was under the impression this was common knowledge, but I understand there is prison gang warfare over the issue. Luckily, the Rockets will settle it tonight.

[macfan]

Originally posted by Hippieloser
Houston > San Antonio.

I was under the impression this was common knowledge, but I understand there is prison gang warfare over the issue. Luckily, the Rockets will settle it tonight.

tomorrow

[fya]

Will Ginobli play? If not, let Tmac sit this one out.

Yao will need to outplay nesterobitch/nazr if the rox are going to win.

Barry needs to rediscover his shooting as well.


Rockets 82
Spurs 79

[rvpals]

We should not take the Spurs lightly, we will blow them out with or without Tim Duncan.

Rockets 102
Spurs 93

[saleem]

Yao needs to wake up now. He can't settle looking like a roll player. I hope JVG will make sure he gets the message but it's upto him to produce on the court.

[SRSonic]

Rockets win 105 to 90

Yao dominates as TMac nurses his injury

[nyquil82]

it'll be interesting to see which team needs their star player more.

[DaDakota]

If Tmac plays

Rocks 92
Spurs 77

If Tmac Sits

Spurs 88
Rocks 82


DD™

[loadedAballer]

Assuming that T-Mac does not play as a precaution (I would not risk him at all), it depends on which Yao shows up.

If it is the Yao that served Amare his breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner plus midnight snack, I reckon the Rox will blow out the Spurs.

If he plays below average, this will be a low-scoring affair that could go either way.

[hotballa]

thsi is gonna be the ugliest game of the year. Yao will get quadruple teamed down low. If we hit our jumpers, we will destroy them. if we have another Boston-Minn shooting game, ugh...


We hit our jumpers
95-75 Rox win big

We shoot 33%
74-69 Rox survive

[wolfsheep]

Jon barry will beat his brother this time in an ugly game. And it's time for yao to show something.

[boomboom]

All the inspiration they'll need...

http://www.flowcal.com/keithschool/ownedx.JPG

[HotRocket]

Right now I can see the Rockets actually winning the rest of their games.

We play a Spurs team without their leader, we play a Suns team at home that we know we can beat (and should be able to beat again if we win at home I think), and a Seatle team that we can beat (I think the termoil up there is just going to get worse and worse).

Here's to a winning streak that doesn't end until the NBA finals.

[apostolic3]

Every time I replay the last 45 seconds of the Spurs game on my PC, the image I focus on the most is that picture of Devan Brown right after TMac hit the final shot. #2 is the look on Pop's face.

[The_Yoyo]

of course there will be two predictions here, if tracy doesnt play at all then i say

spurs 84-rox76

if t-mac does play

rox 81-spurs 75

get ready for some ugly bball tomorrow folks


btw i do think mcgrady will play if he is over 85% healthy because its a real chance to be in the 5th spot since sac town lost tonight and be 3 games ahead of the grizz too, also its the national tv game you got to figure he'll want to try to put on a show

but i am willing to take this L if it means better and guaranteed health for t-mac rest of the season

[isoman2kx]

no tmac = low scoring


Rox win


5-2

[franchise23]

Rockets 85
Spurs 80

[tiger0330]

Without Duncan, Yao should dominate today and Rox win with or w/o T-Mac.

[Deuce]

If the Rockets win today that means they would have WON the series 3-1 with the Spurs.

Quick, when was the last time the Rockets beat the Spurs 3-1 in the regular season? I cant remember. Is it all they way back to our Championship days?

[BiGGieStuFF]

We definitely have the ability to win this game with or w/o T-mac. I hope they rest him though for a least this game just to make sure he's 100% before he comes back

Rockets 89
Spurs 81

And for those who don't have the comeback vid yet

http://s24.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3LJANMT34OWO73VW8D1HMA4ZJQ

[Dark Rhino]

Originally posted by boomboom
All the inspiration they'll need...

http://www.flowcal.com/keithschool/ownedx.JPG

Classic! :D

[Visagial]

I really hope Yao shows up. He's bordering on irrelevant and we need him to play well for the playoffs.

[NewYorker]

Best thing for Yao and the Rockets might be for him to be irrelevant for a while...

Originally posted by Visagial
I really hope Yao shows up. He's bordering on irrelevant and we need him to play well for the playoffs.

[esse]

Without Duncan, Spurs are gonna run the sh!t outta the ball.

If your big boy Yao can keep up, its all good for the Rockets.
If not, Spurs win with Parker having a big game.

[jscmedia]

hey..somebody post a link to those glorious 45 secs again..ok ?

today.....the sura-james show.......w/ dekembe RULING the paint...

hey yao hope you got a good nights rest..we neec 18/10 today buddy....ok?

[ima_drummer2k]

Originally posted by Deuce
If the Rockets win today that means they would have WON the series 3-1 with the Spurs.

Quick, when was the last time the Rockets beat the Spurs 3-1 in the regular season? I cant remember. Is it all they way back to our Championship days?
Better yet, when is the last time we won a game in San Antonio? I seriously don't remember. Was it pre-Steve Francis?

[gwatson86]

Originally posted by ima_drummer2k
Better yet, when is the last time we won a game in San Antonio? I seriously don't remember. Was it pre-Steve Francis?

I can't tell you exactly when it was, but Steve Francis never won a game in San Antonio as a Rocket. So here's to ending years of road ineptitude against the Spurs! ;)

[Nick]

McGrady to start!

[tmac]

Why is Eva Longoria wearing a Spurs hat? That's crap.

[KaiSeR SoZe]

who's the douche bag between bill and the other guy?

we have no perimeter defenders? dumbass

[jeffhr99]

Originally posted by gwatson86
I can't tell you exactly when it was, but Steve Francis never won a game in San Antonio as a Rocket. So here's to ending years of road ineptitude against the Spurs! ;)

They just annoucned on ABC that it has been 14 games since we won in San Antonio. Here's to changing the trend.

GO ROCKETS

[v3.0]

Originally posted by tmac
Why is Eva Longoria wearing a Spurs hat? That's crap. because she's (allegedly) dating the point guard...

[garthomps]

RADIO LINK, please ?

[TECH]

Originally posted by KaiSeR SoZe
who's the douche bag between bill and the other guy?

we have no perimeter defenders? dumbass

Steve Jones. :mad:

"Forget Houston"
"This is the oooooldest team in the league"
"They don't have anybody who can guard on the perimeter, they better hope Yao Ming is blocking some shots"

He needs a good serving of CROW! He said all of this even after it was mentioned that the Rockets have the best record in the league next to Miami, since January.

