If the Rockets are gonna win this game, its not gonna be because of Harden. The front court for the Rockets gotta show up. Jones can't let David West destroy him. Basically Indiana got no offense but when you can exploit West on Jones, it gives them a huge advantage. Dwight gotta impose his will on Hibbert. He's been doing well against Hibbert in career match ups but it shouldn't be that close. Parsons/Hammer gotta level the scoring field with PG/Turner. Also Parsons can't get burned by Stephenson like last time. That move Lance did on Parsons last time was just dirty.
The last Indy game was just strange. They scored so easily; we had such a hard time scoring. Harden's got to bring it. Especially with PGeorge having a sore back. Will be interesting to see Asik's impact; he was out last time with his thigh injury. Lin was also out last time - although I have little expectationof that making a difference tonight. Our bench last time was mainly AB (0-7), Garcia, Casspi (1-10) and Smith. Much has changed..
The bench will be key . Turner can get hot & Luis Scola is a ex rocket so he should play like an all star tonight
really wish i was going to this game..had to give my tix away. Got too much dam hw and still trying to get used to this whole "Daddy" thing
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Isn't that same crap Lin isn't supposed to be going through...If that causes PG to suck as much as Lin then I think we have a very good chance :grin:
PG is shooting 34% in March and was 0-9 from the field vs Charlotte. Hasn't exactly been lighting the world on fire lately as it is.
He also had the sore back in Charlotte. (See tweet: "it's still stiff with no change from Cha but is playing")
Maybe the sore back is the reason why. Lin went from playing pretty good to looking like a scrub and he's been battling the same injury.
So naturally he is going to be on fire tonight. I don't know why, it just feels like it's bound to happen. Hopefully it's not enough, though.
