ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Spurs 11/16/2007

Williamson · Nov 15, 2007

I can't imagine how we can pull off this win without Tracy. We'll see.

hooroo · Nov 15, 2007

jmwilliamson said:

I can't imagine how we can pull off this win without Tracy. We'll see.
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Rockets won a game against the Spurs last season without T-Mac.

Rafer, Head, Battier, Hayes, and Yao started. Bonzi did his thing off the bench.

doublehh03 · Nov 15, 2007

hooroo said:

Rockets won a game against the Spurs last season without T-Mac.

Rafer, Head, Battier, Hayes, and Yao started. Bonzi did his thing off the bench.
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hopefully tmac just misses these next 2 games and come back next wednesday.

i really hope bonzi will shine, james can get his shot back, and francis gets a chance to play, and yao takes on a bigger role, and we could win a game or maybe 2.

w/ all teh bad luck we have, we need some good ones.

but we're capable. our role players just haven't stepped up. if they do, we could win.

but i really wanna see how we play as a team regardless of losing/winning.

iconoclastic · Nov 15, 2007

The only way we win this game is if Yao throws some rim rocking facials on Tim Duncan's mug.

A_3PO · Nov 15, 2007

SmitingPurpleEm said:

I think if we are to win a game against the big 3 without McGrady, it is this one. The Spurs play a slowdown style, which suits Yao, and their offense can bog down at times especially if we dial up our defense like when we allowed 32 points against the Lakers in the second half. Plus the Spurs don't really contort their defense to stop Yao. They seem content to put Duncan on him 1v1 but last time Yao defeated that defense. They also have no answer for Bonzi, who is also helped by the slowdown style.

I can't see us beating Phoenix though, and Dallas will be extremely hard.
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My point against the Spurs is late in the game, we will stop scoring. Same song umpteenth verse when Tracy doesn't play. I can see them toying with us for a half and then delivering the death blow some time in the 3rd quarter or to start the 4th. If we hang close later, that means we put together an supremely energetic effort.

sab504 · Nov 15, 2007

Spurs by 20, if rick decides to put stevie in, we might just lose by 10.

T-Mac1 · Nov 15, 2007

Spurs should be tired tomorrow ~

They are playing Falls tonight !

pariah · Nov 15, 2007

any chance that Adelman plays Francis in order to not completely disrupt the rotation (playing time) while TMAC is out?

rrj_gamz · Nov 15, 2007

Holy Jesus christ...No t-mac...maybe some of the guys will show up...But I have my doubts...

Rox: 91

Spurs: 95

SmitingPurpleEm · Nov 15, 2007

A_3PO said:

My point against the Spurs is late in the game, we will stop scoring. Same song umpteenth verse when Tracy doesn't play. I can see them toying with us for a half and then delivering the death blow some time in the 3rd quarter or to start the 4th. If we hang close later, that means we put together an supremely energetic effort.
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It almost happened the first SA game, but we managed to find enough scoring with McGrady misfiring. Yao made several crucial baskets against Duncan late in the game, and Duncan has been struggling badly. They don't really double or front Yao. They still have no answer for Bonzi. Mike James has to find his shot eventually, Rafer too (maybe). I think our best chance to win one of the next three games is against SA.

cshen · Nov 15, 2007

T-mac comes back and scores 50 pts with left hand only. Rockets win 90 - 85.

Seriously, L3 sounds more realistic.

Painting_Shade · Nov 15, 2007

seriously though.. we have a longshot chance. having bonzi helps, and if our guard play steps up, we could make it a game. still, I see a loss.