On top of that, he dissed Walton every chance he gets.......:o

[Davidoff]

Pregame Walton was going on and on about how he thinks that we are the only team that could give the Suns and the Spurs a run for thier money, but snapper was talking about the West and mid sentence he stops to tell Bill " you need to giveup on that Rockets thing"

:mad:

[tigermission1]

T-Mac clearly can't run well, I don't understand what the heck is the purpose behind playing him. I don't think he will be effective, and even worse, this might aggrevate his injury and make him worse.

Stupid thinking by JVG, I have a bad feeling about this.

Even Hubie is saying he is injured:mad:

[tigermission1]

T-Mac is showing heart

[KaiSeR SoZe]

I don't like our defense right now..we've gotta shut down the paint

[tigermission1]

We simply can't keep up with their guards, they are too quick for our senior-citizen team. Geno and Parker will have big games.

Yao doesn't look aggressive early on, T-Mac is injured, our game looks a bit out of sync.

Hopefully these things improve as the game goes on.

EDIT: Nesterovic is 3/3? I guess they are challenging Yao to guard him away from the basket

[Clutch]

Maybe Rod Strickland was not as bad as we thought.

[mirror_image]

Originally posted by jscmedia
hey..somebody post a link to those glorious 45 secs again..ok ?

today.....the sura-james show.......w/ dekembe RULING the paint...

hey yao hope you got a good nights rest..we neec 18/10 today buddy....ok?

Here you go::cool:

http://s48.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1L67I4DMRDKQQ220BR217F5VEB

[tigermission1]

Yao couldn't even hold that ball rolling on the ground with no one near him, instead pushed it away from himself:o

Wesley bricked the sh** outta that shot.

[moligity]

Originally posted by Clutch
Maybe Rod Strickland was not as bad as we thought.

. . . at least we can get the ball past the halfcourt line.

[codell]

Hopefully Yao will wake up here shortly and stop lettign Rasho out hustle him

[snowmt01]

Originally posted by codell
Hopefully Yao will wake up here shortly and stop lettign Rasho out hustle him

dont get your hope high for him ;)

It's time for his annual slump.

[codell]

wake up Yao

geez ...he looks like hes moving in slow motion

[codell]

this teams effort and energy right now is pathetic

[tigerforeveryoung]

he is damn soft. tired of this.

[KaiSeR SoZe]

no way we win this game playing like this

[KeepKenny]

Tmac is the only player that has showed up, but I dont think he should be playing. He's playing his heart out at 75%, and Yao is still deferring to him and getting pushed around by Rasho. At this rate, we're going to lose the game and jeopordize tmac's health.

[moligity]

Too many lazy passes. Spurs are very aggressive at gaurding the passing lanes.

[tigermission1]

Originally posted by codell
Hopefully Yao will wake up here shortly and stop lettign Rasho out hustle him

He was just going up for a shot, hit the bottom of the backboard, and the ball bounced off his head out of bounds.

These things will really hurt us this game, we are out hustled and out-smarted by the Spurs. Too many turnovers already.

I second the Yao 'waking up' thing, but he likely won't get the chance to quarter, I think JVG will put Deke in now to attempt and rally the team a bit. His defensive intensity and hustle always does good things for the Rox.

[Nick]

Yao hits the snooze again.

Sura faints.

[tigermission1]

Told ya! JVG has seen enough of Yao:(

Here comes the 40-year young energizer

[jscmedia]

tigermission apologize to jvg for your unkind remark please....maybe someone else was stupid...

dont count your chickens........

[Davidoff]

SA D isnt that great the foul calls are killing us, if we can start to hit half our shots we will win...

[Nick]

We're not doing one thing well so far today... you normally lose games like that.

[tigermission1]

Originally posted by jscmedia
tigermission apologize to jvg for your unkind remark please....maybe someone else was stupid...

dont count your chickens........

What are you talking about? Do you mean playing T-Mac today? I think he is STUPID for doing so, because the risk he is taking is way too high.

He will learn one of those days. I think he is getting a bit greedy.

That is just my opinion though

[RocksMillenium]

I can't believe the Rockets are letting a Duncan-less Spurs team beat up on them. And Yao Ming, talk about being worthless in this game. This is a game that Yao should be dominating!

[rhadamanthus]

Originally posted by Nick
We're not doing one thing well so far today... you normally lose games like that.

What irks me is that the foul calls are weighted heavily in favor of SA. Not calling post contact nullifies TD's abence.

[moligity]

James!!!

[RocksMillenium]

Originally posted by tigermission1
What are you talking about? Do you mean playing T-Mac today? I think he is STUPID for doing so, because the risk he is taking is way too high.

He will learn one of those days. I think he is getting a bit greedy.

That is just my opinion though

It's a no win situation. If McGrady doesn't play them people will complain that he isn't tough and if the Rockets lose they'll rip Van Gundy. But if McGrady DOES play then people will criticize Van Gundy for playing him.

[Davidoff]

Originally posted by tigermission1
What are you talking about? Do you mean playing T-Mac today? I think he is STUPID for doing so, because the risk he is taking is way too high.

He will learn one of those days. I think he is getting a bit greedy.

That is just my opinion though

You know that JVG only plays T-mac when Keith says it's a GO right??

[tigermission1]

MJ with an Jordanesque shot:D

Man, that high-arching shot of his comes in VERY handy with defenders all over you. That is probably why he can consistently shoot in people's faces and still make those shots.

[Nick]

Originally posted by rhadamanthus
What irks me is that the foul calls are weighted heavily in favor of SA. Not calling post contact nullifies TD's abence.

Steve Javie's crews favor the aggressors... they gave us the questionable call w/ T-mac as well.

The Spurs are clearly taking it to the rack, whereas the Rockets are settling for jump shots. If T-mac was fully healthy, I'm sure he'd drive it in more... but guys like James and Barry need to try to take it to the hole.

James with the buzzer beater!

[gifford1967]

miiiiike jaaaames!!!

[tigermission1]

Originally posted by RocksMillenium
It's a no win situation. If McGrady doesn't play them people will complain that he isn't tough and if the Rockets lose they'll rip Van Gundy. But if McGrady DOES play then people will criticize Van Gundy for playing him.

I don't care what 'people say', although I do understand your point.

People can say whatever the heck they want, bottom line is I think the cost-benefit analysis from taking this risk is not on the positive side. But that is just my assessment.

We are still getting our butts kicked so far, and SA ain't even playing that well.

Oh, and to that poster who told me that Keith Jones gives the clearance for a player to play or not, I already knew that, but the coach has the final decison to decide if it's worth the risk or not, and play his chips accordingly.

