No way, Cat was the spark that got us the win. Yao played a complimentary role. Alot of his points came late when the game was already out of reach.
I think the first priority for Yao is board. You can see double or trible team around Shaq, but he still get the offensive and defensive boards. Which makes him most dominant.
It depends how you define dominance. Duncan and Yao's game is different from Shaq's game. Duncan is defintely not dominant if you define dominance like Shaq; but I would take Duncan for Shaq any time now, mainly because of the age and the zone defence factor. Also, Duncan does not play centre nor inside game all the time; and so your dominant inside theory does not hold true for Duncan Yao is more like Duncan who can hit from outside. Actually, Yao is even more skillful than Duncan. But Yao is not as strong as Duncan right now; and of course not at Shaq's level. On the other hand, Duncan plays PF; he does not have to hold two defenders on his back all the time. Given a period of time - one to three years, I think Yao will be as effective as the current Duncan. Yao is actually close now. Also, we have to give credits to our other star player Francis. If San Antonio could win a championship with Duncan and others, we could certainly win a championship with Francis and Yao and others. It so happens our others include Cat, etc. Well, let's see how they progress this season first.
Use the double-standard test.... if Cat had Yao's stats, and Yao had Cat's... would you give it to Cuttino? No... you'd give it to Yao. Sure Yao set the tone defensively, but the Rockets were doing NOTHING till Cat started hitting some shots. Cat is the player of the game...easily. (and, he should start getting some props really soon as a guy who's having a GREAT season, and how he's a VITAL part of this team still)
Good to see them beat the Heat at home finally. After the Rockets are pasted all over the floor by the Mavericks, they will need to beat the Suns to be even slightly respectable.
A thing called $$$, doe, green bag dollars, cheddar, coin, chips..... Or, people love Bill and Calvin so much, that they'd rather watch on TV. It would be neat if you had earphones at the seats so you could hear Bill and Calvin, but it'd be too costly more than likely.
Steve - Played well, 14 pts, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and only 3 to's. Cat - Cat was the man as usual hitting 5/8 from the 3pt line. I saw him took 2 bad shots, but you can forgive a guy who is shooting pretty good, also had 5 rebounds, 2 assists, and 0 to's. Yao - Now if anybody complains that Yao didn't take enough shots, they weren't watching the game. Most of the time Yao could never get into position, passing it to him would have just resulted in a turn over. He was more agressive in this game with 7 blocks, excellent job, I just wish he would hold his position and not get fronted by these 6'8 guys. Padgett - Padgett is the man! Great shooting touch. So glad the Rockets signed him.
Houston 90, Miami 70 Preview - Box Score - Recap By MICHAEL A. LUTZ, AP Sports Writer November 11, 2003 HOUSTON (AP) -- They'd already competed long and hard at pingpong, Chutes and Ladders and checkers. After all those years, Jeff and Stan Van Gundy finally faced off as basketball coaches Tuesday night. In just the second time in NBA history that brothers coached against each other, Jeff's Houston Rockets sent Stan's Miami Heat to their seventh straight loss 90-70. Houston won its fourth in a row and kept Miami as the only winless team in the league. The game was a mere subplot for the main show between the Van Gundys, who joined Herb and Larry Brown as the only brothers to coach against each other in the NBA. The family reunion started Monday night when the Heat arrived in Houston and Stan went to Jeff's home for dinner. ``His wife, Kim, told me to make sure I use the words `homemade' and gourmet' and it was,'' Stan said. ``It was unbelievable -- steak, potato, salad -- , it was wonderful. She said to say she cooks like that every night.'' The brothers continued their banter in pregame exchangers in the hallway outside the teams' locker rooms Tuesday night. ``I wish it was me going against Jeff, I'm sure I'd come out on top,'' Stan said. ``It's more serious when we have to face (Steve) Francis, (Cuttino) Mobley and Yao (Ming).'' Jeff said he enjoyed the rare chance to visit family. ``It's never a distraction when you can see your brother,'' Jeff said. ``We sat around saying things like `your team is better,' and the other saying, `no, your team is better.' We wasted a lot of time doing that.'' The brother-brother intrigue was more entertaining than the game. Houston missed its first six shots and didn't get a basket until 6:33 remained in the first quarter as the Heat took an 11-5 lead. The Rockets recovered to lead 43-36 at halftime and took command in the third quarter. Houston was led by Mobley, who scored a season-high 30 points. Ming had a career high seven blocked shots. He had 16 points and eight rebounds. Eddie Jones led the Heat with 21 points. The Van Gundys rarely looked at each other during the game. Stan, wearing a tan jacket, was more animated than his brother, dressed in a dark suit. When it was over, they walked off at opposite ends of the court. Jeff had his head down and Stan looked up real quickly, saw that his brother was headed off, and left with his team. Their parents, Bill and Cindy, watched at home in suburban Miami. ``I absolutely do not have a favorite,'' their mom said shortly before the game started. ``I feel empathy for the loser and joy for the winner, but it's definitely a win-lose proposition.'' ``If I had my way, it would be like football and end in a tie,'' she said. The last head-to-head meeting between the brothers was 1984 when Jeff was a senior at Nazareth College in Rochester, N.Y., and Stan was the coach at Castleton in Vermont. It was the championship game of a holiday tournament and Nazareth won with Jeff earning the MVP award. ``I never heard them say they wanted to be anything else, doctor, lawyer, anything else,'' Cindy Van Gundy said. ``Around junior high, I knew they'd be coaches. I hope they learned values, devotion to family, and a work ethic from both Bill and me.'' They definitely learned competitiveness as youngsters playing all sorts of games. The pingpong matchups against their parents were quite serious. ``They wanted to win,'' Bill Van Gundy said. ``But winning might have beentoo competitive playing against their mother and slamming her.'' Notes From 1976-1978, Larry Brown coached at Denver and Herb Brown coached at Detroit. Larry was 4-2 in those matchups against his brother. ... Heat forward John Wallace is the only player to have played for both Stan and Jeff. ``They're both Xs and Os guys, very defensive-minded. You ask one about theother and they say the same thing -- very competitive,'' Wallace said.
ZRB it is good to see the rox win. im wondering though do you ever see the rox winning any games or always the opposite. also if you had to bet on the game tonight would still have predicted the rox to lose. im guessing you just think its funny to always say they lose. just curious.
Fans don't have to attend games to be fans. By watching the games at home, I saved gas by not driving downtown from League City, which is better for the environment since I didnt' burn the fuel, and I saved money there. The food at my house is cheaper too. So, maybe you'd suck if you drove to every game, polluting the air, adding to the most polluted city in the nation. And by spending money on expensive food and parking, your family would be deprived of the funds. Just messin' with ya!
Yes, that is Shaq's strength sometimes with the help of the ref. But each player has his own strength and weakness. But that is only one dimension of the game. So for argument's sake, you can say Shaq is not as dominant as Yao because Shaq's free throw is suck, etc. Of course, it does not mean Yao is better than Shaq now. It's just an illustration why we cannot sterotype dominance with one type of player.
Yao will be never like Shaq even he eat beefs everyday. He won't have that kind of muscle and power. I think he is divac style player, better then the stickman in dallas. I'm a little bit fraid that Ewing will change him into nowhere to go guy.
who were the unlucky victims of the 7 stuffings? 1. Udonis Haslem..when stuffed he got shocked and never recovered throughout the game
