ClutchFans Game Thread: Celtics @ Rockets 3/18/2008

tire them down with relentless defense...

that is the key to the game

go rockets!

 

This will be the NBA Finals Preview!

Go Rockets Go!

 

'81 . . . '86 . . . . '08 THE REVENGE!!

Rocket River

 

I can hear it now:

Kenny - "Well Charles, what's your take on tonight's match up between Boston and Houston?"

Charles - "Contender against pretender, Kenny, that's what it is. Look, Houston is not that good, they are lucky."

Kenny - "Well, I have to agree. Boston is the real deal."

Charles - "Yeah, looks like KG is finally going to get a ring, and maybe he could give it to me."

All - "Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha"

After the Game

Kenny, "Boston really played the best ball, but they made a few critical mistakes in the fourth."

Charles, "Yeah, they were obviously the better team, but the Rockets are just lucky. Their luck is about to run out on their upcoming road trip, but the Celtics will continue to roll."

Kenny, "Boston was really impressive."

 

I personally think this is the most winnable one in the next 4 games.
Go! Rox

 

ahhaahha that funney

 

Charles Barkley, is he that stupid really? Charles don't you remember last game aganst Mavs? You should just stfu

 

+1

I lol'ed

 

Celtics Home page

Houston may have a problem
Streaking Rockets take on NBA's best
Email|Print|Single Page| Text size – + By Marc J. Spears
Globe Staff / March 18, 2008
SAN ANTONIO - Paul Pierce is looking forward to enjoying a rare night when the target isn't on his team's back.

more stories like thisThe Rockets hope to extend their winning streak to 23 games when they face the Celtics tonight at the Toyota Center in Houston. Only the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers, winners of 33 straight games, have won more regular-season NBA games in a row.

With the league's best record, the will bring a stiff challenge to the hot Rockets for this nationally televised contest (TNT).

"That's an impressive streak that they got going, really," said Pierce, who scored a team-high 22 points in last night's 93-91 win over the Spurs. "It seems like for once the target is going to be on the other team's back now. When you see a team do such an incredible feat, you think, 'Hey, you don't want them to do it on us.'

"There is going to be a lot of hype around the game. You got the team with the best record playing a team that is doing something that hasn't been done in a while."

Ex-Lakers star Gail Goodrich is confident the Rockets won't break the record win streak that he was a part of; in fact, he wouldn't be surprised if it ended tonight.

"I've said this all along: The streak won't get broken," said Goodrich, now an analyst for NBATV. "The Rockets are playing outstanding, obviously. But this week we will find out how good they are.

"They have been playing great defense and they have very good scorers. They face a very good Boston team."

Rockets star Tracy McGrady, when asked about the streak possibly ending tonight, told the Houston Chronicle: "We don't worry about what everybody says. We have a winnable ballgame to play. We all understand they are the best team in the East, the first team in the league to 50 wins.

"It's a winnable game for us. It's going to be a challenge. It's going to be a tough game for us. But we're capable of winning it."


Allen still out
Celtics guard Ray Allen missed his second straight game with a left ankle injury that is expected to keep him out tonight, too. He sustained the injury Friday night against Utah and didn't feel comfortable returning to action following a workout prior to last night's game.

Coach Doc Rivers said Allen could return Thursday at Dallas.

"He's obviously day-to-day," Rivers said. "He shot and just didn't feel great. The one thing you always kick yourself is, should he have shot at all? You just don't know because it's a bruise.

"We want him back. It's nothing serious, obviously. We just want it to heal 100 percent."


Extra points
The Nuggets had one of the most impressive scoring performances in NBA history Sunday when they racked up 168 points against the Sonics. But the best performance in NBA history (for a regulation game) still belongs to the 1958-59 Celtics, who scored 173 points at Minneapolis - without the 3-pointer.

Phoenix also scored 173 points against Denver on Nov. 10, 1990, but that was with a 3-point line.

During Boston's 173-point game, Tommy Heinsohn scored a game-high 43 points and Bob Cousy added 31 points and 28 assists. Those Celtics scored 52 points in the fourth quarter, had four players score at least 20, made 47 free throws, and shot 50.4 percent from the field.

"The funny part about that game when we scored 173 points is that [Bill ] Russell didn't play in the game," said Heinsohn, a longtime TV analyst. "He was hurt. Gene Conley took his place. We had many games with 40-point quarters and 80 halves back then.

"The other funny part about it was then-NBA commissioner Maurice Podoloff was going to have the game investigated. He couldn't believe any team could score that much. It was a complete up-and-down game."

Pierce expressed his admiration.

"That goes to show you there was no defense played back then," Pierce said. "It must have been one pass, then a shot, had to be. You had to have some talented players to be able to do that.

"I don't care what era it is. You've got to be able to have some guys that can put the ball in the hole just because of the time on the clock and the possessions. They didn't turn the ball over. With no 3-point shot, you definitely didn't turn the ball over."

© Copyright 2008 Globe Newspaper Company.

 

You know, what makes your post so sad is that it is so accurate. You've completely captured the essence of Kenny and Chucky. Just for fun you should try and email a copy of this to TNT before tonight's game. They could just throw it right on the teleprompter without having to edit. Might be a side-job for you

 

guys im really scared


i don't have much faith...


i need words of encouragement

tmac needs words of encouragement

 

so painful to wait.... still 10 hours!!

 

03+18+08 (minus 6) = 23 Let's keep this thing rolling.

 

This is a really great matchup, great game between two best teams in the NBA. I'm glad that Boston beat the Spurs and that wasn't easy for them. It is good cause they can be a little bit fatigue.

We can easily lose this game but yes we can win it with no doubt. We can defend so well and we can be so great offensivly. Boston can do the same. We need to be careful and we have to belive.

Garnett can be a big deal for our defense. It is good Allen is not playing but they still have House, Pierce, Cassell on the outside. The defense will be very important.

And on the offensive end we need McGrady, we just have to get his points, he needs to be agressive just like every Rockets' player.

Gotta be very excited game. It is not easy for both teams.

If we win I will go real crazy now. I'd like to hear Barkley's comments after our win. Sweet.

 

See above, I have already posted them.

 

I am really surprised that someone in the national media hasn't already confronted them on their irrational hatred of the Rockets. It is near pathological. I truly expect them to say something close to this tonight.

 

Yeah I hope they do pick the Celts, I'll be worried if they actually pick the Rox to win.

 

Stub Hub $1000 tickets. Unbelievable.