ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Sonics 12/15/2005

First!

As in my first first ever! In all these years, I have been using the internet, my first first ever! How pathetic is that? Is that bad luck, bad timing, or a combination of both?

So what do I get?

Anyways, Rockets win!

Ray Allen asks to be traded to Rockets.

Juwon Howard asks to be traded to the Sonics.

DONE!

 

praise Allah for this new thread.


Rockets: 92.5

Sonics: 84

Harry Potter has spoken.

 

Third! Another high scoring team in the Sonics (although they're struggling this season a bit).

Need to lock down that perimeter D and we will win...

 

Crap. 4th.

Rockets crush the sonics, btw.

 

5th, we should win by 12

 

Rockets 98
Sonics 87

Head explodes better than ever!

 

Yao's the key to this game. Unless Yao is fatigued, he should have another big game against Seattle's inferior big men. Bowen can hold Lewis and T-Mac can either outscore Allen or if his offense is off he can focus on shutting him down and letting Yao take on most of the offensive load. Head should be able to keep up with Ridnour. We won't win if we can't stop either Lewis or Allen. Which sucks since they are both on my best yahoo fantasy team.

 

Got a bad feeling about his game. Back-to-back almost always means a sucky game from Yao, tmac didn't look great yesterday (hopefully he's not hurting). Seattle is rested and hungry after an OT loss from GS. Hope the sonics don't run us out from the start, but if we keep it close we should be aight.

 

We will win by 13 points. We will trail until 5:48 left in the 4th.

 

Suddenly we are in national TV back to back. And I believe this will bring us luck. Our players are eager to show up before the whole contry.

 

Rockets 94
Sonics 88

 

Rox 96 Sonics 90,
Yao 23
Tmac 25
Head 17


KD

 

The momentum is building.

Rockets 99
Sonics 91

 

Five in a Row. 98-90

 

Another for the W column.

 

another win for rockets

108 Rockets
90 Sonics

 

If we defend perimeters well, we won!
O/W 3 pointers .....
Think about how good they specialize in 3's!!!

 

The logic is undeniable:
Warriors beat Sonics
Rox beat Warriors
Rox crush Sonics

The Rox have to learn their lesson from last night, they almost let the game get away when the Warriors started raining threes. Guard the perimeter because Allen, Lewis, Ridnour and Radman have the ability to light up a scoreboard with threes.

 

Thats the matchup that kills us and Yao especially.

This team is like Memphis and will collapse on our player and drag Yao out to the three point line.

Ridnaur, Allen, Rashard and Radman can all stroke the three better than GS and thats how GS stayed in the game yesterday.

If Seattle goes with the small lineup with Fortson or Evans, then they will collapse on Yao before he gets the ball and our shooters MUST hit their outside shots. Rashard is a big '3' that will play like Marion did when Diaw was covering Yao: flashing back to deny the pass to Yao and daring (Hopefully not bowen) to shoot it quickly before he can get it off.

Wesley, Head and T-Mac need to be able to knock down those looks they are going to get and must efficiently pass the ball around in order to take advantage of the doubles.

Whenever Yao was single teamed in GS, he scored, Seattle will be better prepared and will swarm him. Its up to T-Mac to stifle them defensively and have them pick their poison. Rashard actually guards T-mac well, so T-mac needs to have a big game to loosen the double teams to allow Yao to have some space to hit some buckets.

I think we pull it off!

Rockets 98 Sonics 86