NO NAME · Nov 15, 2007

lose
85:102

DattboyD · Nov 15, 2007

we will just have to see how it all plays out...i would love to see francis get some minutes off the bench to prove that he belongs in the rotation, i would also love to see brooks in the offense but his defense is so so.......i would like to see brooks penetrate on offense and break down the D

xqc1212 · Nov 15, 2007

i hope yao can lead rockets toward victory in the case of t-mac is wounded.

zhangstein · Nov 15, 2007

anyone has the Spurs Dallas game LP link?
Thanks

SmitingPurpleEm · Nov 15, 2007

http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/Rockets_will_face_defending_ch-244191-34.html

HOUSTON -- The Rockets will have to face the NBA's defending champions without Tracy McGrady.

McGrady, the league's second-leading scorer, is expected to miss Friday night's showdown against the San Antonio Spurs with a sprained right elbow. He remains listed as day-to-day after an MRI revealed no tendon or ligament damage.

The Rockets' seven-time All-Star left Wednesday's game in the second quarter after his right arm was bent backward reaching for a loose ball in front of the Lakers' Luke Walton.

"The doctors say it will be a week, but I don't know, we'll see," McGrady said after Wednesday's loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. "I will see how it feels."

The Rockets (6-3) are at least preparing to play without their leading scorer in the immediate future.

Before suffering the elbow injury, McGrady was leading the NBA in scoring and was off to the best start of his career. He scored at least 30 points in four of the Rockets' first nine games, earning the Western Conference's Player of the Week honors during the NBA's opening week.

Since the Rockets have needed time to adjust to Rick Adelman's high-motion offense, the team has been leaning on McGrady's production to win games.

Now, at least for one night, they'll have to look elsewhere for offense.

"Guys have got to step up," Rockets guard Mike James said. "Guys have got to handle their own weight. Regardless of who's playing or who's not, we know that he is one of our leaders, one of the superstars. Guys have got to step up in his place."

Bonzi Wells, who played a season-high 40 minutes Wednesday night, will likely replace McGrady in the starting lineup.

That might actually be bad news for the Spurs considering how Wells has played against them.

During the 2006 NBA Playoffs, Wells nearly helped Sacramento pull off a stunning first-round upset of San Antonio, averaging 23.2 points and 12.0 rebounds in a five-game series.

Since joining the Rockets, not much has changed. He had 15 points and seven rebounds last season in a performance that helped Houston win in San Antonio for the first time in nine years.

One season later, Wells was at it again when he had 14 points and 15 rebounds in Houston's 89-81 win over the Spurs.

Wells, though, certainly won't be asked to shoulder the entire load in McGrady's absense.

He knows of at least one other source of help: Yao Ming.

"You're taking 30 points out of our lineup, but everyone has to step their games up and hold it down until he comes back," Wells said. "We have to ride Yao more and come together as a team."

The Rockets certainly know they can't worry about McGrady's health. Despite being able to breathe a sigh of relief that McGrady's injury wasn't as serious as originally thought, there is no timetable for his return.

"We have the Spurs and the Suns coming in here," Rockets forward Shane Battier said. "There is no time for tears."
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TheBornLoser · Nov 15, 2007

If the team plays like the last 2 games...

... we lose.

jasonemilio · Nov 15, 2007

SmitingPurpleEm said:

I think if we are to win a game against the big 3 without McGrady, it is this one. The Spurs play a slowdown style, which suits Yao, and their offense can bog down at times especially if we dial up our defense like when we allowed 32 points against the Lakers in the second half. Plus the Spurs don't really contort their defense to stop Yao. They seem content to put Duncan on him 1v1 but last time Yao defeated that defense. They also have no answer for Bonzi, who is also helped by the slowdown style.

I can't see us beating Phoenix though, and Dallas will be extremely hard.
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Exactly. Yao usually fair a lot better against teams that dont surround him quick, little guards.

Plus we have..........Bonzi the Spurs Killer!

cdrive · Nov 15, 2007

rafer+alston+james go for 7-28
again
rockets lose
steve, buff and in shape as the pictures inconveniently show, will continue to cheer his teammates from the bench.

rockets 83
spurs 98

get well soon, tmac. really soon.

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