ClutchFans Game Thread: Jazz @ Rockets 4/23/2007 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 2)

Perfect post to end the game thread on!

 

How about Kirilenko?

 

Still a whole lotta work to do. We must shoot a better percentage from the floor.

 

Oh no. Tmac and Yao coming to the podium after Boozer. Chuck hayes deserves to be there as well.

 

Yao owned Mehmet Chokur.

 

You expect us to outrebound them on the offensive end like tonight game after game? Get real. The better teams will punish us if TMac and Yao don't shoot a better percentage.

Rocket Zoom

 

I completely agree with this assessment. Let Boozer continue to take that mid-range shot. I doubt he'll continue to hit at such a high clip. If we try to defend him differently it'll just mean Yao will have to guard Okur and be taken completely out of the paint.

As long as our 3-point shooting is where it normally is we'll take one of the next two games. TMac and Yao will get there's and I don't see anyone on the Spazz capable of dominating outside of Boozer.

 

I wonder why JVG does not run that play more often. That worked really good in the playoffs against Dallas.

 

Anyone else kind of excited that we are up 2-0 with Yao and Tracy playing "ok" games, Battier pretty much being a non-factor and Luther Head not drilling 3's in the clutch? I don't like how Magic Johnson said that this series was coming back to Houston 2-0.

 

Rockets won and the tonight's Heroes episode was awesome. Nothing more can a person ask for.

 

In my opinion, this is better than a blow out win. Nobody will get over excited. The players are not too happy about it, the coach is not happy about it, the fans are not happy about it. This makes the player humber and stay hungry.

We are a good road team, looking forward to seeing us shooting much better in Utah.

 

Yao and T-Mac have played pretty well this series in spurts. Chuck Hayes and Juwan have played pretty well. Chuck more the Juwan but I think both have really played well. If Rafer and Battier could hit jump shots we would be is even better shape.

The biggest thing I saw tonight was no wilt from the Rockets. This year in the 4th we have really blown leads and T-mac and company hit big shots and took the ball to THE BASKET more.

Now if YAO would shoot better on layups.

2-0 but we will have to play better to go 3-0

Go Rockets. Finish them and get some rest for what comes next.

 

I'm ecstatic that we won, but we really need to do better. Other than Snyder, Battier, and Hayes, we really stunk. We were saved by our outstanding free throw shooting.

 

yay we won...now we need to go for the sweep!

 

Horrible game to watch. Glad we won! Why is Yao Ming as a center taking so many jump shots, especially close to the basket, what happened to his speed moves to the backet finishing with a dunk. As much as he is my favorit rocket's player,at this stage of the game I don't like to see him playing so soft.

 

what reason did magic give?

 

Did you see Battier's drive at the end where he drew the foul to seal the game? (it was likely already done at that point...)

Anyway, where has that been. It would be great to see him take it to the hole more often and might add a dimension to this team. He's got Yao to clean it up if he doesn't make it or draw the foul...

 

His son will get something to watch from the dad when he knows what's basketball.

Head is still too tight on the court. Hopefully, he can get it going on the road.

 

We are getting no props from those TNT morons
Magic was saying the series would go 2:2.
Kenny: Jazz will shoot much better at home.
Fat Ass: Jazz forwards will play like all stars as they should do.

 

SNYDER???? haha great game he had