ClutchFans Game Thread: Sonics @ Rockets 2/22/2005

Man you guys are really confident.

Rashard watches the tapes of him crying on draft night, and then comes out to kick our butts.

Hopefully the Rockets dont try to out shoot the leagues 2nd best 3pt team from long range.

Lets stick to our game, and play it well.

 

Granted, I don't follow every player in the entire league. But it drove me nuts that someone is averaging 17.7 rpg and I've never even heard about him. So I decided to check it out on ESPN. And yes, you guessed right, it's 17.7 mpg.

 

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I say we continue the streak. We've been better than Seattle in the course of the last 20 games or so, and I think that counts more than the overall record in figuring out which is the better team.

Rockets 111
Sonics 98

 

Rockets barely win in OT

Rox:109
Sonics:107

 

Win for the good guys

 

yao allways has a tough time against guys like evans, fortson, and james.


i expect them to go right for our weaknesses by playing a lineup of:

evans
shard
radman
ray
luke



evans will bother yao, shard won't be stopped by any 4 we have, ray wil shoot over wesley the whole game, and sura's quickness will be tested by ridnaur.


it doesn't look good, however, yao has done a good job of stepping away from the basket against guys like evans and fortson, and tmac is still unstoppable. when one or both of those guys get going our shooters get open and we win.

it will be high scoring and close.....



ROX:119
sonics:109




GO ROX!!!! #9!!

 

Sura is out for tonight. He's getting a MRI done on his back. Just reported on 790am

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Strickland is going to kill us! They can now double/triple team Yao and Tracy since Strickland can not hit an open jumper to save his life!

 

OH great, why didnt he get this done over the weekend??? This must have just started to bother him again...

T-Minus 5 mins till this gets its own thread...

 

...Place your bets
The original
Afraid she'll die (...)
Great colours for the season
Number nine, number nine
Who's to know?
Who was to know?
Number nine, number nine, number nine, number nine
Number nine, number nine, number nine, number nine
Number nine, number nine, number nine, number nine

 

With Sura out, we've got to find the best person to defend Ray Allen (Wesley? not as small and fast as Allen. Barrett? To young and inexperienced. Strickland? Too old and slow).

BUT...

We're a team. Our players know the that they've gotta step up their game with Sura out. They know that the schedule just gets harder after Seattle. They know that they can't come out of the all-star break with slow legs.

We must win. We will win.



-- droxford

 

If we can pull this one off without Sura, we are for real. We will win tongiht because we play team ball.

 

for us to win tonight without sura, that means someone will have to pick up the slack on the boards majorly.

do your thing, yao.

 

Seattle is going to win tonight, now that Sura is out it will be a blow out. I'm not convinced yet that the Rockets are ready to take the next step.

 

You SOB. We might lose but it will be close, not a blow out by any means.

 

I think Mcgrady is going to have to make at least 45% percent of his shots. Jon Barry will have to can his threes. Wesley is gonna have to hound Ray Allen, muscle him around, get in his grill. And keep Rod Strickland off the floor as much as possible and keep Barry and Wesley out there as much they are able to be and we should be alright.

 

Sura being out has no effect on who guards Allen. It was gonna be Wesley from the start, he's our quickest, and best perimeter defender. The biggest problem I fear we'll have is the fire and leadership Sura brings..

 

If we could beat Orlando without T-Mac, we can beat Seattle without Sura. Look for the guys to come out with a lot of energy especially after a week off.

Rox 114 Sonics 102