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ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Hornets 2/22/2008

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Clutch, Feb 21, 2008.

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Awesome demon77,Keep it up!

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The Winning getting perfect with Warrior and Nugget both loss.. even Utah was beaten...
Thanks for a good play Rockets.. Keep Rolling!

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it just pisses me off.......it's obvious what this team CAN do if Tmac is willing to play like "that" every night.........it was a great win last night for many reasons, but I'm not going to let this team play with my emotions like they have done in the past.............I'll continue to wait and see what happens........................

#1603 Rowdie Brandon, Feb 23, 2008
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Yeah, T-Mac turned it on last night. But as a jump shooter he's going to have off nights. I don't think it's realistic or fair to expect that he'll shoot 50% every night.

The important thing is that the Rockets are strong enough now as a team that they can cover for their stars when they have an off night. And T-Mac is playing within the system, so even if he's having an off night shooting he can still have an impact with his assists.

#1604 badgerfan, Feb 23, 2008
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for those of you that missed the game.

http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/XG8...iCCBaBGdvXAs0bpwakyi3z5as7XPt3hWLRdEWP?e=.asx

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Yeah, T-Mac turned it on last night. But as a jump shooter he's going to have off nights. I don't think it's realistic or fair to expect that he'll shoot 50% every night.
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I don't really mind when he has off nights shooting, because everyone has them (Like you mentioned)....my problem is when he fails to take it to the basket when the jumpers aren't going in......so far I'd have to say that last night along with game at Utah earlier this season have Tmacs best games this year.........and the common denominator in both of those games was his aggressiveness when taking it to the basket........sometimes driving it to the lane and getting easy buckets also gets you a good offensive rhythm and makes the basket appear bigger.......................I wish he would play like this every night..................but he doesn't..........

#1606 Rowdie Brandon, Feb 23, 2008
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Just finished watching the game on LP. All I can say is WOW!!! I really love the intensity the rockets showed tonight.

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Rowdie Brandon said:

I don't really mind when he has off nights shooting, because everyone has them (Like you mentioned)....my problem is when he fails to take it to the basket when the jumpers aren't going in......so far I'd have to say that last night along with game at Utah earlier this season have Tmacs best games this year.........and the common denominator in both of those games was his aggressiveness when taking it to the basket........sometimes driving it to the lane and getting easy buckets also gets you a good offensive rhythm and makes the basket appear bigger.......................I wish he would play like this every night..................but he doesn't..........
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There's no question that he's a much better player when he takes it to the hoop, even when his shot is falling. The important thing is that he stays healthy...

#1608 badgerfan, Feb 23, 2008
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pryuen said:

Tracy McGrady and the Rockets in action.

Look at the last photo......

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this pic basically summarizes how we won 11 games in a row

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And to make the whole thing perfect, GS, Utah and Denver lost tonight

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Anybody have the clip of David West shoving Landry down? I missed the fourth quarter (knew we were going to win though).

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Post game quotes from Hornets, Adelman, Yao, & Battier.

http://www.nba.com/hornets/news/courtside_live.html

Rockets Head Coach Rick Adelman

On the win: “Our guys really came out ready to play. We set the tempo from the very start. We were the aggressive team. I was pleased with the third quarter too. We didn’t let up in the third quarter. It’s probably one of our best games of the year from start to finish. I couldn’t be more pleased with them. Coming here, playing the first place team, with the best record in the West, we really came out and did a nice job.”

On defending Chris Paul: “I think the whole key is that you have to try to somehow contain Chris Paul. It’s impossible to do. But you want to take away easy baskets for him. Containing him, where he just doesn’t run roughshod over you is the key.”

On his team’s road win streak: “We’ve been very consistent on the road. We continue to defend well. In this league, what you want to do is give yourself a chance to win in the fourth quarter on the road. And we’ve done that practically every game. I can’t remember the last time we were blown out or someone got a big lead on us. And then we’ve been able to close out games. We’ve played well on the road, and we’ve competed and we’re winning right now. The key is to keep it going.”

