ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Raptors 11/16/2003

yao and francis will have an awesome...while cat will shoot poorly from the field but will have 7 assissts...

 

Rockets: 100
Raptors: 70

 

Win

The Rockets: 250

The Los Angeles Sparks: 58

That was the dream I had last night, that the WNBA and NBA merged, and the Rockets were the lone men's team in their division.

 

yuppy! gonna be at ACC tomorrow~ hehe. so excited.

85-75 for rox.

haha. you bet quite some chinese fans would try to make rox feel at home there.

 

I didn't want to start a new thread for this:

If I want to go to the game tomorrow, how will I know there'll still be cheap tickets available? I don't want to drive to the T-Center and then be turned away cause they're sold out of the cheapies. I mean, yeah, I know it's Toronto, but I just can't be sure, and the ticket ppl aren't there to answer phones.

 

OK completely disregard my post. My bright self just realized the game was in ****ing Toronto.

 

I predict 2 Yao blocks on Vince Carter.

I also predict a blow out on the Raptors because SF, Cat, Yao all getting hot and just blow these Raptors out of the water.

 

rox win by 18.
raptor will try to put bateer and davis on yao and yao will have another nice game.

 

Haha, you people are funny predicting the rockets will lose . Dont forget this is the raptors that scored like 55 points in the whole game,

 

for some reason, yao has a hard time playing against bateer and wang zhizhi...

 

LIVE AUDIO LINK:

www.fan590.com toronto local sports radio should carry it.

20kps

 

Raptor fluctuates very much this year. One game, it is an angel and another is devil, depending on their shooting touch.

I hope they have a poor shooting % as they often have that problem against a strong defensive team. They can kill offensive team like Dallas; but they will lose big time to Rocket:

Rocket 92
Raptor 73

 

Raptors offense has been anemic lately, the Rockets should blow them out even if it is in Toronto.

Rockets- 87
Raptors- 61

Francis- 22

Mobley- 16

Jackson- 12

Cato- 5

Yao- 21

The rest- 21

 

We should double VC all night long. Somehow I still think he's gonna torch us though.

 

As long as the Rockets play the type of defense that they are becoming known for then this should be a cake walk.


Rockets-96
Barneys-75

 

Thanks for the link, I was just about to start looking for one.


Just to let everyone know, because of the NBA restrictions, you may have to start listening to the link at least 30 minutes before the game so it will not kick you off.

 

i don't expect a huge game from yao against raptors as the raptors will send his countryman bateer to guard him. man, yao is a nice guy, just too nice to make bateer look embarrasing, and yao also knows bateer are having a hard time with raptors. but i'm a little worried about carter. if carter tries to dunk over him, yao might break his neck without thinking too much about the consequence as yao is trying to become agreessive but got pissed over the last game.

 

Yao is going to break every Raptor's neck because that is the only way to get his friend Bateer playing time - in garbage time.

 

Good ball movement can lead to open shots which we will have to put down. Mobley needs to bounce back and Yao needs to overcome the Raptor defenders stay aggressive and avoid silly fouls.
Defense on the road needs to be even better than at home in order to win.
It's going to be a close game in the low 80's, I have a feeling that we are going to lose. I hope the Rockets will prove me wrong.

 

Raptors will try to front Yao, but it won't work. I say this will be his first big game of the season. 25 pts 7 boards. Francis with 19.

Rockets win 100 - 82.