[codell]

this team needs Yao to step up in the worst way right now ....we need something inside

[tigermission1]

T-Mac can't even keep up with Genobili on defensive end.

Barry, James, and Wesley MUST drop down their shots if we are to even stay in this game.

Yao.....well, I will just keep my fingers crossed in his case.

At least someone is knocking down their shots: Padgett that is.

[KeepKenny]

Yao should play 40 minutes this game. It's our only chance. Tmac can't drive, and Deke can't score. Our only hope is if Yao suddenly starts dominating, drawing doubles for our shooters. I really wish they'd take tmac out.

[Nick]

The Rockets just need to make sure that the Spurs don't blow them out, with the way they're playing right now.

Stay within 10... and then be the aggressors in the second half (and hopefully these refs will start loosening up the perimter.... you can't breathe on a player w/out hearing the whistle).

[jscmedia]

tiger mission..the last thing jvg would do is jepordize the team for one game. t mac plays because he can. your opinion is based on a belief that is wrong. that t mac can't play. one thing about a sore or strained muscle,many times it improves through usage.clearly t mac is warming up and if he can keep the blood moving it helps him move through the tightness, which is what we are seeing. remember those chickens..


Stupid is a very strong word to through around anyway..

one thing jvg is NOT is stupid.

[BiGGieStuFF]

Originally posted by BiGGieStuFF
We definitely have the ability to win this game with or w/o T-mac. I hope they rest him though for a least this game just to make sure he's 100% before he comes back

Rockets 89
Spurs 81

And for those who don't have the comeback vid yet

http://s24.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3LJANMT34OWO73VW8D1HMA4ZJQ

My link for the last minute comeback appears to still be working so use it up for those who don't have it.

[BlastOff]

If there is anyone who deserves slack today, it's Mac. I can't believe he's out there but I am certain it is because he wants to be. If Yao gets his game goin' maybe Mac can rest a bit for this one.

[Davidoff]

Originally posted by tigermission1


Oh, and to that poster who told me that Keith Jones gives the clearance for a player to play or not, I already knew that, but the coach has the final decison to decide if it's worth the risk or not, and play his chips accordingly.

What you dont understand is Keith does all of the above.. If he tells JVG Tracy can play JVG will play him... Keith does does the training and Jeff does the coaching... How often do you see a coach pull players out of the game when they walk up and down the court limping?? The Coach calls the timeout and the trainer reports to the coach if the player can play or not if he says its a go the coach will play him.. All that I'm saying is dont put the blame on JVG for playing Tracy..

[jscmedia]

we need stronger rebounding

[rhadamanthus]

Those announcers need to change their stance.

The ref's aren't calling any post contact for Yao, just on Yao.

[tigermission1]

Originally posted by jscmedia
tiger mission..the last thing jvg would do is jepordize the team for one game. t mac plays because he can. your opinion is based on a belief that is wrong. that t mac can't play. one thing about a sore or strained muscle,many times it improves through usage.clearly t mac is warming up and if he can keep the blood moving it helps him move through the tightness, which is what we are seeing. remember those chickens..


Stupid is a very strong word to through around anyway..

one thing jvg is NOT is stupid.

You might be right about T-Mac warming up and loosening that stiffness.

If I am wrong and he somehow looks/shoots/elevates/defends/runs better, I will say I was wrong.

[tigermission1]

Originally posted by Da-Glyde
What you dont understand is Keith does all of the above.. If he tells JVG Tracy can play JVG will play him... Keith does does the training and Jeff does the coaching... How often do you see a coach pull players out of the game when they walk up and down the court limping?? The Coach calls the timeout and the trainer reports to the coach if the player can play or not if he says its a go the coach will play him.. All that I'm saying is dont put the blame on JVG for playing Tracy..

Fine, then Keith Jones will bear the brunt of my criticism if anything happens.

Happy now?;)

[Nick]

Yao is starting to look like he woke up... and T-Mac looks to be getting looser as well.

[Davidoff]

Originally posted by tigermission1
Fine, then Keith Jones will bear the brunt of my criticism if anything happens.

Happy now?;)


NEVER!!!;)

[tigermission1]

That girl has a cute face, but too skinny IMO.:p

[topfive]

Originally posted by tmac
Why is Eva Longoria wearing a Spurs hat? That's crap.

Originally posted by v3.0
because she's (allegedly) dating the point guard...

Man, I've never been a big fan of Parker's before, but I have to say that in my eyes, THIS particular accomplishment should place him in the greatest 50 players of all time. ;)

[tigermission1]

Nice 3 by Barry, BIG one.

I hope we go on making our threes this game, that will be the deicing factor, unless Yao starts dominating the rest of the way.

How can Neterobitc* defend Yao? He is a EURO for god's sake:p

[Nick]

Originally posted by tigermission1
How can Neterobitc* defend Yao? He is a EURO for god's sake:p

He can't... Yao is just off on his hook shots (especially baseline).

[fya]

Yao isn't making him his bitch, that's why.

[jscmedia]

looks like little yao showed up today...when is he going to play to his advantage consistantly ? another year I guess......

[patlabor1]

came to the game late, really surprised T-mac is playing.

Van Gundy should just let him rest no point aggravating injuries this close to the post season.

I can't believe Ming is letting Nesterovic front him this badly, I guess this guy still has this problem, watch in the post season every team will front this guy with the same expediance that the spurs are doing, leaving Yao a nonfactor.

[Nick]

Guys... Nesterovich isn't doing any special defense on Yao... the front is there, but Yao and the Rockets have battled that and gotten him the ball with great position in the post.

Yao is only 3-8... he's just not hitting some of those hooks and turnarounds... but he's still got 10 points, and we're very much in the position to win this game.

[jscmedia]

as totaslly crappy as we've played this game is defiantely in reach...

[BlastOff]

yeah, boo Spers...we hate you too

[canoner2002]

Every single game between Rox and Spus is an ugly game in term of scoring. Why cann't our guard make a shot suddenly?

[brooksstephens]

WOW, I have never seen a team go through a stretch where they shoot so great one day, and the next BOOM, they're so cold. I'm not worried about the recent inability to make shots; I think it only makes our defense better and will make it all the more easier once our shooters heat up again. This team has proved my theory: SHOOTING IS CONTAGIOUS

[moligity]

What was Snapper's response to Walton, when Walton said that Tmac would be in the MVP race had he started the season better?

Anybody catch that? I think he's ABC's designated Rocket hater.

