ClutchFans Game Thread: Jazz @ Rockets 4/19/2008 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 1)

Scola keeps Boozer in check and dwill won't be 100 percent yet, Rockets win in an ugly 85-77 game.

 

I don't get how people can consider themselves fans of a team and NOT believe in them...doesn't constantly berating your own team get depressing after a while ?? We get into the playoffs and all you can say is all we can do is pray for it not to be 0-4? Anyways, not a personal attack questioning your fandom or anything, just seriously asking....

 

c'mon, the van gundy era is behind us.

 

Give me a vitory ! Go Rockets!

 

1 out of 16

 

yay i accidentally clicked on the Rockets vs Jazz game on NBA.com and saw that it says

9:30 pm ET ESPN Local: KTXH


woo hoo now i can turn my tv up so loud and support my rockets!

 

Its a work of redoing. Lets do it right this time, mind you TMAC.

 

come on rox just do wat u did wat u did in the streak

 

Wow, is there a sports commentator in the entire world who gives the Rockets any chance at all? Apparently not. Good grief the Rockets aren't that bad and the Jazz aren't that good. Kenny "the Rocket hater" Smith gave every aspect of the game to the Jazz. The Rockets did not get one check mark. Then, he said the Jazz might be the best team in the West. A bit overboard don't you think? The Rockets have zero respect anywhere. How can a 54 win team be so disrespected?

 

if we can win a game in Utah I pretty sure we will win this series

 

Yep, I saw this on ESPN this morning. NO ONE picked the Rockets to win.

Hopefully coach knows how to exploit this and get them motivated.

Us vs the World

 

Let Chuck start 4 and Luis start at 5. Chuck should play Boozer pretty well, and Luis can come out to defend Okur.

I think Rockets will do well, if they move the ball and make their shots.

 

I try not be be a homer and be objective, but this is starting to tick me off.

 

Also, I don't know if anyone else has seen this, but the Jazz are already overlooking the Rockets. They're getting their boos ready for Fisher and the Lakers.



Thursday, April 17, 2008
Jazz in six

I can't take credit for the line, but as one courtside observer said in the first half of Wednesday's blowout in San Antonio, "The NBA: Where common sense prevails."

The Jazz were better served losing to the Spurs than winning, a fact of which the players seemed well aware even if we tiptoed around the subject in recent days. I brought it up with Kevin O'Connor this morning and he called me a "cynical" something or other.

They won't have home-court advantage, but the Jazz will open the playoffs as the clear favorite in their first-round rematch against Houston.

As I said walking out of the Jazz's pregame shootaround Wednesday: "The difference is that the Jazz CAN beat the Spurs but they WILL beat the Rockets."

You can argue that possibly having to play the Lakers in the conference semifinals will ultimately doom the Jazz. I'm not going to disagree with that. It also would have been a monumental breakthrough to knock off the defending champions.

But there's no guarantee the Jazz would get out of the first round against the Spurs. I believe you take the surer bet to advance, then wait and see if something breaks in your favor in the later rounds.

Maybe Kobe Bryant will get chopped on his hand and damage that injured pinkie even more. Maybe Pau Gasol will sprain his ankle again and miss two weeks like he did in March. You never know, especially in this year's playoffs.

Although Tracy McGrady scorched the Jazz for 47 points in their home opener back on Nov. 1, the Rockets have some serious matchup issues to address going into this series. How are Bobby Jackson and Aaron Brooks going to stop Deron Williams, for one?

Carlos Boozer and Mehmet Okur figure to dominate against the likes of Luis Scola and Dikembe Mutombo. The Rockets also let Kyle Korver bury three-pointers from the corner one after another in their Jan. 27 loss to the Jazz in Houston.

I'm not sure if it was shown on KJZZ, but Boozer brushed his shoulders off for the cameras when the subject of lost momentum was brought up after Wednesday's loss. That act probably said more about the Spurs game than anything else.

The Jazz squandered some of what they gained by beating the Spurs, Hornets, Nuggets and Rockets in recent games, but their confidence is still sky high entering the playoffs.

The Rockets will give the Jazz a good fight, but I'm not expecting to make another trip to Houston for a Game 7. You can start getting ready to boo Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher when they come to EnergySolutions. I'm taking Jazz in six . . . and it wouldn't surprise me in five.

--Ross Siler

http://blogs.sltrib.com/jazz/2008/04/jazz-in-six.htm


Oh, and the comments. Please read the comments.

This alone gets me fired up already!!

 

This is what a jazz fan said on their forum, this shows you how cocky they are

Ronnie Price is better than any PG on the Rockettes.
Jarron Collins is better than any C on the Rockettes.
Morris Almond is better than any SG on the Rockettes (yes, even Tmac, cos he will go to water in the Playoffs)



Jazz in 4.


Despite the fact that Morris Almond avgs sumpin like 2.7 pts/ game and shoots 27% from the field ROFL.

 

^
I didn't know they have electricity in utah... what are u running solar and a mobile wireless or something?

 

Amazing! Hollinger has been hyping the Rockets since the beginning of the season. We lost our last ESPN supporter. Please Please Rockets prove them wrong.

 

We have Tim Cowlishaw from the Dallas newspaper that still supports us.

He actually had us winning the whole a few weeks ago.

I don't know about all that, but I love the optimism.

 

Im not a Jazz fan nor do i live in Utah... i was quoting a jazz fan ROFL!!!

 

I feel like the Rockets are going to come out game 1 with a strong sense of urgency like they did when Yao went out...Lets go Rox!!