Well this game proved one thing it will be a tough series for either team. I can't wait for the playoffs. The Rockets will be ready and I am sure our offense will not be this bad but T-Mac will need to get his stuff together.
Rafer hate is about to get outta hand here. I wonder how he would feel if he was to read these threads.
It wasn't the best game by us, but the Jazz had a solid game plan. I thought they stayed home on the other players and let Yao score. Van Gundy will have to devise a plan to combat this and Tmac has to shoot better.
i rather to see we lost by 30+ pts than lose it like this... let's just hope we can beat the sh*t out of Jazz in the playoff poor yao, i guess now he knows how kobe's been feeling for a long time
Inexcusable loss, at home with your screaming fans wearing red in a game where you have said you are going to send the Jazz a message. Yeah, the Rox sent a message alright and that was the Utah Jazz are better. TMac was terrible, blowing layups and missing jumpers and his decision making passing the ball to Rafer and Yao in those last possesions, what was he thinking. And while Yao had a great game he was gassed at the end, which happens more often than not, that doesn't bode well for the playoffs where games are won and lost in the last 2 minutes. We will be lucky to get out of the first round, Houston the team nobody wants to meet in the first round, PLEEEZE.
With the exception of Duke's PG, there wasn't a PG in the entire NCAA tournament that's worse than Rafer, not to say any one who have ever played in the NBA. This guy has no f***ing concious what so ever. He doesn't remember ever missing a 3pt shot.
tmac is soft. period. when was the last time tmac came through in the clutch? hell, when was the last time he sniffed 50% from the field?
WTF was T-Mac thinking when he passed up that shot with 1.5 secs left!? And why the hell did Rafer shoot a bum ass 3 with 8 secs left!? Rafer sucks in shooting 3's! I rather have Battier shot the 3 instead of Rafer.
Actually no. We're 2 back in the loss column. And we have to finish ahead of them, not just tied(they have a better conference record hence the tiebreaker). So our only shot at home court is to make up 3 games on them in our last 8. The Jazz do have games remaining in Dallas, at home against Phoenix, and of course the last game of the season against the Rockets. Could we pass them up for home court? It's possible. But it would take a major collapse by Utah in their last 9 games.
if a superstar is suposed to be good in games like these, don't you think vince carter and jason kidds should be higher than the 7th spot in the EAST? wouldn't you think kobe should not have traveled and foul tracy in a 3 pointer? wow its so huge that it ends up homecourt advantage? u kiding me? we play them one more time. sure it would have been nice if we beat them, but heck, we had yao out for a long run. with yao, we would have been at least a good 5 spots ahead of utah and figthing spurs for the 3rd spot. did i mention luther head wasn't here? the short sg, that shoots lights out? did i tell you everyone else besides yao, also had a bad game? rafer, synder, and juawn.
funny, rafer is the scape goat for the rockets,but he wouldn't be in that position if t-mac had show up. very sad...
i think t-mac foot was on the line thats why he passed it to yao.well except yao and chuck no one else played good bball
Good point.... I'd feel bad if I knew the one guy whos job is to run our offense reads all this negativity.... talk about mind games.... Infact, this could be the reason for his decisions.... Im sure the 3pt shot at the end by Rafer, he wanted to be the hero.. Maybe to cheer up alot of fans on this board.
Guys this wasn't that bad of a lose. We still do have a chance at HCA, who knows who they could lose to? What this game has shown me is that that they have no answer for Yao. Tmac has obviously been in a shooting slump lately, which of course he will climb out of, just as Juwan will (They are veterans). All we needed was for 1 other player to step up (other than Yao) and the game was ours. We fare well in ugly games such as these. I honestly believe we can beat them in a 7 game series, HCA or not.
i found this smiley to illustrate what this team did the last 2 minutes of the game. enjoy. and this is how the team shot today.