[patlabor1]

Originally posted by Nick
Guys... Nesterovich isn't doing any special defense on Yao... the front is there, but Yao and the Rockets have battled that and gotten him the ball with great position in the post.

Yao is only 3-8... he's just not hitting some of those hooks and turnarounds... but he's still got 10 points, and we're very much in the position to win this game.

I'm not saying their going "special defense" on this guy, hell the TO raptors with loren Woods did fronting and with success,

The team gave Yao a breather on fronting D by having everyone on the team more involved in the offense and going to yao less particularly during the win streaks we racked up.

But with this game and subsequent games following T-mac being somewhat injured and this team and Van Gundy choosing to go to Yao more it is proven again the fronting D is very successful in making him a nonfactor.

Yes he has 10 points but how many times was the ball turned over and how many passes were denied leaving broken desperate plays?



Side note I can't believe T-mac said in interview with NBC

Question "is the game easier with Yao?

T-mac " yes I don't have to score 25 to 35 points a game. "

Hmm, aren't we like 18 and 2 when he scores 30 or more points?
T-mac is being nice but Yao hasn't really made a Consistent difference this season.

[gwatson86]

Originally posted by canoner2002
Every single game between Rox and Spus is an ugly game in term of scoring. Why cann't our guard make a shot suddenly?

Because as much as I hate the Spurs and hate to give them credit, they are a VERY good defensive team. And from what I've seen this year, the Rockets tend to play the type of game that the other team wants to play, so these matchups turn into nasty, low-scoring affairs.

[Nick]

Originally posted by patlabor1
Hmm, aren't we like 18 and 2 when he scores 30 or more points?
T-mac is being nice but Yao hasn't really made a Consistent difference this season.

There have been several games this year where T-Mac has scored below his average... and we've still won.

He couldn't dream of doing that in Orlando.

[smoothie]

our offense will kick in in the second half.

horry won't score 20 (double his first half score) so they will have a tough time scoring. on our side....wesley and sura hanvt scored yet.

we will win this game!


ROX:82
spurs:78


GO ROX!!! :cool:

[smoothie]

the spurs are doing a great job of messing up our sets. we need to just go back to basics: P&R with tmac and yao.

[KaiSeR SoZe]

Spurs are deflecting everything!

[codell]

Yao should be embarassed that Rasho is negating him today

[Nick]

Originally posted by KaiSeR SoZe
Spurs are deflecting everything!

That is why JVG is calling the timeout.

We had 3 chances to take the lead, and turned it over every single time.

The Spurs are obviously just going to play the passing lanes, since they have nobody inside to stop penetration... that's what we're going to have to do.

[tigermission1]

With all our struggles, we are tied.

T-Mac is 7/12 from the field, playing hubbled and injured.

It is sad that an injured guy is having to play like this for us to even be in the game.

That defense on Yao is killing him, but last possession was CLEARLY a foul. But if you are not aggressive the refrees will let you suffer, they are consistent in that aspect.

[patlabor1]

How the hell was that not a foul for Ming?

Jesus they sandwished the guy and banged him around like they were playing ping pong,

in a bad Porn movie that would have been sexual assault.

sometimes the refs are just a holes.

[RocketsRuuule]

the difference is that the spurs are not letting us pass by challenging everything including even getting a time out, were just being lazy and were lucky they are not shooting good, but if they do, were in trouble

[Nick]

Originally posted by patlabor1
How the hell was that not a foul for Ming?

Jesus they sandwished the guy and banged him around like they were playing ping pong,

in a bad Porn movie that would have been sexual assault.

sometimes the refs are just a holes.

It probably was a foul... but the refs have been consistent on both ends of the court today.

They're not calling the inside stuff, but they are calling ticky-tack stuff on the perimeter.

[codell]

grab a rebound Yao!!!!!

:mad:

[RocketsRuuule]

doesn't it seem like hubie brown doesn't know what he is saying have the time when they call a foul? is it that just me?

[Nick]

Originally posted by RocketsRuuule
doesn't it seem like hubie brown doesn't know what he is saying have the time when they call a foul? is it that just me?

Hubie Brown is the best color man in the NBA right now.... so no.

[KaiSeR SoZe]

I don't like this 'don't call fouls in the paint' scheme

just call it damn it!

[tigermission1]

Interesting mini-interview with Jon Barry.

He is saying he doesn't know if Yao will get that selfish part going or not to be a great player, because he is truly a great team guy and it is all about the team, never about himself, and he gets down on himself whenever he doesn't play well, feeling that he let his team down. Jon says he has had to talk to him some times because Yao gets so down on himself sometimes (the frustration part that I keep mentioning, that he gets down too hard on himself and it affects him).

It is just part of Yao's culture guys, he will NEVER change. Just accept him as he is, nothing will change in that aspect. It is sad that such a nice guy and a team guy like Yao suffers because of what makes him such a nice guy, but that is the nature of the NBA. Great players have some selfishness in them, that is just how it is.

[Nick]

Originally posted by KaiSeR SoZe
I don't like this 'don't call fouls in the paint' scheme

just call it damn it!

It particularly hurts us this game, because the Spurs don't have an inside game (thus they don't need the foul calls).

It definitely would be different if Duncan was in there. Most of the time, I think the refs focus more on calling it even for both sides and supertars, rather than just calling what is a foul and what is not a foul.

[jscmedia]

yao dammityt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[codell]

beatiful pass by Padge and Yao tries to lay it in like a pansy

[canoner2002]

Put Deke in. Yao is winded and not doing much on offensive end.

[RocketsRuuule]

Originally posted by Nick
Hubie Brown is the best color man in the NBA right now.... so no.

well, when hubie is says that they are calling it the same way on both ends on the inside, that is it fair, i disagree, cause what inside game does san antonio have???? nasha?? they are taking away our second best option by fouling him like crazy, that is a dumb comment on hubies part. imo of course

[canoner2002]

Originally posted by codell
beatiful pass by Padge and Yao tries to lay it in like a pansy

He wasn't prepared for that pass. Somehow Yao is not ready mentally some days and today is one of those days.

[michecon]

Originally posted by codell
beatiful pass by Padge and Yao tries to lay it in like a pansy

Aren't you feel a bit tired?

[KaiSeR SoZe]

Thank god McGrady is stepping up

[lhphpl]

Why not save your energy enjoying Tmac's beautiful play instead of venting on Yao?

[jscmedia]

t mac is rediculous !!

[Davidoff]

The ONLY thing that I dont like about the game is Mike James was playing well and should get more Mins, BOB doesnt seem to want to shoot today...

EDIT- Then Bob makes a great move...:p

[jscmedia]

tide is turning...................

