ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Jazz 4/26/2007 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 3)

wow its very dissapointed lose only 67 pts??? impossible to catch on my mind even in my bad dream 67 pts??? thats to low!!

 

Using Span when T-Mac is not on court!!!!!!!

 

Dream would never let this happen to Rockets.

 

I wish dream played last night and wouldnt allow this to happen..

 

Yao sucks tonight! I am kind of shamed to be a Chinese. Yao should dunk over Okur and Boozer again and again!

 

I agree. Span should spend some time on the court, so should Novak.

 

Trade Juwan + Head+Lucas for Wilcox

 

Okur did foul him all day. I counted 12 fouls on Okur- he got away with impunity.

The Jazz were very physical with their backs to the wall - they got away with a lot of contact. Harpring was continually pushing and shoving- he really went after the rebounds and loose balls. I hate Harpring- but admire his hustle....

Jazz wanted it more

 

Harpring is doing more than hustling he's deliberately trying to cause injury.

 

I cannot believe you are patting the referees on the back....Okur kept the physical contact on Yao the whole game. Okur never even got in foul trouble. How many real fouls do you think Okur had? Okur should have fouled out early in the 3rd Q.

did you watch Harpring and Boozer?- continuous contact-slapping, pushing. many times a Rocket player had clear posession- the Jazz player would slap the ball away resulting in a turnover- fouls were seldom called.

I was so frustrated watching - I almost wish we had sent in Tsakilidis to knock the fire out of Boozer or Harpring and send a message- contact gets heavy contact.I'm not saying go John Cheaney on them - but you know....

 

This is it- T-Mac and Snyder can slash to the basket-just go at the iside and score or draw the fould- this would work. this is also the hardest kind of pure basketball A la Clyde Drexler or Vernon Maxwell.

Push push push that ball inside-dare the Jazz to challenge you!!!!

 

This is my question----this would offset the heavy physical play of Utah

 

T-Mac had great start, but then you know. You cannot play with four players....I really do not understand our game 3. T-Mac shooted more jumpers and the did not attack the rim at all. That's bad, but that was really our one on the worst game. I want to forget this game and i'm really looking forward the Game 4

 

Shame on you

 

ok guys its just one game......we should bounce back after they watch the game tape of how sucky they played and hear how all the reports and analysts are bashing us...A series DOESN'T START until another team wins on each others homecourt and the JAZZ have yet to prove that either so were still IN GOOD shape even though we WOULD PREFER to take GAME 4

T-MAC WILL RESPOND

 

that's the reason I don't like that "coach". He kills young players confidence and don't know how to use their strength. in other hand he over trust some old players and know they have a cold night but still keep same O plan. that's not just stubbern, it is s t u p i d.

 

why luther was even on the court in the 4th q. he couldn't defend, his man was scoring left and right. he couldn't score, 2 pts or trey.

overall, it's an ugly game. nobody from the rockets played up to their level. and the rockets, as a team broke all kind of record, like the lowest pts, only 4 players scored, lowest pts in half (2nd half, only 25 pts)

oh well, i'm sure the rockets will bunce back and win the next one. and finish this series at home!

 

I did not think we'd sweep them but I sure didn't think they would put up such a pathetic display as last night! TO's killed us....and not scoring! JHo should have got more minutes last night. And our bench has to step it up if the Rockets want to go anywhere in the playoffs much less get out of the 1st round because 5 FG in 3 games (5 of 32, 16%) ain't gonna cut it.

 

You want Juwan Howard to play MORE?! The dude went 0-5 from the field. He was shooting so badly, the Jazz defenders were running away from him in the 4th quarter. I've never seen any opposing team do that except against someone like Ben Wallace. And last time I checked, Juwan ain't a former Defensive Player of the Year.