That if the officials would have been even close to fair in games 3, 4, and 5 that this series would be over. The Rockets really laid an egg tonight but they should not even have to play this game. This is by far the worst officiated series I have ever seen. Out of 7 games only game number 6 was officiated even close to fair. The Rockets have a bright future but tonight they look terrible.
the officiating in games 3,4,&5 was bad but you can't blame losing the series on them. we SUCK A$$ tonight and that was the problem. no urgency, no real passion. i feel bad for tmac because he showed up and no one else did. we really aren't too far away from being a great team but adjustments have to be made this offseason and it's on C.D. to get it done. i like what i saw from JVG in his change of offensive approach but we have to get more backcourt speed and athleticism and a PF who can rebound and defend (a nice mid range game is a plus).
Not being critical, but Tracy contributed to the bad start with some horrendous shots in the first quarter
Yes, we could have won, but Dallas appears to be the better team. Can our role players put up 31 points (Terry) and 21 points & 11 rebounds (Howard)? We lost despite Dirk playing crap. -G'day-
I believe I pointed out that we stunk it up tonight however my point was that if we had gotten any calls in games 3,4, or 5 we would have ended the series Thursday. I totally agree that we were completely and totally outplayed tonight. The officials did not cost us this game, we gave it away by not showing up!!!
I think the Rockets choked this game, but not the series. I think they played over their heads in this series. I always thought Dallas was the better team. The fact that we beat them 3 times was a shock to me. The end to the season was pretty sad and pathetic for anotherwise encouraging run.
Can't blame the officials on this one. The Rockets had the series tied up...their destiny was in their own hands. They blew it. No use looking back at badly called games earlier in the series. A great team would have stepped up tonight and won it...not that Dallas is a great team. But they did decide to play tonight.
Same feeling here. But the same thing happend when you blame Yao for not stepping up when Yao made 57% of his shots and rest of the team made a combined 27% shots.
Yah sir, the rockets choked. I'm not disappointed about the loss, BUT i have 3 things that I was disappointed at: 1) Rockets as a whole: Bowen and Sura look like they been drinking the night before. Wesley and the bench didn't do much. Standing on defense. Looked unprepared. 2) Coaching. In the 1st quarter, Yao was about to die trying to catch his breath and JVG didnt take him about with less than 2 mins left and SHOULD have picked up his second foul on Terry. That was pretty Bone head move. 3) T-Mac on the bench in the 4th. Why did T-mac just quit on the team? I know we wont win the game but atleast play most of it. He suppose to be a leader of the team. Yao and Him, then why was Yao playing by himself out there. As a capt., he should have stayed in there as long as possible and not just quit. He already started thinking about next yr. Yeah, Good for him, but the other people who AGING? They rely on Tmac. Just Don't Quit. thats just my thoughts about the game. I'm still proud of rockets considering we were OUT one starter and dallas was health. GO ROCKETS. GO TO HELL DIRK and take the mavs with you. BC mavs certainly is not going anywhere.