[Nick]

This is what T-Mac will look like at 35, when he loses some of that atheltic ability (since he has the sore hip).

And he's still making it look easy... amazing.

[KaiSeR SoZe]

Originally posted by lhphpl
Why not save your energy enjoying Tmac's beautiful play instead of venting on Yao?
because T-Mac really can't do it by himself we need our other star to step it up as well but whatever

[jscmedia]

so t mac shouldn't play today? lolo....

[KeepKenny]

Well, I was obviously wrong about not playing tmac today. This is one of the best games he has had in a while. Now if Yao can step up this will be a W.

[gifford1967]

The Rockets roooooock!

[smoothie]

Originally posted by Da-Glyde
The ONLY thing that I dont like about the game is Mike James was playing well and should get more Mins, BOB doesnt seem to want to shoot today...


mike is being saved for the 4th IMO. tmac just started heating up...when sura and wesley sit for mike and barry we will make a strong push. especially with deke in dominating on the D to spark the break.

[Stack24]

OFF TOPIC -

Anyyone else laugh everytime they show that Lakers commercial talking about starting a new dynasty etc etc for the game against the 76ers.

The lakers might not even make the Playoffs and they are talking about them in that commercial and not even talking about the 76ers in it at all....it's such a crock of crap to me....

[jscmedia]

hubie is a very astute bb broadcaster

[tigermission1]

WOW!

McGrady is playing like....well.....T-Mac:confused:

Who was that poster that said T-Mac shouldn't play again? What a dumb fool :p

[Davidoff]

Originally posted by smoothie
mike is being saved for the 4th IMO. tmac just started heating up...when sura and wesley sit for mike and barry we will make a strong push. especially with deke in dominating on the D to spark the break.

Good call

[jscmedia]

ha ha take that crap otta here!

[fya]

Hideous cheerleaders!

[lhphpl]

Oh, TMAC......... How wonderful......

[patlabor1]

that was hilarious, Robert Horry's face when he got duped by mcgrady.

[Davidoff]

Originally posted by tigermission1
WOW!

McGrady is playing like....well.....T-Mac:confused:

Who was that poster that said T-Mac shouldn't play again? What a dumb fool :p

HEHE, yes.. who was that??:p

[Stack24]

Originally posted by fya
Hideous cheerleaders!

The brunette at the end was pretty hot.

[jscmedia]

DK w the starters is a good way to start the 4th..bringt in yao when we have a 10 point lead,..he can pile it on

[tigermission1]

So T-Mac ain't no MVP Snapper, huh?

SHOVE IT UP URS LOSER!;) :D

What a performance, more impressive than anything else he has done this year, unbelievable determination and guts.

I am speechless!

seriously though, who was that idiot that said T-Mac shouldn't play this game, and called JVG stupid?

[lhphpl]

Originally posted by tigermission1
So T-Mac ain't no MVP Snapper, huh?

SHOVE IT UP URS LOSER!;) :D

What a performance, more impressive than anything else he has done this year, unbelievable determination and guts.

I am speechless!

seriously though, who was that idiot that said T-Mac shouldn't play this game, and called JVG stupid?

You forget the magic 35 seconds?:)

[saleem]

T-Mac is playing like a magician!
The rest of the team needs to support him.

[idlel]

what a dumb play by Sura.

[Stack24]

They are definently calling the ticky tack fouls and letting them play down low.

[Stack24]

come on....make a damn layup....those are going to hurt us...

[gwatson86]

With the exception of ESPN and the Lakers, I've never heard anyone on a team's nuts as much as these guys are on the Spurs.

[codell]

t-mac is carrying this team on 1 1/4 legs :)

someone step up before he kills himself

[Stack24]

Originally posted by gwatson86
With the exception of ESPN and the Lakers, I've never heard anyone on a team's nuts as much as these guys are on the Spurs.

yeah read my off topic post on the last page...makes me sick.

[Clutch]

Did Deke even touch Barry's head? From the slow-motion angle they just showed, I did not see any contact at all ... yet Barry was mad and so were the fans. The announcers also kept repeating, even on the slow-mo, that Mutombo hit Barry on the head.

Did anyone see anything? It looked like a good no-call from the slow-mo angle... maybe there was body, but I didn't see a hit on the head.

[RocketsRuuule]

now hubie....did mutombo really hit him across the head??? i dont think so, again the most astute color guy in the business...

[tigermission1]

Originally posted by Stack24
come on....make a damn layup....those are going to hurt us...

No one is stepping up to do ANYTHING besides T-Mac and now Deke on defense.

Those idiotic mistakes (missed layups, offensive fouls by hotheads) are going to make us pay in the end, and perhaps even cost us a winnable game.

[fya]

spurs fans


yessir, yessir, spurs numbur 1

lol

[codell]

Originally posted by gwatson86
With the exception of ESPN and the Lakers, I've never heard anyone on a team's nuts as much as these guys are on the Spurs.

Hubie has to be restrained from openly rooting against the Rockets during the broadcast ever since he was the Grizzlies' coach. ;)

[Stack24]

nope it clearly showed him not touch barry....but of course we see something different through ABC and they see something else in the arena...that's all...they know more than we do.

[gwatson86]

Yeah, Hubie's commentary tonight gives me a reason to hate him other than his nasty teeth.

[RocketsRuuule]

Originally posted by Clutch
Did Deke even touch Barry's head? From the slow-motion angle they just showed, I did not see any contact at all ... yet Barry was mad and so were the fans. The announcers also kept repeating, even on the slow-mo, that Mutombo hit Barry on the head.

Did anyone see anything? It looked like a good no-call from the slow-mo angle... maybe there was body, but I didn't see a hit on the head.

ty clutch, gosh, hubie keeps making up these fouls that it gets on my nerves. i just wish he would look a little closer, at looking at the game stategy wise he is good, but seeing what happens foul wise he is always off.

[Stack24]

Originally posted by tigermission1
No one is stepping up to do ANYTHING besides T-Mac and now Deke on defense.

Those idiotic mistakes (missed layups, offensive fouls by hotheads) are going to make us pay in the end, and perhaps even cost us a winnable game.

Deke should have had 2 dunks which could have helped but his defense is at least making up for it a bit...

[smoothie]

pop called that.

[tigermission1]

Originally posted by gwatson86
Yeah, Hubie's commentary tonight gives me a reason to hate him other than his nasty teeth.

The guy is 150 years old, maybe his eyesight is suffering a bit.

Yao, oh Yao, how bad are you playing man? Why THE F did JVG put this guy back in?