Rockets Players

Rockets Center Yao Ming

On the win tonight: “New Orleans is a very good team in the Western Conference. Before today’s game they were the number one seed in the Western Conference. Everybody can see in the stats that from 1 to 9 they are very close. It means a lot for us to beat them on the road and also keep the winning streak on the road.”

On Tyson Chandler: “He is a great defender. He has the opportunity to play with Chris Paul. Today he had three or four alley-oop dunks. That gave me a hard time guarding him. On the defensive side, he played me very physically. I made some shots, but he did a very good job (guarding me).”

Rockets Forward Shane Battier

On if they can continue their recent win streak: “That’s the hope. The West is so tough. I think it’s going to come down to whoever is playing the best during the home stretch. That’s the team that’s going to bring it home. The good news for our team is that we are continuing to improve and find out about ourselves.”

Hornets Head Coach Byron Scott

On the loss: “I didn’t think we really came out ready to play to be honest with you. I thought Houston was much more aggressive, much more physical. The way I put it to our guys is that they punched us first, and that was the game. They just were a much more aggressive, physical basketball team. We never reacted the way we’re supposed to. You know, when you get punched in the mouth by a team, you’ve got to come back and be strong, and I don’t think we did. I think we took two steps back and allowed them to do whatever they wanted to do.”

“I thought at the beginning of the game as well, we weren’t very focused in on doing what we talked about doing on the defensive end. Again, we just didn’t come ready to play. That’s to be honest with you. And, they just kicked our butt, and that’s the bottom line.”

On what you do after a game like this: “I think what is best to do is kind of remember what happened right there before the game because I think San Antonio is kind of the same type of team. They’re going to come out and play real physical, real aggressive basketball. Again, if we react the same way tomorrow night as we did tonight, then it’s going to be another L.”

On whether Bonzi Wells and Mike James will be in the rotation at San Antonio on Saturday: “We’ll try to make it as simple as possible for both of those guys until they get a chance to practice a few times, but I don’t see any reason why, especially the way we played tonight, why they shouldn’t play tomorrow.”

Hornets Players

Hornets Center, Tyson Chandler
Physical game: “We watched the game last night. They played a very physical game last night also and it kind of carried over. They threw the first punch tonight and we never were able to catch up.”

On last loss being a physical game: “I don’t think it is necessarily a problem we are having. They came at us tonight. We have a game tomorrow and we just need to bounce back.”

On San Antonio: “I know San Antonio is going to come in prepared. We beat them on their home floor last time and they are going to want to get back at us. We need to take our intensity in there tomorrow and throw the first punch. We can’t be on the receiving end tomorrow night.”

Hornets Forward, Rashual Butler:
On the game: “It was a real physical game tonight. We were not as prepared as we needed to be. We kind of waited to see how they were going to play tonight instead of coming out and being aggressive. They pretty much set the tone on that.”
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yonasb said:

this pic basically summarizes how we won 11 games in a row
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the "Raining D" dance?

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great win, love the teamwork

i get the feeling tmac feeds off of landy's energy
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I get the feeling that we're playing as a team and all of the players feed off each other energies.

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Fire Adelman.

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woke up just now (after getting **** faced last night) with a smile on my face.

this win still feels greeeaaaaaat.

i am so excited about this team right now.

#1616 apocclass, Feb 23, 2008
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i predicted a double digit win!

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doublebogey said:

Post game quotes from Hornets, Adelman, Yao, & Battier.
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Wow the Hornets sure like using the punch phrase don't they?

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No, the truth is, after Yao left with 7+ minutes, the whole Rocket started fooling around with no defense (starting from TMac), which provided a 8-2 run to the opponent.

I don't like this kind of attitude.
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So, the Rockets winning by 20 on the road against the team with the best record in the West is not good enough for you, Mr. Perfect? Come on now.

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