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

After seeing Boozer rain his jumpers, Juwan's ugly thing makes me want to cry.

 

Tracy is a funny guy.

 

NBA tv has much better post game than TNT..

 

I thought Okur did a really good job defending Yao. I'm not sure if Okur is that much quickner than Yao or what, but your right Yao did have to settle for a lot of jumpers. Yao will get his 25-30 a game though and there's nothing Okur can do about that. If we can establish Yao a little lower in the paint I think he'll be able to shoot a much higher percentage than he did tonight.

 

http://broadband.nba.com/cc/playa.p...press_wm_1_050819.asx&video=blank&nbasite=nba

 

it's so funny to see T-mac this suit and Yao in some scrub shirt

 

Unfortunately because of our poor shooting it's going to be tough. We have to have the right attitude and confidence for the next game so we can win it and put the Jazz in a precarious position.

 

I think Utah has one of the best home records.

 

man, it's matchups. heat struggled mightily w/ the bulls the most in the playoffs last yr b/c bulls were physical.

utah may not be as talented, but they're physical. their physicality kinda hurts our team.

the top 3 teams are not very physical and tmac and yao would own them.

so relax.

 

i'm kinda drunk but Yao and Tmac have good chemistry on the podium its like rush hour tmac cracking the jokes and yao setting them up

 

Because it is totally possible if we keep missing our 3pt shots and they start makning them.

DONT COUNT THEM OFF YET PPL, these are the games we were SUPPOSED to win... Now we have to hard fight 2 more games in Utah before coming home...

I doubt the rest of the Utah team is going to slump like this on their homecourt, so don't be too confident.

 

Dead on! Their box scores have looked good, but they haven't. TMac is shooting in the thirties, Yao is missing point blank shots. If they just play their normal games, they could sweep.

 

NExt game will be a blow out win for Rockets, then 4th game will be a over time win for rockets.

 

Free Red shirts yet the lower bowl still had ppl not wearing red -_- what did i say earlier

god they just need to ban/move these ppl away i dont care if they paid money they arent helping the cause. even les alexander is wearing red.


good game tonight, gotta take better shots in utah to win. cant just jack up threes like no tomorrow like we did in the 1st q.

if tmac can get it going like he did last year and earlier this year playing in utah then we can win easily!

 

yes they will play better. but we will player better. tmac is the best road player in the game.

i have confidence. if u look back at it, we sucked tonight offensively. 35% to their 46%

 

won what we should win, hopefully we can steal a win at Utah

 

these games have been close. rockets haven't been all guns blazing. there's a stat re: teams not travelling well to utah. with those points in mind, a 0-2 trip isn't incomprehensible.

 

a 2-0 trip also wouldn't be incomprehensible

 

Good points! I think the defense "as is" will get us through. Although improvements are always welcomed. But on the offesnsive end, we need to stick to the following:

1. Go "Inside and Out" through Yao. Either Yao gets easy shots or when double teamed, open outside shots for others or re-spost (something we haven't done at all in the past two games).

2. Go "Pick n Roll" between Yao - and T-Mac. Either you get clear path baskets for the either of te two or agaain, open outside shots for others.

I just feel that sometimes (or most of the times) when Rafer brings the ball up court, nobody has a clue as to what the play is going to be and Rafer just reminds me of Steve Francis" just Yo-Yoing up and down with the ball and knocking off like 10 seconds from the shot clock! We need to get into set plays right away! PERIOD! I'm sure others can add to the above.

 

50 Rebounds.

Game 3 -
Tmac and Yao will not shoot 3x% in game 3.

we will not shoot 17% from the 3 point line.

Rox have yet to show jazz what they can do.

sweep.