REDICULOUS!:mad:

[Stack24]

I'm sorry but does anyone call out that Ginobili or any guard is coming from the blindside to Yao?

I know Yao needs to have his hands up and not put the ball down but god..someone call out the player coming...

I think we need to draft a Left Tackle for Yao in the Draft too...

[codell]

please put Deke back in :mad:

[tigermission1]

That will do it, T-Mac on crutches will have to come in and save the Rockets, our players should be ashamed of themselves.

[smoothie]

9-0 run by the spurs.


we need some offense. C'MON TMAC!

[patlabor1]

Such a davasting strip, I swear it makes me want to cry when Yao gets raped like that.

This guy just thinks too much about everything than what he should be focusing on.

[michecon]

Originally posted by Stack24
I'm sorry but does anyone call out that Ginobili or any guard is coming from the blindside to Yao?

I know Yao needs to have his hands up and not put the ball down but god..someone call out the player coming...


good point. The ball was stolen as soon as he caught it. It's on Yao as well as the entry passer. Of course stupid people will only bash Yao.

[RocketsRuuule]

Originally posted by tigermission1
The guy is 150 years old, maybe his eyesight is suffering a bit.

Yao, oh Yao, how bad are you playing man? Why THE F did JVG put this guy back in?

REDICULOUS!:mad:

then if his eyesight isn't that good, maybe he should defer his comments on close calls.

i love how deke can get his hands on just bout any ball that is near him. amazing!!

[Stack24]

Originally posted by patlabor1
Such a davasting strip, I swear it makes me want to cry when Yao gets raped like that.

This guy just thinks too much about everything than what he should be focusing on.

Just like a pick your team mates have to call it out and let you know its coming..they can't just leave you to have someone come from behind...Yao needs to learn how to keep the ball up high so a guard can't do that...but at the same time the team has to be yelling or something..you see it coming and don't say anything...Yao can't see behind him.

[codell]

Barry is the only guy who is remotely hot for them and we keep leaving him open *sigh*

[smoothie]

i can't even watch this.

[tigermission1]

Originally posted by michecon
Of course stupid people will only bash Yao.

:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Nick]

Ginobili has upped the intensity... the Rockets thought they won the game when they went up by 5.

[Stack24]

We need to stop their momentum..that's the first step...lot of time left on the clock but we definently have to just stop the momentum...

[michecon]

Originally posted by tigermission1
:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

DO you have a point?

[tigermission1]

Game is just over, terrible performance by the team.

Yah well, next game...

[RocksMillenium]

People wonder why the Rockets rarely get talked about as title contenders this game is the reason why. Beaten by a Duncan-less Spurs team that lead the majority of the game is ridiculous.

[patlabor1]

Yao is deaf in one ear, he needs damn hand signals to get the proper plays plus you have to add the loudness of the crowd as well as the sound and voices of the other players on the court, plus by the time if he does hear the warning the ball is gone any ways.

[KaiSeR SoZe]

Nobody else is stepping up

I was hoping Yao would really step it up today but man this sucks

[Davidoff]

Originally posted by tigermission1
Game is just over, terrible performance by the team.

Yah well, next game...


You wanna bet you will be wrong twice today???

[tigermission1]

Originally posted by michecon
DO you have a point?

Yes, and my point can be summed up with :rolleyes:

[smoothie]

tmac needs to stop settling for jumpers and 3's. yao needs to catch the ball in the post (not 14ft from the basket). and can we please get back on defense!

[RocketsRuuule]

the spurs are just playing with more passion it seems, they challenge everything everywhere. i dont know why more teams dont do that. pop is a hell of a coach to almost beat us with out their best player.

[tigermission1]

Originally posted by Da-Glyde
You wanna bet you will be wrong twice today???

$10 to the tip jar.

You are on!:)

[codell]

Originally posted by RocksMillenium
People wonder why the Rockets rarely get talked about as title contenders this game is the reason why. Beaten by a Duncan-less Spurs team that lead the majority of the game is ridiculous.

Agreed.

The Rockets are definitely a better when they are short handed or when there backs are against the wall. When they are favored or expected to win, they don't always play as hard or as smart as they should.

You would think that anyone on this team would step up and follow T-mac's lead on one leg .......................

[Nick]

Originally posted by RocketsRuuule
the spurs are just playing with more passion it seems, they challenge everything everywhere. i dont know why more teams dont do that. pop is a hell of a coach to almost beat us with out their best player.

Passion, intensity, heart, and hustle will win you plenty of games in this league... most of the other teams try to get by on talent alone.

[michecon]

Originally posted by tigermission1
Game is just over, terrible performance by the team.

Yah well, next game...

5 plus minutes to go. Like a real fan. and you roll your eyes?

[RocksMillenium]

Originally posted by gwatson86
With the exception of ESPN and the Lakers, I've never heard anyone on a team's nuts as much as these guys are on the Spurs.

I would go nuts for the Spurs to, they're undermanned and showing hussle and heart, and the majority of the Rockets team is dogging it. What have the Rockets done to deserve praise today?

[TECH]

Originally posted by Clutch
Did Deke even touch Barry's head? From the slow-motion angle they just showed, I did not see any contact at all ... yet Barry was mad and so were the fans. The announcers also kept repeating, even on the slow-mo, that Mutombo hit Barry on the head.

Did anyone see anything? It looked like a good no-call from the slow-mo angle... maybe there was body, but I didn't see a hit on the head.

There was no contact at all. At least the refs know this.

Acting kills. :mad:

[Mr. Mooch]

16-2 run. How the ****?!

[jscmedia]

fact is yao plays light weight most of the time...and on that steal if he had a strong position, as in put yer damn elbows out instead of standing there like a statue with the ball away from your body, maybe just maybe you could out wrestle the thug who stloe yer ball..dammiot ! Quit meditating it's time for action jackson !

[Stack24]

Originally posted by patlabor1
Yao is deaf in one ear, he needs damn hand signals to get the proper plays plus you have to add the loudness of the crowd as well as the sound and voices of the other players on the court, plus by the time if he does hear the warning the ball is gone any ways.

Well if all this is true then it clearly all falls on Yao..he needs to keep the ball up High if he knows guards always do that to him...

[michecon]

Originally posted by tigermission1
Yes, and my point can be summed up with :rolleyes:

Then you don't even worth a reply.

[Davidoff]

Originally posted by tigermission1
$10 to the tip jar.

You are on!:)

I'm not gonna take a monetary bet with you... how about a SIG bet..

[Nick]

I'm starting to realize that we probably only got back into this game because the Spurs decided to take it easy, and play softer defense in the 3rd.

