ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Bobcats 12/18/2004

Good for you, but if you support Suns from now on, you don't need to go vacation

 

Finally you said a truth,I know why you hate yao.
by the way,if you feel numbers can tell you everything,I have to say you are a fake fan.

 

The officials have not been fair to us for a long long long time.

It's a street fight, and it's not basketball. Yao gets hack and beat up and wrestling around all the time inside, there's no call, we don't complain because sometimes we are able to overcome this by shooting some freethrows and still win the game. Many times, it's just all hand and it's a block for the other team, and Yao get another TO.

Although we're not that good yet as a team, but we should still be able to win some of the close games we had, we were right there until Ref decides to give the game to the opponent.

 

that 4th quarter collapse on offense was one of the worst I have ever seen. 2pts scored with 4 min to go in the quarter. come on.

couple of key things happened there.

Mo Taylor was a big big part of instigating that. He played fat, lazy, soft, and stupid in a short time span. Jeff took him out none too soon.


we were put at a great disadvantage when the refs fouled out Ming. Ming was treated like a man who had chicken pocks by the refs and they wanted him off the court as soon as possible. The offensive foul call spin where Yao would have scored the bucket and the midrange shot where Okafor hacksaw Dugan'd Yao's head were two of the worst calls I ever saw. JVG better make a tape of this game and send those two calls to the league office. discliplinary action with these refs needs to be taken.


this game hurts worst than any other this year

All these close games we lost in the last minute so far are going to come back to haunt us:

1) Ny miracle 3 point shot

2) Atlantas late 4th q rally

3) Lakers at home

4) Minnesota at home

5) At Sacramento

6) At Dallas

7) Now the 4th quarter collapse against the pesky Bobcats

we have won two games in the last minute so far though. Against San Antonio and the Clippers.

Thats what, 2 for 9.

Its going to be a b**** gettting that 8th playoff spot if we don't start winning these close games.

 

I would rather see the rockets suck becoz we lack the players to compete in the nba than we suck becoz we habve players who doesnt have the passion and the heart to win, to excel and to be great. After losing key players, the pacers still won games with a bunch of scrubs. Why? Becoz they habve heart and they want to hold on the ship until their comrades conme back. The hawks and the knicks beat us. Why? Well, the rockets suck. I say trade ebverybody fronm the top mgt to the players. No one is indispensible. Then we can have a brand new start.

 

we are infected by the low-spirit of the previous Magic.

 

Boy am I glad I missed this game.

 

Heres the thing. You guys obviously don't know what passion is. You are confusing drama boys and phony flair for passion. I don't know which game you goofballs were watching, it surely wasnt this one, not one of the players on the team tonight other than Mo Taylor, did not play with passion.

 

This is another game that we should have won.

The beginning of the fourth quarter was inexcusible.

 

We own a first round pick this year, right?

Whatever. Face the facts ... we just aren't that good.

Split with the Hawks, LUCKY to split with the Boobcats!



Maybe we can spilt with the Celtics!? Dare to dream.

 

Good points.
T-Mac=T-Slacker

 

After games like this Texas Stoke, you should wait like couple of hours before posting. All sorts of characters come out. It's not really worth the effort.

 

you're a real smart one. The magic got steamrolled by the Bobcats at home. they never even put up a fight. The Rockets were in control of the game and really had 'em put away until they went cold in the 4th.

If just one of these no good lying cheating coward ref scum would of pulled his head from his ass and ref'd with some decency and one good virtue - the Rockets win.

but anyways, screw you. this better be your last post.

 

There was one foul that was called on Juwan after Yao already fouled out. I don't read lips, but I think he said "this is bullsh!t". He knew the refs were calling some BS fouls. Choreographed NBA is a farce.

 

Texas Stoke, calm down dude. Insulting others is a better way to get yourself booted than to see anyone else make their last post.

The Magic lost to Charlotte in the 3rd game of the season, in Charlotte's first ever home game and after the Magic had played the night before in New Orleans. It was early in the season, as the team was just learning to play with each other, and has been shown to be an abberation. All of the other losses for the Magic have come to good (or better) teams.

The Rockets have shown a penchant for collapsing late, and you can't blame the refs for everything. More often than not, the refs -- if they are gonig to favor anyone -- favor the team being aggressive, taking it to the hole, and diving for loose balls. Judging by this thread, it seems like the Rockets didn't do a lot of taking it to the hole and really shot themselves in the foot with some turnovers down low. How do you give up a dunk down low to force overtime with 3 seconds left, anyway?

There are more pressing things to worry about than Yao vs. TMac or the referees, such as pulling together as a TEAM and closing teams out.

 

As much as I hate Kobe, T-Mac is not on the same level as Kobe. Almost every night is an off night for T-Mac. Kobe has off nights, but he attacks the bascket and goes to the free throw line.

9/30 shooting looks so ugly!

 

The refs were horrible tonight but its still no excuse to lose this game especially when we had a 11 point lead going into the fourth quarter. With a win we could have pulled to within a game of the Nuggets for the 8th playoff seed.

 

Embarassing

 

Vincejas said: "used to be a stevie fan until he regressed too"

That shows how much you know about basketball. Maybe you should start watching more games.

If Steve 'regressed' as you say, why is he tearing it up in Orlando? If Yao left the rockets, he would tear it up too. I don't think it's a stretch to say that a lot of it rests on the shoulders - the droopy little shoulders - of the rockets' maniacal dictator Otto Van Gundy.

And, no you haven't been folllowing stats either. Yao has gone to the line more than any other rocket and in has past 7 or so games, he has averaged 8-9 FTAs a game. AND his rebounds have been up. AND his blocks. The only thing that has gone down has been his shot attempts but that's due to our TMAC first offense (which involves jacking up 25+ shots a game and making 7 of them), which is working wonderfully for us, by the way.

And if you actually watched games, which you yourself admit that you don't, you'd see that Yao was mugged left and right whilst having absolute BS fouls being called on him. And he still managed 9 boards in such limited minutes.

But yes Yao does need to be traded. With fans like you who neither follow stats nor watch games unless the rockets are in the finals, Yao, TMAC, any of the rockets don't really even have a home court do they?

TRADE YAO MING.

 

Espn's Power ranking for next week will be like this:
Rank (Last Wk)
Rockets 25 (17) With two All stars and leading 11 pts after 3Q;
how can you lost the game to NEW Bobcats in OT !!!!