chuck hayes is jut not a great guy to play when we play the suns. people can clamor about playing better defense, but you MUST score too to make them take the ball out, which is a defense against their offense. yao will be fronted like crazy w/ hayes. hopefully we can make them pay by hayes doing some cheap layups (but that won't deter the suns from fronting yao). hopefully scola will be in pretty quick. rafer HAS/MUST/NEED to make his shots tonight. if he is missing 2-3 to start, get him out and bring in james/francis. we need offense at that position. hopefully tmac won't force anything and just go with the flow early. try to feed yao first and if he can't get it going, then he attacks. we need to give yao confident against this team.
They just announced the starting lineups: for the Rockets, two All Stars and three bench players: for the Suns, five All Stars, yeah that ought to work out.
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