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ClutchCity.net Game Thread: Rockets @ Kings 3/23/2003

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Very proud of this team. Thought they could have folded and Rice may have been fouled by Christie on that 3, but Kings won fair and square. Yao and MoT's missed fts hurt, but they were solid otherwise.

#221 gr8-1, Mar 23, 2003

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MAN TOUGH LOSS!! BUT ATLEAST THEY PUT UP A FIGHT! DID ANYBODY WATCH THE INTERVIEW AFTER THE GAME! MAN 3 KINGS WERE ASKED FOR INTERVIEWS AND THEY ALL DENIED!! DAS BULL**** U KNOW THEY HEARTS WAS POUNDIN WHEN STIEVE REALESED THAT BALL! MAN I WISH THAT WOULD HAVE GONE IN SO WE COULD HAVE TAKEN THE SERIES AND THEY WOULD FEEL LIKE ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

#222 ILuvEddie33, Mar 23, 2003
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Those guys left it all on the floor tonight. They couldn't shoot straight and were playing arguably the best team in basketball on the road. Tremendous effort that just came up short.

#223 Jeff, Mar 24, 2003
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hi

What a great game by steve, I feel sorry for him. I know it's stupid, but i hope he would save this performance for tommorow's game. Well, maybe he will be better tmr anyway.

Go rockets.

#224 dragon167, Mar 24, 2003
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Originally posted by lancet
There were no timeout left. We were really one timeout away from pulling this one. Tough loss.
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Ah... on ESPN it showed we had a 20 second left.

Stuart

#225 sabonis, Mar 24, 2003
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Good loss. Mr. Mean did a good job tonight, just MHO.

#226 kobo, Mar 24, 2003
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Originally posted by Yetti
Great come back by the Rox! Poor selection for the last shot!! If only we had our free throws.
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What, pray tell, would you have liked him to do for the last shot?

#227 WinkFan, Mar 24, 2003

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This was a great game would have been betteld of hit some of those easy shots early on.

On negative about the game i don't want to say is Yao isn't the only person who need to learn how to go to the hole aggressively. Eddie plus there was several times in the first quarter where he just showed he is too passive when going to the hoop. Its so frustrating watching him on the offensive end.

#228 knifejc, Mar 24, 2003
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Originally posted by WinkFan
What, pray tell, would you have liked him to do for the last shot?
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how about take at least a step and a half more...which would have gotten him right to the 3 point line. The replay showed that there was more than 1, almost 2 seconds left when he let it go.

#229 dn1282, Mar 24, 2003
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Damn...it's a friggin' tragedy and travesty all at once...

Since when does big Mr. Clutch Yao miss two big free throws?
As much as Mo Taylor kept us in the game, he also kept us out of it...1-4 from the line in his last trips? Leave those kind of numbers for Bruce Bowen.
Sometimes we have shooting Steve, and sometimes we have passing Steve. I really liked the nice balance between shots and passes. Phenomenal game by Stevie, couldn't ask for more out of him! Only 2 turnovers to boot!

I'm just rambling...I love the Rockets sooo much and when we show how good we can be with a game like this, it gives everyone hope...my hope is that they can keep up this kind of intensity.

Good luck against the Cripples...(anagram, nice!)

#230 gwatson86, Mar 24, 2003
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The fact that the rocks didn't get blown out makes me happy.

#231 Air Langhi, Mar 24, 2003
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Originally posted by Yetti
Great come back by the Rox! Poor selection for the last shot!! If only we had our free throws.
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Haha, you never quit hating on our gaurds, do you?

#232 RocketGuy3, Mar 24, 2003
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By the way, this has been bothering me...what are the little lightbulbs next to peoples' user names for and what does it mean when they're lit up???

#233 gwatson86, Mar 24, 2003

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Originally posted by sabonis
Ah... on ESPN it showed we had a 20 second left.
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But a 20 doesn't advance you to half court, does it?

You take that 20 second and allow the defense to setup, and you might not get a shot off at all. Of course that assumes that you don't get it at half court.

#234 AGBee, Mar 24, 2003
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Originally posted by knifejc
This was a great game would have been betteld of hit some of those easy shots early on.

On negative about the game i don't want to say is Yao isn't the only person who need to learn how to go to the hole aggressively.
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you're right. I remeber one time when he got the offensive rebound and he was 1 foot away from the basket and could of just dunked it but instead miss the hook shot. He should just try to dunk everything when hes that close.

#235 bobododo, Mar 24, 2003
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King announcers were very complimentary of Steve. Also, we had no TOs, according to the Sac broadcast. I thought Steve could have brought it a foot closer, but that would have gotten him closer to Jackson. I really wish WEbber would have made the second FT. Clock wouldn't have started immediately.

#236 gr8-1, Mar 24, 2003
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http://www.nba.com/games/20030323/HOUSAC/recap.html

SACRAMENTO, California (Ticker) -- Steve Francis made a ton of shots to rally the Houston Rockets. But in the final seconds, he made a decision that may have cost them the game.

Francis scored 38 points but missed a potential game-winning 35-footer as time expired, sending the Rockets to a 109-108 loss to the Sacramento Kings.

Francis nearly led his team all the way back from a 14-point deficit. The Rockets were out of timeouts and trailed by one point when they fouled Chris Webber with 5.1 seconds left.

The All-Star forward missed both free throws, and rookie Yao Ming got the ball into the hands of Francis. The All-Star guard dribbled quickly into the frontcourt but had a bit more time to get closer to the basket or perhaps draw a foul.

Instead, Francis pulled up for a long runner that bounced off the rim as time expired. The decision dumped the Rockets (36-33) into a tie with Phoenix for the eighth and final playoff berth in the Western Conference.

Francis' shot may not have been neccessary had his teammates made their foul shots. Of Houston's nine missed free throws, five came in the final eight minutes after it had sliced Sacramento's lead to single digits.

Sacramento took an 86-73 lead into the fourth quarter, but Houston rallied. Maurice Taylor's jumper made it 98-94 at the 5:05 mark and, after a pair of misses by Webber, Yao missed a pair from the line that would have halved the deficit.

Mike Bibby had a pair of jumpers and a key steal that rebuilt Sacramento's lead to 104-98 with 91 seconds left. But Taylor and Francis each made two foul shots before Francis and Glen Rice sank 3-pointers to make it a one-point game.
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#237 Newgirl, Mar 24, 2003
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They showed a lot of heart tonight. Despite the loss, I don't feel all that bad. Their efforts tonight kept my faith that they are playoff ready. It's still too close to call as to whether they'll make the playoffs, but I believe they will. Our free throws killed us, and were Yao shooting his typical 50+% we'd probably be looking at a win here tonight. Nonetheless, a terrific effort tonight by our guys, especially Stevie. And congratulations to Yao for cleaning up the boards off the glass tonight.

#238 London'sBurning, Mar 24, 2003

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Originally posted by Yetti
Great come back by the Rox! Poor selection for the last shot!! If only we had our free throws.
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Hey fool, we heard you the first THREE times!

And nice dig at Steve

#239 AGBee, Mar 24, 2003
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Originally posted by AGBee

And nice dig at Steve
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Wasn't very subtle, was it? He hates Steve.

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