On a side note, despite Rafer playing on fire tonight, I would still prefer that Brooks starts the game.
This is one of cases where we really need a backup big man for Yao. Yao will get screwed by refs in the future games. No doubt about that. So we really need another 7-foot BIG BODY in the paint!
He is an idiot out of the jungle. The Refs singly-handed gave the Cavs a win! It's a tough loss! But we fight like warriors in the 4th quarter and Yao nearly took us back for a win. The list contributing to the loss: 1, some of the worst officiating this year I've even seen 2, T-mac did not step up like a man, IMO. 3, Battier missed some open 3-poninters though I dont blame him. 4,Brooks cannot shut down Mo and Battier cannot fairly defend on LJ. The most unbearable reason is what the refs has done to us, give Yao 3 offensive fouls ? C'mon, that's just Bullsh!t.... Overall, I am happy about what we've done tonight and I think we did well. Credits to Ron Ron and Yao, and Rafer!!!
Its true we did have it tied up in the 4th. quarter, but if Yao was playing his usual minutes, we should of been up 10-15 points going into the 4th. It's so frustrating to watch, when the refs have that big of an impact on the game.
Its been said enough but I agree with the bad reffing taking yao out and tmac and shane being tired on the 4th game in 5 nights. and to the guy who said rafer was rafer with the I take that as a negative...did you even watch the game?? Rafer got player of the game 20 pts on a great shooting night??? not sure what else you want from him. And yea Yao got taken out by refs and poured in a bunch of FTs but he was also like 1-6 in that time span and got B-slapped by LBJ on that block...maybe if he could dunk the ball instead of using his touch 3 inches from the rim he would get more respect. I agree that Yao's upperbody is pathetic, it looks like they took shaqs bottom half and stuck ryan bowens upper half on it, then topped it off with Yao's head...Maybe he can lay off the leg press and try and transition that weight to the upperbody???lol right anyhow generally speaking all things considered it was a good game
Just ignore those idiots. They had that infamous poll with Oden as a candidate for best center. Someone said that Cav announcers think they have the best team in the NBA; it certainly is shared by the team. The body language of some of those chumps in the 4th quarter was humorously bad. Cleveland seems to have nothing else going for it so I'll look past for now. Fans gotta have somewhere to indulge in escapism and fantasy. The problem with taking delusional people at face value and then arguing with them is that they are delusional - willing and able to believe at odds with reality
funny how in the other thread they were saying rockets +8 was free money. Cavs win by 9 points?? Man Vegas is unbelievable sometimes .
NBA became a joke,may be its time to stop watching it.but....I love Rox so much, God ,help me please.
It was a bad reffed game, but we still had an opportunity to win the game. 86-85 and they get two wide open three's for Boobie that killed it.
this is my problem. If the rockets were not so awesome I could have given up on the NBA a long time ago.
forget yao.. mac. . battier.. did u guys see how bad our rebounding was when Yao was out? Morey.. get a f****** backup C!
Its ok cheer up you can't win them all. I'll understand if you was mad when the games really matter. In all actuality this is still pre-season for us. our real season starts in June
Can't wait till Lebron decides to leave the Cavs... then we'll see how arrogant they are without their poster boy.
