Mcgrady will continue on his road to recovery with a solid game and perfrect night from the free throw line. Im just hoping JVG has the sense to play Bonzi rather than Padgett. From what ive seen, Bonzi is really good at chasing rebounds down. Yao and Battier will give another solid performance. Rockets win 95-88.
Well, I'm feeling good about this season so far. The only games we've lost, are to teams that are 4-0! Go Rockets!
Well, you can tell that guy is an amatuer journalist....V-span's team LOST to Spain in the finals.... Sloppy writing, but at least it was upbeat. Probably good enough for the Houston Chronicle as poorly as it was written. DD
Yeah I know he is an amatuer, but I like the love. Love for the rox is hard to come by. Now I know you have to earn it first, but man this team is built for a championship run. When the rox won the preseason game against the Heat I checked sportscenter highlights for a little love and it was all dwade highlights then oh yeah the rox won by 25. Tell me that not biased, so I appreciate a little rox biased information.
Here is my feeling for tonight's game: T-mac: 30+ points Yao: the second double-double with 20+ and 10+ --> Rox: WIN with 100+ points
Thank you. I feel that this will be a good game. Look like T-mac is slowly getting his game back together. He will have his breakout game very soon.
NO, i think that's a link for the old games. (vs hornets) I checked and it looks like ppstream will have it.
Key Bench Players: Bucks Charlie Bell, PG, 6'3" 200 lbs. 27.3mpg, 6.0ppg, 2.5apg, 1 stl Steve Blake PG, 6'3" 192 lbs. 17.8mpg, 1.3ppg, 3.0apg, 1.3 reb Brian Skinner C/F, 6'9" 265 lbs. 18mpg, 3.3ppg, 3.5reb, 60% FG Rockets Kirk Snyder G/F, 6'6" 225 lbs. 23.5mpg, 8.8ppg, 3.3reb, 2.3apg Luther Head G, 6'3" 185 lbs. 18.8mpg, 7.5ppg, 2.3reb, 42.9% 3pt JHo/Padgett/Deke/Bonzi/Novak The last game, the Rockets played poorly, but they won. They shot their freethrows very well (27-30) and hit key shots to stay ahead. Their defense was also very good against a struggling jumpshooting team. This game, the Rockets need to improve on lowering their turnovers, currently at 18.2 a game. The Bucks don't neccessarily force a lot of turnovers, so this a game that the Rockets could really improve in this aspect. A lot of the tturnovers have been stupid and unforced: carrying, traveling, dribbling off the foot, but opposing teams are stepping up for charges too, so the Rockets need to react better to this. So far this year the Bucks have established a strong 1-2 punch in Redd and Villanueva. Redd will get his, for it would take a really off game to hold him down. Redd just needs an instant off freedom to step back for a quick jumper. Villanueva will also be a tough cover. He's not afraid to put up a ton of shots and has good size and ability. Hopefully Chuck Hayes can hold his own without getting into foul trouble like he has a tendency to do. JVG threw the everything except for Hayes against Boozer in the Jazz game and Boozer dominated. Villanueva has the potential to go Boozer on the Rox, so I hope JVG sticks with Hayes, the best PF post defender the Rockets have. In addition to improving on turnovers, maintaining freethrow shooting high, and continuing to rebound well like last game, the Rockets need to hit open shots. Contrary to the idiocy that runs amuck on this board, T-Mac and Yao have been making great decisions for the most part. They are getting open 3pters for Rafer, Luther, Kirk, Shane, and co. But if those 4 aren't hitting, what is JVG going to do? His defensive mind says keep with the best defenders, but he knows Novak can open it up. Sometimes he compromises and brings in Padgett, who is a better team defender. Who is going to be the Rockets' 8th man this game. JVG has rotated JHo, Deke, Padgee, Novak, and Bonzi....Bonzi will definitely be part of the rotation once he gets in shape, but that's not now. The key to this game in my opinion will be to stopping the rest of the Bucks. Try to limit Villanueva and Redd from monster games, but they'll score. The rest of the Bucks have been terrible. Bogut has been solid, so I hope Yao can hold him, but the Bucks' bench and shooters (other than Redd) have struggled mightily. Hopefully this is the game they don't break out. Keep up the Defensive pressure and Go Rockets.
