Two big guys, ten big questions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SportsNation Thank you for voting. See below for the results from across SportsNation. (Your responses in bold text.) 1) Lakers at Rockets tonight. Who will win? 51.1% Lakers 48.9% Rockets 2) In his Daily Quickie, Dan Shanoff predicts Shaq will score 40 tonight against Yao. Dan's prediction is ________. 73.3% too high 23.7% just about right 3.1% too low 3) Yao Ming is averaging 12.9 PPG and 7.9 RPG. Do you expect his numbers against Shaq tonight to be higher or lower than his per-game averages? 68.3% Higher 31.7% Lower 4) Whose game do you prefer to watch? 69.7% Yao 30.3% Shaq 5) Who will win more championships from this point on? 54.2% Yao 45.8% Shaq 6) Who deserves to start at center for the West in the All-Star Game? 51.6% Yao 48.4% Shaq 7) Shaq has made fun of the way Yao speaks, and, with the private urging of the NBA, he has apologized and has said he will apologize to Yao in person tonight. What is your opinion? 67.2% Yao and others had every right to be offended by Shaq's jokes. 32.8% Shaq's jokes were completely harmless. 8) If the playoff race remains as it is, the Lakers need to win 46 games to make the playoffs. In other words, they need to go 28-16 (.636). Will they win at least 46 games? 68.5% Yes 31.5% No 9) Who has been the best rookie this season? 52.0% Yao Ming (12.9 PPG, 7.9 RPG, 53.4 FG%) 45.1% Amare Stoudemire (13.1 PPG, 9.4 RPG) 2.3% Caron Butler (13.8 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 2.5 APG) 0.6% Drew Gooden (13.0 PPG, 5.8 RPG) 10) Besides Shaq, who is the best center in the NBA? 65.0% Yao Ming 21.8% Vlade Divac 4.5% Michael Olowokandi 4.1% Zydrunas Ilgauskas 3.4% Brad Miller 1.2% Elden Campbell Total Votes: 12,015 I find it amazing that almost 70 % of all respondents say they prefer to watch Yao's game over Shaq's. And, people...this is BEFORE most of us went over there to vote (hint, hint)... Here is the link: http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/polling?event_id=86
) Lakers at Rockets tonight. Who will win? 51.1% Lakers 48.9% Rockets ROX 2) In his Daily Quickie, Dan Shanoff predicts Shaq will score 40 tonight against Yao. Dan's prediction is ________. 73.3% too high no doubt 23.7% just about right 3.1% too low 3) Yao Ming is averaging 12.9 PPG and 7.9 RPG. Do you expect his numbers against Shaq tonight to be higher or lower than his per-game averages? 68.3% Higher I think so... 31.7% Lower 4) Whose game do you prefer to watch? 69.7% Yao w/o doubt... 30.3% Shaq 5) Who will win more championships from this point on? 54.2% Yao more later... 45.8% Shaq 6) Who deserves to start at center for the West in the All-Star Game? 51.6% Yao no doubt...] 48.4% Shaq 7) Shaq has made fun of the way Yao speaks, and, with the private urging of the NBA, he has apologized and has said he will apologize to Yao in person tonight. What is your opinion? 67.2% Yao and others had every right to be offended by Shaq's jokes. Yao handled it well.. 32.8% Shaq's jokes were completely harmless. 8) If the playoff race remains as it is, the Lakers need to win 46 games to make the playoffs. In other words, they need to go 28-16 (.636). Will they win at least 46 games? 68.5% Yes 31.5% No they won't, they are mediocre in NBA 9) Who has been the best rookie this season? 52.0% Yao Ming (12.9 PPG, 7.9 RPG, 53.4 FG%) NO DOUBT! 45.1% Amare Stoudemire (13.1 PPG, 9.4 RPG) 2.3% Caron Butler (13.8 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 2.5 APG) 0.6% Drew Gooden (13.0 PPG, 5.8 RPG) 10) Besides Shaq, who is the best center in the NBA? 65.0% Yao Ming surprised? 21.8% Vlade Divac 4.5% Michael Olowokandi 4.1% Zydrunas Ilgauskas 3.4% Brad Miller 1.2% Elden Campbell This is how I will vote!
