The day Yao went down....how was your day?

OMG I cannot even tell you how depressed I was. In fact I didn't get any work done that day because I knew it was over. I mean I'm glad for the 22 game streak and all but I knew we would be toast for the playoffs.

 

one of the worst sports days in my life. Yes serious

 

It was bad, very bad. With Yao we were contenders, without him we were almost guaranteed to be a 1st round flop...yet again.

But I'm still proud of how well the Rockets did without him during the rest of the regular season. And while disappointing, the 1st round they showed heart and gave hope for the future.

 

I remember I was on the school bus listening to the radio and I just heard Yao Ming was out for the season. At first I couldn't believe it and thought it was a joke. So I came home, turned on the PC, and what do I see on ClutchFans? BAM! "Yao ming: Out for season". I was so devastated.

 

I immediately checked my calender hoping that it was April 1st on that day. And I was very disappointed because it was not. Who has done the same thing?

 

What was especially bad was that the Rockets had a double digit win streak going and were coming off some good looking wins. I think it was around that time that Adelman said that he thought the Rockets could play with anyone in the post-season and I was actually looking forward to the playoffs.

And then bam, game over.

 

I remember a friend calling me asking me if Yao was hurt since I'm the Rocket "guy". I told him, I had heard something about him having some foot trouble, but it was nothing that should keep him out for more than a week or two. Even that bothered me, though. Then, he said he heard it was for the rest of the season. I paused.................."Nah, no way that happened again. You must have heard wrong, man."

After getting home and immediately logging onto Clutchfans.net, I was.........past disappointed, shocked, and almost sad..... To summarize, it was a horrible end to the day.

Now that I think about it, I don't want to drudge up that day again...

 

I feel like my child dead , really .

 

My day was mixed.

The bad news hit me especially hard -- among co-workers, I'm well known as the one guy who just lives and breathes Rockets.

I'm a season ticket holder and had been through the early part of the streak and was looking forward to continued success.

I showed up faithfully that night to the Wizards game, but I was really down about not having Yao around. Then I got a call from the ticket office and they were offering to bump me up to courtside seats (2 or 3 rows behind the Rockets bench). I ended up sitting right behind Yao and watched us absolutely obliterate the Wizards... despite seeing him there looking totally helpless, it ended up being an exciting day and it carried over for the next few weeks as we extended the streak.

 

I remember it was a snow day, so I had the day off. I was looking forward to the game that night, I think we had like 12 straight wins at that point. I went on ESPN.com to read some of the articles, and bam first one "Yao out for season" My first reaction was "what??? no way!" so I came onto clutchfans and the first thread said the same thing.

It was pretty devastating. I knew the team would still find out some way to keep winning, and they did. It was just the thought how far in the playoffs they could go now that Yao was out that really struck me. It seemed like this was our best chance to really do something before his injury.

 

I was hit pretty hard, but the instinctive self-preservation mode kicked in after not too long and I didn't stay down very long.

 

i came on the bbs from my school and there was a thred that said yao will have MRI on foot. came home, put on ESPN and at the bottom a message said yao out for the season and playofs. i cried.

 

man this is a great (yet depressing topic).

like many I am the "rocket fan" of my group of friends.
I am a season ticket holder so throughout the season I had the enviable task of talking different friends into buying tickets to every game to join me...

I remember being at work and reading on clutchfans that yao would miss the game due to ankle soreness. so I updated my friends via text that yao was out that night. sadly looking back, you could see over about a 3 game period yao was slowly losing his explosiveness (I know that term needs to be used loosely for yao). so honestly...I believed...it was normal procedure (since we were on a roll) to let your big man rest a bit to make sure he's healthy for the stretch run.

well after informing my friends I had to go into a meeting at work. well I had about 6 texts waiting for me when I came back an hour later. and what do you know...
I guess I was in shock at first. I didn't believe it and went straight to ESPN to confirm.

front page news...YAO OUT FOR SEASON.

I have hated that red "breaking news" box ever since...

my heart sunk and I was out of it all day.

suffice to say my buddies and I still went to Toyota Center, but we never made it to our seats.

we watched the blow out from the BUS, and had a few shots to Yao and the Rockets...

the end.

 

I think it was 790 AM who was on top of it before it was confirmed. As soon they said there are reports from within the organization Yao might be out for the year I sent out a text message to everyone...

It was a sad day...especially since they had a nice winning streak going and things were looking really good.

 

well I read about it the night before from an insider on here

but then like
i wasn't in a good mood already when I finally read the confirmed report

 

not a pleasant one.

 

i was sitting in my car in the south side reviewing for my texas real estate exam when i heard the news. i had just got there and opened up my books to start reviewing when i heard it and LITERALLY tears formed in my eyes. I believed so hard this past year was it.

anyways i didn't get any studying done, i walked into the test not even thinking about texas real estate and only thinking about yao being gone, and low and behold i walked out of the texas real estate exam with passing grades.

maybe him getting injured relaxed me for taking the test, or it just helped me not be nervous......o did i fail to mention it was my 3rd time taking it ....sooooo...YA!!!

 

When I look at this thread it all comes back to me.


http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=143455&highlight=coping

 

Made a ton of money on the stock market that day, but felt like it went to zero.