Personally I'm looking forward to the Lakers game. Not only because I HATE the Lakers and want to dominate them, but I want to see how Landry does against Bynum. I might be wrong (whatever ), but I think the media is making too much out of Bynum and his potential. I think there's a good chance that in the long run Landry will be better than Bynum. Just want to see if I'm in the ballpark or not. -Humer
vs Celtics @ Blazers @ Clippers @ Lakers @ Suns @ Spurs vs Hornets we will beat the Celtics,blazers,clippers. Lose to lakers they have way too much height,gasol will abuse scola and same with bynum, i think it will be a very close game though. Lose to the Suns as well, remember last year amare KILLED Scola it was like Scola wasn't even there, amare will kill us again this year and even shaq as well.We will beat spurs and hornets though
vs Celtics 50/50 chance @ Blazers win @ Clippers win @ Lakers lose @ Suns win @ Spurs lose vs Hornets win[/QUOTE]
I also was thinking that we where going to lose to the Suns. But I heard they changed there game style and are more defensive. So I think we will win.
Pacers just manhandled the Celtics. The way I see it: Yao=KG (and barely even, Yao's been a monster so far) Artest>>>Allen McGrady<Pierce Our Bench>>Celtics Bench And Yao is a much harder mismatch for them than KG is for us.
I say we go 5-2 and lose to the Lakers and New Orleans. Pretty high chance we go 7-0 through the stretch, they are road games, but the only tough part of the schedule is the SA/NO back to back.
I got a hunch that Rockets will cruise past all opponents in this stretch okay,perhaps we might lose some of it due to the transition defense,which is lost the last 2 games,I just didn't see it. anyways,don't underestimate Rox. Win it all,at the very least we gotta come out with 4-5 wins. book it
Tough schedule but the sooner Battier comes back the better we'll be. I just hope it is very soon. Would love for us to put a good winning streak together.
vs Celtics win @ Blazers win @ Clippers win @ Lakers win @ Suns win @ Spurs win vs Hornets win streak lives on!!!!!!!!!
I say we win versus the Celtics. Given how they ended the streak and they're a potential matchup in the Finals, our guys should come out tough. Plus its at home. This game is a payback game. I also think we'll beat the fakers. Smartest thing Flava Flav ever said, "Don't beleve the hype." Artest will play kobe well and our depth is better than theirs. I really want to see Yao dominate bynum and Scola or Landry have a good game. Didn't we win that series last year 2-1? The hornets will be tough especially because its the second of a back to back. As for them giving us trouble, I don't see it. We beat them twice in the streak. I also believe we blew them out in their house with Yao. Plus Rafer plays them well for some reason. I expect it to be a chippy game, but with us coming out on top. I think our losses will be the teams we should beat. I see 4-3, maybe 5-2. I hope we do well so I can see the media make excuses for the contenders.
actually i think oden would have his way with yao, who could barely shoot 50% being single covered by okur.
That Lakers, Hornets and Spurs games are the one we should be iffy about. Out of all that stretch, the Lakers will be the biggest battle. We just gotta limit their 2nd unit that likes to run n gun now with Odom leading the way for them off the bench. If we can do that and get some easy buckets against them, we'd be in good position down the stretch.
I am interested to see how the Rockets do on the road trip. I think they will be juiced for Boston at home on Tuesday. The road trip is especially brutal with the Lakers and Suns.
