Clutchfans Game Thread: Nuggets @ Rockets 12/16/2008

1st!! Rockets Win!!

 

Once again a very TOUGH GAME. With Billups the Nuggets are really ballin'.

You gotta guard Billups, he showed us what he can do in the 1st meeting. Hopefully Brooks won't guard him...

We don't really know what we are gonna see. We can see great team playing with great effort being very agressive. But we can also see lazy asses in white uniforms standing and waiting for something to finally happen.

Hopefuly we will win this. Of course we can, especially with Ron. We will need really good nights from Yao, Tracy and Ron. Gotta win this one and we really should beat them. We are a better team, we have to show it.

 

3rd.

We gotta beat the Nugs.

 

We need Steve Francis!

 

Time for some long awaited big 3 action? When does Barry come back?

I think emotionally we'll have the advantage this game having lost so badly to them last time and having our main personnel back.

Having no Raefer could be a good thing in the short term. As long as we go to Yao and don't shoot bad floaters.

 

we shouldn't be afraid of them in the long run. remember when they first hired george karl and went like 30-3 to end the season. it's the same case now.

they're on a high right now. we should beat this team if we just play our game (defense and rebound). tmac and yao should have no problems with this team offensively.

 

Okay, we get crushed.

What is our next game after the Nuggets?

 

I agree. Tracy and Yao should be able to put up some points (and hopefully they will) because Nuggets are not a defensive team.

We should win it, yes we are better. A lot better.

But as I said, we never know what we are gonna see. Great team or bad team?

 

despite being inconsistent, we have not yet lose twice in a row. and we have always bounced back in a big way following an atrocious and unexpected loss to a bad team.

we should obliterate the nuggets.

 

How about stfu ? We all know who you are and what is you opinion. So why are you still here, why you still support this team if you know they are gonna lose?

 

We just don't match up well against the Nuggets. They should obliterate us.

 

I wouldn't look that way at this game. Every game is different. And I don't care that we always bounce back... This may be different one. We just gotta play our game.

 

I supported the NY Giants last year in the SuperBowl even when I knew they were going to lose. That's why they play the game!

 

without rafer, we match up perfectly with them.

billups is a guy who does well v. shorter/weaker PGs and he did that v. alston in our first meeting (along with AB).

now adelman might be forced to put artest/battier on him. billups isn't quick or explosive enough to exploit the height difference. and we usually have a good handle on carmelo anthony.

and once again, they have nobody to guard tracy or yao. and if artest gets back, a weaker secondary defender will be on him so he will have a good game too.

 

Luis drops 40 on Scola wig night.

 

Rockets will bounce back vs. a good Denver team. They've shown they can beat good teams, but what the Rockets lack most right now is consistency.

 

Who is going to play?

 

but.... they.....didn't lose?

 

Good question. At least we know we have Tracy and Yao. Artest should play as well. I do belive only Rafer and Barry will be out