As soon as they upped the intensity again, you guys just saw what happened.

19-2 run.

[RocksMillenium]

Stupid shots and forced shots. God, McGrady and Dikembe are the only ones who want to win.

[smoothie]

i never give up on the rockets but this one looks over.

[jscmedia]

first time we look this uninspired in weeks

[JunkyardDwg]

Utterly horrendous... the offense has been completely sloppy today... the team should be ashamed.

[FriendofEarth]

Good lord, I hate these god-forsaken anouncers

[Stack24]

Originally posted by Nick
I'm starting to realize that we probably only got back into this game because the Spurs decided to take it easy, and play softer defense in the 3rd.

As soon as they upped the intensity again, you guys just saw what happened.

19-2 run.

Actually none of the Spurs were able to hit a shot in the 3rd quarter now they came in the fourth and no one can miss a shot.

Parker was 2-8 and now he's hitting his shots...Barry is nailing 3's all over the place and we can't asnwer....

[smoothie]

Originally posted by jscmedia
first time we look this uninspired in weeks

boston?

[Nick]

Originally posted by RocksMillenium
Stupid shots and forced shots.

Normally, that equates to good defense.

[RocketsRuuule]

Originally posted by Nick
Passion, intensity, heart, and hustle will win you plenty of games in this league... most of the other teams try to get by on talent alone.

but you would think when u get paid like 20 dollars a second to be on the court, there would be soo much more hustle, like the spurs did today.

u have to give it to the spurs, they played much harder today than we did, that and mcgrady isn't willing to drive cause of his leg i think.

[BigSexy]

We are absolutely pathetic!!! I know this is only one game, but this game right here shows me that we do not have what it takes to win it all this year. Time and time again we have shown to be ineffective to put games away. We get complacent and when our shots arent falling we have nobody to turn to to get out of the slumps.
Also, what happened to the days earlier this year when we were saying how good the Rockets had become at not getting many TO's and also a high number of assists. What have we averaged the last couple of weeks or so? Well, we have 13 asts and 16 TURNOVERS for crying out loud. Who do we expect to beat with numbers like that? And like i said, this is something i have noticed, not only in this game but in recent weeks.

BLOODY PATHETIC!!!! :o

[RocksMillenium]

Are we tanking games to get the #6 seed? Because, I swear to god, that's what this game looks like.

[tigermission1]

Originally posted by michecon
5 plus minutes to go. Like a real fan. and you roll your eyes?

I will keep my original reply to your initial comment: :rolleyes:

As for the game, yes it is over.

They will just put EVERYONE on McGrady and force someone else to beat them. How could they not? They would be stupid not to.

AND they are making their outside shots now, we aren't.

AND refs are not calling anything inside.

That is why Spurs are champs material, and we ain't. Plain and simple.

[smoothie]

Originally posted by RocksMillenium
Are we tanking games to get the #6 seed? Because, I swear to god, that's what this game looks like.

i guess it's for the best. i can't wait to get out of the first round!

[jscmedia]

didnt see us look this crappy..didnt see it

[Stack24]

Their whole team got hot all at the same time...while all of ours stayed cold...

McGrady held them off while the rest of the spurs were struggling and now they are all hitting so it's kind of hard to do on his own

[BlastOff]

This game is definitely frustrating. Imagine what things would have been like had T-Mac *not* played? He knew better, that's why he's out there broken down. It is a shame.

[jscmedia]

t macs hip is now starting to ache i betcha

[Nick]

Originally posted by RocketsRuuule
but you would think when u get paid like 20 dollars a second to be on the court, there would be soo much more hustle, like the spurs did today.

Most NBA teams have the type of players to play great defense... but they rarely do because scoring, shooting, and dunks are more sexy.

Top to bottom, Phoenix probably has more athletic and better one-on-one defenders than either San Antonio or Houston... but the latter two teams are the premier defensive teams in the league because they actually care about that, and they know that it can win you games alone.

Hey... remmeber when we were leading 60-55, and Deke blew the easy dunk to put us up 7? That clearly woke the Spurs up.

[michecon]

Originally posted by tigermission1
I will keep my original reply to your initial comment: :rolleyes:


You don't know jack.

[RocketsRuuule]

our whole defense is predicated on doubling and helping so as soon as someone penetrates we help out and leave shooters open, so if we ever play a team that can shoot, we lose. i just wish we wouldn't have soooo much help defense.

[Troy McClure]

**** I hate spurs fans...

I love Greg Popvich ...

I love Tim Duncan , and I wish other nba jackasses could learn something from his attitude...

But I HATE Spurs fans... dont know why... they just seem like really annoying people...

San Antonio is an ugly city too...

carry on...

[Aceshigh7]

Nice 4th quarter choke-job by the Rockets.:(

[gwatson86]

This game cements Ginobili's status as my most hated player. He gets away with absolutely EVERYTHING, and then these jackass commentators are just messing their pants over everything he does.

[jscmedia]

beat utah!!!!!!!

[gucci888]

Terrible game. Poor shooting, TOs, and just terrible effort overall.

[codell]

i can't wait for the obligatory "the Spurs don't want to face the Rockets in the playoffs" ...................they just handed us our ass without their best player

[Davidoff]

Sonofabitch... Well, it could always be worse... we could have lost T-mac for the season, so look on the brightside!!!:) :) :)

[jscmedia]

choke is a little strong..ps i hate this jerk ginobli

[patlabor1]

Originally posted by Stack24
Well if all this is true then it clearly all falls on Yao..he needs to keep the ball up High if he knows guards always do that to him...

yes the owness is on Yao,

Did you recognize on that play strip, Yao was so fixated with trying to get infront of Nesterovic that all his concentration was on just that, there was no inclination that Gino or some other guard can come in and strip him like that.

If he was not so worried about getting position on Nesterovic than he could uses and trust his instincts and senses that a gurad can easily come from behind on a quick double team for a strip,

kepping the ball a bit higher would have negated gino's ability to strip so cleanly. If he did get a hand on the ball it would have gone out of bounds or he would have fouled Ming while attempting to strip the ball.


The main consequence of these troubles is Yao's inability to beat the fronting D that exacerbates his other problems.

[walterw]

A loss to a Duncan-less Spurs, terrible. Time for Yao haters and YOF fight in the forum now...

[canoner2002]

We are getting LITTLE to NOTHING from Sura/Wesley/Barry/James for the past few games. If they cannot make their shots, we are back to season begining in term of offense. That is just not gonna work against quality teams. They'd better practise shooting from now on. :mad:

[Dreamshake]

Manu Ginobli....


