You haven't won a playoff series in forever, you are one game from doing it, AND you play with no intensity, focus, or passion. That is inexplicable. The Rockets never cease to utterly baffle me. At least Scola knew it was a critical playoff game. I promise you, the Blazers are the ones with the confidence right now. They think they can win it in Houston and they might well do it. If the Rockets blow a 3-1 lead, what would you think?
Extremely disappointing performance, especially by Ron. Ive defended him a few times on these boards but he was so bad tonight it was undefensible. Never mind tho, game 6 at home. Lets go Rockets.
And AB, Who's your daddy?? shame on your 6-20. We'll lose round1 definitely if Adelman let AB do that again in Game6
i gotta F@#KING work thrusday night........oh well the 3 by roy with a lil over 3 mins left was the dagger hey we all knew this series wasnt gonna be a cake walk
Stfu the rox are not sniffing a championship with Brookes running the offense, at least Artest played within his means, and he's not a pg making boneheaded plays, Brookes carreer in the NBA is over, he's too dumb to ever get it, never will, 2 ****ing seasons ago.
So f'ing ridiculous that they called every fouls on Rockets on almost every possession,especially when we had the lead. Well,I just had it here with Ron's jumpers at the crucial moment,he relied too much on his jumpshots,when it's not falling,he's done offensively. AB needs to realize that his quickness cannot get him the shot open when driving to the hoop while other defenders come help and block his shots. Bring 'em home,take 'em down at Toyota Center.
Artest and AB should just be benched. Especially AB, that Kid hasn't done anything since game 1 and he might cost us the series. Artest shouldn't be signed. He ain't worth it. Look at Dallas, they wraped up their series in an hostile environment and we should have pounded this guys from the get - go. Lose 6 and it might be another first round exit. The rockets don't have the mentality to just finish off an opponent. Dissapointing game tonight.
Brooks and Artest were not the only 2 to blame tonight (though they do share a huge portion of it). If Carl Landry would learn how to play defense and not commit stupid foul after stupid foul, the Blazers wouldn't have been in the penalty WITH 7:30 TO GO IN THE 4TH!
Keep Yao, Scola, Battier, Wafer and Hayes, others can be traded during offseason. Especially Ron, his terrible performance is not deserve resigning a new contract. Now only hope we can finish the series at home.
AB brings no more but only lose. his IQ is far lower than 71, maybe -71. We need patience on him? No, absolutely not, because his effort only makes us angry. No players like him should play on court. Maybe he should think about transforming himself into a referent who can do everything he wants! Please, AB, leave Rockets, Leave the Basketball court.No more touch the orange ball... You don't belong here, boy
Rick Adelman needs to tell Aaron Brooks stop being stupid and pass the ball out when there is nothing inside. If he have half the brain of Yao or Scola, we would have won this damm game. Ron Artest - When the hell are they going to wake up and realize that his strength is posting up ROY and not to dribble one on one and taking shot. Aren't you guys sick and tired of him dribble one on one and shoot and clanking off the rim?? How many times does he have to do it for the team to realize he ain't good enough!! He is good at shooting when he has his feet set. We're going to go home and destroy these mthfkers...i don't think they're that good. They just happened to make shots at the end when it counts. They're lucky to get away and capitalize on our stupidity with some of our players. For the Rockets to be more efficient, they need to tell dumb ass Aaron Brooks to stop turning over the ball for no reason, stop penetrating and do layup when there are a bunch of Blazers inside, stop leaving Blake for interior help because Yao don't need your help at all. And tell Ron to stop shooting one on one jump shot but rather go one on one...serious, who in the hell can stop him at the post?? When you play one on one dribbling and shoot, you're playing at the hand of the Blazers.
Um no this isnt the best matchup, the hornets were. Portland is a 4 seed, really good at home, one more win. We're a 5 seed, one less loss and also good at home...do i really need to keep going?
Face it rockets fans. The refs were planning on calling 4 fouls on the rockets during the start of the 4th before the game even started.
When AB is hot he's hot. He should know when to try and create his shot and recognize when he isn't feeling it. Tonight he tried to do too much. My god. Yao could have had more touches but AB would pass him up.
Ron and Yao were the most disappointing because they are supposed to be the leaders of this team. Nothing is working at the 1. Shane has had to work hard against Roy and he doesn't take dumb shots but he is a poor road player. 3 points in Game 2 and 4 over here can't compensate for his intangibles. Luis was the only one who kept us from being totally humiliated. I think Lowry should start in Game 6,might give him some confidence. AB should be told not to worry if he doesn't start. Barry needs to play at home,put him on Blake.
