ClutchCity.net Game Thread: Kings @ Rockets 10/16/2003 (PRESEASON)

we win! again!

 

I wana see Yao actually play a few minutes this game, not get bad calls from Divac. That way we can truly see how Steve and Yao will work together on the offense. I would love to see Steve work with Yao the same way that Jim Jackson was able to.

 

Unpredictable

 

we win.. posterized!

 

yao gets 24 pts and 11 rbs,and the rockets win
steve franis get 14 pts/9asts/7brds
cato does his job and impress jvg


pega stoctiovic gets 19 pts leading kings

 

Daaum!

I like those stats!

 

http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/quotes031014.html


POSTGAME QUOTES


ROCKETS COACH JEFF VAN GUNDY

On his team's shooting:
"If a guy is missing he is killing himself so he is on a leash. If a guy is not killing himself and not missing the shots then he doesn’t need to be on a leash. At the same time we need to surround Yao (Ming) and Steve (Francis) with better shooting...23-42 in games decided by three points or less in the last four years. Last year we were 3-10. The reason why the Kings are so good is because they surround themselves with good shooting. For the most part I thought that our shots were good. Yao and Steve attach a lot of attention.”

On Moochie Norris:
"I’ll tell you what Moochie played hard tonight. We played all out. I only want to win when we deserve to win.”


YAO MING

On the game:
"We worked very hard tonight especially on the defensive end. We will go back to Texas with a lot of confidence and a step in the right direction. Over the summer I had a lot more time to rest and a lot more time to think about basketball."


JIM JACKSON

On facing his former team:
"We had a wonderful time last year; it was very special to me. It was tough to come back not on the same team. I just wanted to thank the fans and my old teammates for all the support. I am happy to have a three-year contract; it was what I was looking for. This is a young, growing team and I think that Jeff (Van Gundy) is doing a real good job. It felt kind of weird coming back with a different team but you just have to move on."


KINGS COACH RICK ADELMAN

On the game:
"We just didn’t play very well, we didn’t shoot the ball very well at all. The whole night we shot it very poorly, but it was a good game for preseason. I thought we were impatient for the most part and we’ve got to go back to practice and work on it. We talked about rebounding and we outrebounded the heck out of them and we didn’t win, so I don’t know what that means. Maybe you should write a story that we don’t shoot the ball very well and rebounding doesn’t matter. We’re happy with the rebounding but we’ve got to convert it; we’ve got to do a better job."


VLADE DIVAC

On the game:
"(We lost because of) a couple of reasons. First, we shot the ball poorly. We had some pretty open shots. Usually, we’re gonna make those shots. But they didn’t fall in. But it was a good game. I like a game like this before the season starts. It was really competitive. Now, we’re going to go back to Houston and try to take them down."

On rebounding:
"Having Gerald (Wallace), Darius (Songaila) and Tony Massenburg, they’ve been doing a great job rebounding. But we still have to do a better job."

On Gerald Wallace's dunk:
"That was something that pushed us even further. After that (dunk) we made a pretty good run to get back in the game. When he shoots the ball well, we have a chance to get back in the game."


TONY MASSENBURG

On the Kings:
"It’s the preseason. We’re obviously not where we want to be. A lot of the minutes that we’ve been playing, we haven’t been playing together. So we haven’t really have that team chemistry yet. Obviously, they have a presence with Yao. They hold different matchups than anyone else in the league, since not everyone doesn’t have someone 7-6 in the middle. But we’ll get there. It’s still early."

On what the Kings will take from this game:
"I think you learn from every game. This game is one where we’re better off looking at on tape. Try to figure out what it is that we did wrong. Obviously, we missed a lot of shots. I think that was the biggest part of it. We just missed shots. We make our shots, we make our free throws, it could have been a different game."

On Gerald Wallace's dunk:
"Awesome. Just awesome. That really got us going. If that couldn’t get you going, maybe you need to check your pulse. But that was an awesome dunk. It really got us back in the game from an emotional standpoint."

 

As much as I want us to win, I would rather give Francis fewer minutes this game because I'm worried about the possibility of an injury over the preseason. We do need to play as a team but I would like the Rockets to give most of the time to Wilkes instead along with Moochie even though this would almost certainly result in us losing.

 

Yeah. I agree with saleem...let scrubs play...we need to rest. Great game yesterday...just let scrubs play. Good excuse for not winning...because I don't think we can beat them again with the same lineup. They would be more prepared.

Yao...had a lot of time to rest this summer.

 

Counting this game the Rockets have 3 more preseason games to get their starting lineup and bench rotation into form. I think in the last game we started to see a little of this with only playing essentially 8 players.

Certainly with much of the bench unitl injured (Taylor, Pike, A Griffin and perhaps Mobley too) it is difficult to establish a rotation but I see JVG doing the best he can patch work to do this.

Like it was said above, hopefully Yao wont get into foul trouble so we can see him more on the court working with the team.

Does anyone have any idea if Taylor, Pike and A Griffin will be ready for opening night?

 

i predict boki will dunk on wallace.....










YEAH RIGHT

 

We need PRACTICE, not rest. They've had the whole freaking summer to rest, with the exception of Yao.

 

Why just Francis? If he'd not jump into a wall of defenders, he won't hit the floor so often.

Maybe I'll sit out the next couple of days at work, since I might have a car accident on the way....

 

Kings: 124
Rockets: 87

 

first!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ooops

 

How long is Mo Taylor out?


I think JVG is picking his rotation now, and we're going to see a Rockets win, but simply because the Kings will stil be resting up their top players.

As for us, we can't afford that luxury, so I hope this game is a turning point in understanding the JVG system, offensively AND defensively.

 

I really want this win tomorrow. I can't stand for a team to make excuses for losing saying they usually hit those shots and it would have been a different outcome if they did. Our defense made them miss those shots. We shot the damn ball poorly too but our team was the better team and played harder to pull off the victory plain and simple.

 

Fitting...you speak your handle.



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