ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Lakers 4/19/2004 (Playoffs Round 1, Game 2)

yao is playing aggressive, francis has 8 assists, jj is shooting again, mobley isn't letting kobe do too much, and shaq has either been in foul trouble or looked disinterested when he was in there (only 4 shots?). thankfully fisher's 2 3's didn't lead to something big and actually turned into a 8-0 run for us.

 

It was in transition. Steve got downcourt on the right wing. Saw Yao trailing crossing halfcourt out of the corner of his eye, so Steve crosses up his man And1 style to freeze the defense, then dishes to Yao, who is diving down the lane for a one handed oh-so-sweet dunk.

 

We only have 3 turnovers this entire half, that is incredible!!! Go Rocks!!!

-G'day-

 

Great credit to Steve!

go rockets!Lakers suck!u can beat it!go go go!

 

Did not realize. That is awesome.

 

Oops. I don't think it was "on" anyone since everyone on D was mesmerized by Steve's between the legs and back crossover. The lane was clear for Yao. So sweet. Want to touch the hiney.

 

I want to see Yao come out hard against Shaq to start the 2nd half. Keep Shaq on the bench brooding.

 

Kenny Smith is an idiot. How can he say that the Lakers role players are not hungry and blame the deficit on them?

It was the Lakers role players that kept them in the game: Fisher, Denko, Gary and Karka. Yep, Gary and Karla are role players on the Lakers team behind KO.

 

Hope my prediction turns into reality!!

 

I wouldn't knock them that badly, but the there is only 6 bench points so far.

 

He's an idiot because of the soup with a fork take.

 

That dunk was just smoooth, there wasn't any akward pass or catch and the slam was powerful and quick. Very sweet play.

 

Thank you for your detailed description, moomoo.

How can you believe our beloved Rockets playing so great tonight? 3 TO only, HAHAHAHA

 

I am confused. We only had 3 TO in the first half. Does that mean that SF3 is possible to cut down his TO and it was just that he played carelessly during the regular season?

He did have 7 TO in last game.

 

Huh?

 

One good thing about this game is we are competing even if we do lose but keep it close, at least we gave a strong showing and didn't choke up like Memphis who got their rears whipped badly in 2 games against SA.

I'm crossing my fingers and Hope the tides doesn't turn and Shaq getting Yao in foul trouble in the 2nd half.

 

Forgive him on that. Everyone will get very nervous in his debut Playoff game.

 

Well he had 2 of the 3 TO's and they were both unforced. But overall, you can't complain. He's playing hard and much smarter than last game. Just wish he would take it to the hoop more and score.

 

Let's hope this play continues, the rockets need to start off strong because they usually dont play well in the 4th quarter.

 

If they win, I'm gonna celebrate with a Big Mac tomorrow. Hope they win with a low score though, say 89? Haven't had a big mac in a long while.