Trying to remember. Who it was who claimed Manu wouldnt be shizzat, and that Mobley was far the superior potential player.



Was it HeyPartner?


If so, where is the Manu hating these days.

[BlastOff]

Well at least we can count on JVG bustin' balls now that the game is over. The Rockets let an easy one go today. Must be Heat-syndrome....

[BigSexy]

Originally posted by walterw
A loss to a Duncan-less Spurs, terrible. Time for Yao haters and YOF fight in the forum now...

If the YOF use todays game as example, they will lose. Plain and simple. What did Yao do that would indicate otherwise?:confused:

[RocketsRuuule]

Originally posted by Nick
Most NBA teams have the type of players to play great defense... but they rarely do because scoring, shooting, and dunks are more sexy.

Top to bottom, Phoenix probably has more athletic and better one-on-one defenders than either San Antonio or Houston... but the latter two teams are the premier defensive teams in the league because they actually care about that, and they know that it can win you games alone.

Hey... remmeber when we were leading 60-55, and Deke blew the easy dunk to put us up 7? That clearly woke the Spurs up.

exactly...you are soo right, i know were all human but when they make more in one game than 99% of people on this earth make in a whole year, you would think they would have more effort, im just soo impressed with the spurs, they played like a college team in that they challenged everything!!

i hope they rockets took that last play when parker was still going for the ball with 10 seconds left, when we have 3 players starring at the ball and he still was wanting to score!!!! i hope they kick his butt the next time we see them.....n the playoffs!

[topfive]

I don't want to start anything, and the last thing I am is a Yao hater (I love the guy!), but it seems to me that he's picked up a nasty habit of thinking too much out there. He's gotten away from relying on his instincts. That's not a good, either.

I'm not sure why, but I have to think it has something to do with JVG's coaching style. Yao seems to be afraid of failing. Remember back to his first year, with the over the head passes and the quick little hooks, etc? Those things are all but gone.

I'm not too concerned about this loss (against the best team in the league on their own court), but I'd sure like to see Yao get untracked before the playoffs come up.

[YallMean]

Our guards need to make shots! Shiat, what happened to the machine?

I will be surprised if Gino can last in this league for 3 more seasons without serious injury. He's going to get hurt one way or another.

[jscmedia]

this just one game..chill out....san antonio IS better until proven othewise...hey we didn;t have our starting PF remember !

[rocketfan.china]

Originally posted by walterw
A loss to a Duncan-less Spurs, terrible. Time for Yao haters and YOF fight in the forum now...

I feel bad right now but the comment above makes me laugh:rolleyes:

[walterw]

Yao's been dispointing for the whole game. So was TMac in the fourth quarter. When the game needs our super star to show up
in crunch time, it was Ginobili did against us.

[jscmedia]

blaming jvg for yao's lackl of focus is rediculous..

[Tdogg]

Originally posted by walterw
Time for Yao haters and YOF fight in the forum now...

ROFL. I spit up my drink laughing sooo loud.

Sad part is you are prolly right.

[Mr. Mooch]

Lately Yao has been the most pathetic waste of an overrated player I've seen since...Steve Francis.

He can't make those truly awkward shots fading away from the basket. He used to be able to make maybe 60% of them, but not anymore. He can't even make 2 foot shots.

In the words of Sura, "That big **** better step up." I love the guy and his potential, but if he doesn't he won't be an effective player in this league and it frustrates everyone.

[dabien1]

Originally posted by BigSexy
If the YOF use todays game as example, they will lose. Plain and simple. What did Yao do that would indicate otherwise?:confused:


I'm a Yao Fan as well as a Rockets fan. Yao tore it up in Phoenix with 20+ boards.

Today, or recently YAO has simply SUCKED IT UP. What is the Deal with him?

The more I watch Yao the more frustrated I get. I really do blame this loss on YAO's incompetence.

Forget the fact that the Spurs did a pretty good job of denying YAO the ball....the fact is, YAO SUCKS!!!!!

This game should have been won....AGREED???

[Clutch]

Originally posted by walterw
A loss to a Duncan-less Spurs, terrible. Time for Yao haters and YOF fight in the forum now...

That's because these types of losses usually stem from Yao being less of a factor. He did not have a good game. But the guard trio of Mike James, Jon Barry and David Wesley have to take responsibility for this loss as well -- they were bad.

Originally posted by RocksMillenium
People wonder why the Rockets rarely get talked about as title contenders this game is the reason why. Beaten by a Duncan-less Spurs team that lead the majority of the game is ridiculous.

I agree, but even without Duncan, the Spurs play like a top defensive team. It sucks to fall to this team, but this is still a tough contest playing in San Antonio.

The Rockets will be contenders when Yao consistently plays like a top player in this league. Right now he's not capable (and may never be). Excluding shooting touch, is there anything that Yao does better or as well as Mutombo?

Top contender, I don't think so. But they are a real darkhorse because if Yao gets hot and McGrady plays like he has been, they will be very tough to knock off 4 times in 7.

[lhphpl]

Nothing wrong. We beat spurs in our home twice then was beaten by them in their home twice. That's it.
Spurs is a good team. Nothing shamed to be beaten in their home.

We truly did not do a good job this afternoon. But we have done many in the past. You cannot expect the team to be aggressive every single game.

[dabien1]

Originally posted by walterw
Yao's been dispointing for the whole game. So was TMac in the fourth quarter. When the game needs our super star to show up
in crunch time, it was Ginobili did against us.


Tmac did more than his part in this game. If YAO played half as well as he should have, then the Rockets would have won.


Seriously, can someone tell me why YAO seriously SUCKS at BASKETBALL so much?? That might sound like a bold statement but why can't YAO put up the 110 effort EVERY SINGLE GAME????

[saleem]

Poor offensive execution and lack of interior defense killed us in this game. Our outside shooting also was terrible. It hurt to see Jon meekly puting up the 3's while Brent was making them easily.
I still don't understand why Deke was taken out of the game. He and Yao could have played together in the 4th quarter.
T-Mac did a fine job but he settled for outside jumpers in the fourth quarter which was understandable becuase he isn't fully fit.
We need younger guards next year who can defend and shoot along with getting an athletic 4 who rebound and defend well.

[YallMean]

That Paddget miss layup was momentum killer and resulted a barry 3pt on the other side. It would've been our game to grab had he made it. Also at th 3,4 minute mark, we lost our cool, down by 12, had we made buckets to cut it to less than 6 with a minute to go, we still had game. Instead, Tmac and MJ took two ill advised shots trying to catch up quickly. Man, we could've got this one easily.