ClutchFans Game Thread: Jazz @ Rockets 4/30/2007 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 5)

Huge win in a well fought battle. In Yao's defense he was getting hacked all night and not one call. But, major props to Battier/Hayes/Howard. Let's put em' away in Utah. Also, let's keep Hayes on Boozer. He played amazing defense.

 

Oh be quiet. most of the hate is coming from he's own fans. which is wrong nontheless.

 

tracy did great job while playing in pain. 3pts shotting killed utah. For Yao, he seemed too nervous yet played good D. Boozer had some dunks but AK and Okur's don't get many touches on offense. Good D and 3 pts win the game.

Is this the first time rox shotting above 40% in this series.

 

Yao shooting 41% from the field, as a center that is horrible. He is also averaging 4.2 TO per game, and .8 Blocks per game. C'mon Yao, I know you are better than that.

 

The other Rockets in Game 5

 

this series proves yao still has A LOT of ways to go before he's gonna be called a truly great player.

he's a great offensive player most of the time, but overall, he's a very good player.

this offseason will be crucial. i just hope he gets more strength in his upper body to really intimidate the opponents like shaq does so he can get better position.

yao inside 8 ft => best offensive player in the game
yao outside 8 ft => well, he's as good as rafer shooting the ball

 

dang. my heart stopped when harpring shot that jumper with us up by 1.
Thank God he missed and rafe got the board. Man. If that shot had went in, I'd be so pissed right now.

And ya, if the 3's go in, we usually win.

I think we broke one of those stats tonight. The one about us bein like 1-19 in reg season when trailing goin into the 4th.

Just hope we don't havta face a game 7 to beat these guys. I'd love to see the Jazz fans' reaction if we won on their court.

 

Now that's great. As far as I read, "Trade Tmac" after game 4, "trade Yao" after game 6 (if he doesn't show up. AND, "trade Head and Howard", "trade Alston" after game 4. So let's rebuild the rockets around Battier.

 

looking at those photos, why are there so many empty seats in the stands ? i thought this was the playoffs ???? please tell me the rockets fanbase isnt that pathetc ? man i wish we had a crowd like golden state..

 

"Yao however had his 1st BAD game in five..."
Are you joking? 41% from the field per game, 4.2 TOs per game, and less than 1 Blk per game is considered OK for a center? T-Mac also had a good 1st and 2nd game, but horrible 3rd and 4th.

 

tmac, after rafer, is the most hated on this forum. yao has too much leeway b/c he "tries."

i'm sorry, and like u, a center can't shoot like tmac. that's just inexcusable.

 

can someone post the link to postgame interviews?

Thanks,

 

It's on the fist page of this thread.

 

There was a huge storm in Houston. Several streets in downtown were closed. The crowd has been there the first 2 games. They wouldn't just randomly disappear. I'm surprised at all the people who made it with the storm. Seemed like ala the local channels had weather updates every 5 min.

 

Good Win. T-Mac with 16 assists. Isn't that the most assists in playoff history?

 

The game was long over if Alston didn't throw that long pass to Fisher. He needs to take his time and use his head better.
Great win, great team efforts, from T-Mac to Yao, to Shane, Juwan, Luther, Chuck. Alston wasn't too bad vs Deron. Shane's 3 was clutch. Juwan's J kept us in the game. EVen Rafer grabbed a key rebound near the end of the game.
Just wondering, if Chuck didn't score, where did Tmac's 16 dishes go to?

 

c'mon, Nash had 20 something in the last game.

 

No, I not 100% sure, but I think the most in a playoff game was 24 ast or something, and besides Nash got 23 last night against Lakers.

 

The last defensive play by Chuck is huge.. I think JVG was making the right decision to let Chuck in while Yao was making the offensive play.. and then Let Yao in again to secure the free throw for sure.

 

Role players played their roles and T-Mac did his thing. So, a very good win.
Battier did a 3 and ran back to get a charging foul...amazing focus and Ball IQ
Hayes got a block and a charge from Boozer
Both Howard and Head showed up
Alston , good D and good steals
Yao..... entitled to a bad game once in a while