ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Jazz 4/26/2008 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 4)

win or go home again. we have live by this mentality for a while. i hope we can play better. our defense was superb. we really stop their points in the paint.

now we need for tmac to have one explosive game and scola to finish his shots. hopefully rafer can replicate the game 3 performance.

more importantly, is battier ok? any updates?

 

2nd

Go Rockets

 

Would be awesome to win this one. Hope they can pull it out, or at least be competitive. Last nigt was a fun game. Frustrating, but fun.

 

Rockets reclaim homecourt! First page!

 

yes gotta play like game 3

tmac drive to the basket draw the foul, create space, knock down jumpers, settle up teammates and be exlosive
alston has to play well like he did and scola and landry
and we need the defense again, stop WILLIAMS

we can do it, if we win this thing everything looks brighter and we will have new hopes and strength goin into game 5 at HOME

so lets do this rockets, go and fight out there! we will win by 10 this time.

 

now we have the donut off the board, hopefully the guys should be right into this series, shackles off.

Rocks still need to win 1 of their next 2 tries in Utah (and of course hold serve in game 5) so its a big ask.

much easier to get it here rather than game 6 with the Jazz trying to close us out at home.

no prediction from me - not sure its a good idea.

Go Rockets

 

Now we can really go out there and play loose. All the pressure is off. We're not getting swept, and we're still the underdogs so no one thinks we're going to win. This is the perfect position.

Just go out there and play hard, team!

 

Amen. All I ask is for intensity and made FTs.

First page! Woot

 

game 3 > game 2 > game 1. we played better each time as the series goes on.

just hope this trend continues. still a little worried about the physical conditions of our troops...

 

I'm not expecting the Rockets to win this one. Then again, I didn't expect a win in Game 3 either.


The good news is the team has gotten progressively better each game, and you know Utah has to be feeling uneasy after their aura of invincibility was shattered.

 

Yesterday's win didn't surprise me one bit (go check my post right after game 2).

Rox had so many opportunities in both game 1 and 2. They could easily be 2-1 now instead of 1-2. Scola and gangs missed so many easy points in first two games and it was disturbing. But I knew they gonna eventually get Utah if they just focus a little bit more and they did just that in game 3. Landry was the key of course.

I am very confident about the series.

 

LETS WIN BABY


2-2 and HCA

 

Game 3 was indeed a nail biter! I knew it was going to be. We have to improve on finishing at the rim, being aggressive on the offensive end, grabbing those defensive boards, and for pete's sake...hitting their FREE THROWS!!!

 

rockets win, rockets win, ROCKETS WIN
GO ROCKETS!

 

Any updates on Shane's foot?

 

Got to keep up my streak.

Jazz win easily 101-92

DD

 

Pound those flopping vaginas into the hardwood for 48 minutes

 

I hate you.

 

Games 4's just as important as game 3