Clutchfans Game Thread: Lakers @ Rockets 1/13/2009

Artest will suit up for this game. He will play!

 

source?

 

tmac's not playing? then i aint going to the game.

 

Guys will play their heart out...but still a loss...

They have too many weapons and we simply do not.

 

Lakers rank NO.1 both defensively and offensively. If Ron, Battier and T-mac or two of them are all out, I dont see a chance we'll win.

No one is able to protect the paint except Yao. Casol, Bynum and Kobe will keep attacking Yao's defense zone and bring Yao's big trouble defensively. At the offensive ends, the lakers twin towers are hard enough for Yao to be dominant offensively. With the lakers current roaster(though they have some injured players), I dont see any position advantage except for Yao.

I say a loss, but hopefully it's a decent one and dont need a blowout loss.

 

The odds are definitely against us this game my friends. Yao Ming still isn't 100% from his injury last year (no matter what he says, he certainly didn't get blocked by the rim so much last year), no Artest and no Tmac, up against the best team in the league. People expecting a win are just not realistic. Still I find it weird to be cheering for a decent loss lol...no matter what you should hope for a win lol

 

Yao can handle Lakers soft bigs without any problem.

If one of our perimeter players (Wafer, Rafer, Brooks, Head...) can have a great game, we might win this game.

 

bynum is becoming a pretty good defender i have to say, in the first game against laker this year, yao actually had trouble with bynum's length...

 

I thought about that two, this team beat Celtics in Boston without Tracy McGrady.

Playing Boston is one of the hardest places to play in the NBA, outside of Utah.

 

he's out for the game man.

the lakers have been extremely porous defensively the last 2 games giving up a bunch of points so we have a chance. they're back to their "not focused" stage right now and just outscoring teams.

 

boston was in a HUGE slump losing 7 of 9 games. and they just lost to the bobcats before.

the lakers haven't lost more than 2 games in a row all year and their offense is hitting on all cylinders lately. so that's why there is a fear.

and did you see our last game? we barely shot 42% against the worst defensive team in the L. it's going to be up to our defense if this game is going to be competitive.

 

its stupid if battier sits out. he was feeling great against the knicks. he should be more than fine tomorrow.

 

That's the MOST we could expect from the game. Think twice, my friend, Big 3s are two less and one of our best defensive player who accidently was the best defensive presence against Kobe before Ron's arrival is missing.

I would like a win more, but a decent loss wont hurt me either

 

it's a hard game ,but i think we have chance ,go ROX!

 

lmao at all these people. I hate when people talk too technical about sports. it confuses the hell out of me. We are going to win, just watch.

 

We can do nothing but believe T-MAC will back

 

I will be really honest. My hate for McLazy has outgrown my love for the Rockets. I am a very frustrated and angry fan at the moment. This **** has to be stopped.

 

realistically... smoke on Smoke_On. i hope we win but it really is a pipe dream.

 

the Lakers are 15th in the league in opponents points per game and 6th in the league in opponents field goal percentage.

 

I remember after the Indiana Murphy buzzer beater, they lost to the Heat. Unless you mean since 09.