ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Mavericks 3/6/2008

Win Saturday & we're #3 headed for #1. I get sick of hearing about the Spurs little win streak. What is it now? 10? They better not loose again or they'll wind up #2 behind us!

 

beat b!tch beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!

 

Love how the ESPN recap makes such a big deal out of Nowitzki not being there. The choke artist wouldn't have helped at all.

 

With this win, we finally have a winning division record. For some reason that pleases me more than beating the snot out of Dallas.

 

Love it.
Caught him in his own faulty logic.

 

Tomorrow...


Utah @ Phoenix (Utah sux on the road)
San Antonio @ Denver


Woo hoo!

 

that is the funniest **** ive seen

 

BTW, any way we can go ahead and extend Scola's deal AND get Landry under contract for a nice period of time? I like having those two as our security blanket down low.

 

Welcome to Houston!!!!!!!!!

Yes Babe!!!!

 

Backpeddling in full effect...

To err is human
Writing off the Rockets was worst of my predictions

Spring is in the air -- well, I say that as I'm airborne from the East Coast to Los Angeles -- and with that feeling of rebirth comes the desire to unburden my soul. It's time to look at some of the stupid things I've written in this space and own up to them.

Having to alter predictions doesn't necessarily mean they were stupid. For example, I predicted before the season that the Mavericks would beat the Celtics in the NBA Finals. Though I would back off that now (the Spurs, Lakers and Hornets are much better positioned than the Mavs), it's not overly stupid. I also predicted that LeBron James would be the MVP. At this point I would probably vote for Kobe Bryant with James and Chris Paul fighting it out for second, but that wasn't overly stupid, either.

Listed below are my wrongheaded predictions in descending order of wrongheadedness. Honestly, I'd rank only the first two as truly stupid.

1. My overly harsh analysis of the Rockets.

After watching Houston in a December game in Toronto, I wrote off the Rockets, saying that a team with Tracy McGrady at the helm would ultimately fail, not because McGrady is not a marvelously talented player but mostly because he is. His teammates can't read him, I wrote. He's not selfish in that strict sense of the word, but he's difficult to play with, I wrote.

Well, over the last two months, the Rockets have played as well as anyone in the league. Always battling injuries, Houston has hung tough and wormed its way into that crowded scrum of elite teams in the Western Conference. After Yao Ming went down with season-ending foot surgery, they still persevered, and were riding a 16-game winning streak after beating the Pacers on Wednesday.

Logic says that they will eventually fall out of the playoff picture without Yao, but I wouldn't bet on it. They deserve a lot of credit, and I can only hope that the snakebitten Yao makes it back strong so they can make a run next season.

Full article: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/jack_mccallum/03/06/rockets.mistakes/index.html?eref=T1

 

such a beautiful game.

when yao went down, i was sad, and honestly ready to call the season.
but, watching that first game, i saw something, and i won't say i knew, but i saw the possibility. well, these guys are making it real fun. whatever comes i am excited to watch these guys because our team is fierce.

 

They're just on fire. Period. Didn't catch the game, but 17 in a row?!? Come on, now! How many teams win 17 in a row? Not too many, for sure. Ya, the schedule's been soft, but you can only beat who they put in front of you. And after losing Yao? Could of crushed the team, but didn't, and they've just rolled on. 17 times. Ridiculous! How many can they win?

 

Tracy can be so great when we need him to be. Rafer is still playing out of his mind. This team looks just like the 04 Piston team. I'm so pround of our guys for playing hard every night, I don't care when the streak ends they're an elite team in my book even without Yao.

 

Scolandry!!!

29 pts 11 rbs 3ast 2st 2bs

 

I don't think you can "backpedal" if you readily admit you were wrong.

 

go rockets!!! 17 in a row baby

 

Good win. However, the ball didn't move as well in those last 2 games as before. T-Mac and Alston took a little too much shots. The board was not protected well tonight.

 

The ball moved real well,We had only 5 Turnovers the entire game and we put up 113 points + 23 assists with 5 Guy's in double figures in scoring.

 

17 in a row is awesome! The fact that every game from here on out is history in the making is very exciting time to be watching. But is anyone more impressed by the fact that we are beating teams by consecutive double digits, I am. Are we closing in on some kinda record with that stat to?

 

We just blew the hated Mavs out of their building!!! Tracy had a great shooting night and so did Rafer, yeah Deke should have gotten more shots Anyways much props to the girl behind the backboard wearing a Rockets jersey and waving the Yao head!!!