Houston Rockets Announce 2005 Preseason Schedule Magic Visit Toyota Center for “Clutch City Classic” Presented by Southwest Airlines HOUSTON – The Houston Rockets today announced their eight-game 2005 preseason schedule, highlighted by three home games at Toyota Center. On Wednesday, Oct. 12, the Rockets will host the Orlando Magic in the 11th annual “Clutch City Classic” Presented by Southwest Airlines – a benefit game dedicated to local charities. The “Clutch City Classic” Presented by Southwest Airlines tips off another season full of Rockets charity fundraisers and community programs. In the first 10 years, proceeds from the “Clutch City Classic” have gone to Houston City Parks, the Phoenix Outreach Youth Center, Kid-Care, SEARCH, AAMA, the NAACP, Vecinos Unidos, the Twin Towers Fund and grassroots basketball programs. Rockets owner Leslie Alexander’s commitment to the Houston community has translated into over $6 million in charitable contributions and countless youth programs over the last 12 years. Along with the “Clutch City Classic”, the Rockets will host preseason games at Toyota Center vs. the Washington Wizards on Oct. 23 and the Utah Jazz on Oct. 26. The Rockets will play other preseason games away from Houston against the Philadelphia 76ers (in Philadelphia), the San Antonio Spurs (in San Antonio), the Seattle SuperSonics (in Oklahoma City), the Memphis Grizzlies (in Memphis), and the New Orleans Hornets (in Laredo). Season ticket packages, which include three preseason and 41 regular season home dates, are available in most price categories. Deposits are being accepted for mini-plans, which include half-season, 14-game, and six-game plans by calling (713) 627-DUNK (3865) or visiting www.rockets.com for details. The Houston Rockets 2005 preseason schedule follows. Date Day Opponent Time Site Oct. 11 Tue. at Philadelphia 6 p.m. Wachovia Center Oct. 12 Wed. vs. Orlando 7:30 p.m. Toyota Center Oct. 15 Sat. at San Antonio 7:30 p.m. SBC Center Oct. 17 Mon. vs. Seattle 7:30 p.m. Ford Center Oct. 22 Sat. at Memphis 7 p.m. FedEx Forum Oct. 23 Sun. vs. Washington 7:30 p.m. Toyota Center Oct. 26 Wed. vs. Utah 7:30 p.m. Toyota Center Oct. 27 Thu. vs. New Orleans 7:30 p.m. Laredo Civic Center [edited to fix spacing]
Code: <script language="JavaScript"><!-- function timeTillDate(then) { now = new Date(); thenTime = then.getTime(); nowTime = now.getTime(); var difference = thenTime-nowTime; var daysDifference = Math.floor(difference/1000/60/60/24); difference = difference - daysDifference*1000*60*60*24; var hoursDifference = Math.floor(difference/1000/60/60); difference = difference - hoursDifference*1000*60*60 var minutesDifference = Math.floor(difference/1000/60); difference = difference - minutesDifference*1000*60 var secondsDifference = Math.floor(difference/1000); var string = ''; if (daysDifference > 0) { string += daysDifference + ' day'; if (daysDifference > 1) string +='s'; string += ' '; } if (hoursDifference > 0) { string += hoursDifference + ' hour'; if (hoursDifference > 1) string +='s'; string += ' '; } if (minutesDifference > 0) { string += minutesDifference + ' minute'; if (minutesDifference > 1) string +='s'; string += ' '; } if (secondsDifference > 0) { string += secondsDifference + ' second'; if (secondsDifference > 1) string +='s'; string += ' '; } return string; } function runclock(){ //year, month (January is 0),day, hour, minute, second document.getElementById("timer").innerHTML = timeTillDate(new Date(2005,9,11,18,0,0)); setTimeout('runclock()',1000); } //--></script> Time until the first Rockets 2005 pre-season game:<br><br> <div id="timer" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 220%;"></div> <script language="JavaScript"><!-- var runUntil = 1; runclock(); //--></script>
Here's a web page containing some Javascript code I wrote that will countdown the days, hours, minutes, and seconds until the first preseason game. I wonder if Clutch would be willing to stick this code into the bbs homepage? HTML: <html> <head> <title>Untitled</title> <script language="JavaScript"><!-- function timeTillDate(then) { now = new Date(); thenTime = then.getTime(); nowTime = now.getTime(); var difference = thenTime-nowTime; var daysDifference = Math.floor(difference/1000/60/60/24); difference = difference - daysDifference*1000*60*60*24; var hoursDifference = Math.floor(difference/1000/60/60); difference = difference - hoursDifference*1000*60*60 var minutesDifference = Math.floor(difference/1000/60); difference = difference - minutesDifference*1000*60 var secondsDifference = Math.floor(difference/1000); var string = ''; if (daysDifference > 0) { string += daysDifference + ' day'; if (daysDifference > 1) string +='s'; string += ' '; } if (hoursDifference > 0) { string += hoursDifference + ' hour'; if (hoursDifference > 1) string +='s'; string += ' '; } if (minutesDifference > 0) { string += minutesDifference + ' minute'; if (minutesDifference > 1) string +='s'; string += ' '; } if (secondsDifference > 0) { string += secondsDifference + ' second'; if (secondsDifference > 1) string +='s'; string += ' '; } return string; } function runclock(){ //year, month (January is 0),day, hour, minute, second document.timer.countdown.value=timeTillDate(new Date(2005,9,11,18,0,0)) setTimeout('runclock()',1000); } //--></script> </head> <body onload="runclock()"> <form name="timer">Time until the first Rockets 2005 pre-season game:<br> <input name="countdown" style="WIDTH: 252px" size=32></form> </body> </html>
T-Mac sat out his pre-season return to Orlando last year. It will be interesting to see if Stromile plays in Memphis.
Hey yaomania, do you by chance know if the Rox are planning on doing another free scrimmage like they did last year?
Honestly, I don't know anything about Rockets planning yet - preseason or otherwise. I'm sure as soon as we know something - the information will be published here.
Yep, it was a sensible move that worked really well last year. (Why waste vengeance on a meaningless game?) On the other hand, there isn't as much acrimony with Swift as there was with T-Mac/Weisbrod (nor is he an MVP caliber player that you risk injuring), so my guess is Swift will play the usual token minutes. Come regular season, if we don't see Swift average big numbers (20 pts or 10 rebounds) against Memphis this year, I'll be disappointed. Should be fun!
I already tried it....sigs have a limit of 500 characters...it is too long even after cutting out everything else.
hmm... I'm unable to add any code to my sig. Instead of it interpreting the code, it just displays the code.
