No Rashard Lewis for the sonics. I must say that the sonics are one of my most hated teams. I hope we thrash them by 30.
this should be a definite win...ray allen isn't playing at his peak after coming back from his injury and i think jvg is gonna stress better defense after we allowed the griz to shoot a high percentage than us... SEA: 92 HOU: 98
Ray Allen is a more deadly version of Mike Miller, so we can't let him shoot like we let Mike Miller when we played the Grizzlies... this is one of those games where having Yao Ming would really help as Seattle's a weak team in the paint.. Chucky needs to step up and hopefully Juwan can keep playing like he has been the past few games, driving aggressively, shooting with confidence, playing with hustle, and getting to the free throw line a lot. All the guard play will cancel each other out, unless T-mac has another dominant night.
I think the person that we should be worried about is chris wilcox. He usually has good games against the rockets.
Much like the Hawks and Grizzlies, the Sonics are a bad team(especially without Rashard Lewis) that the Rockets should be able to beat. Just make sure to play defense for 4 quarters and not wait til the 2nd half like they did against Memphis.
4 straight wins for the rockets. T-Mac continues his hot streak by scoring 40 pts! This game should be pretty straight forward for the rockets. Final score, rockets 110 - 100 Sonics.
did everyone forget? NEW-OLD BALL! its back and the players are gonna feel very comfortable especially tmac and ray allen so were gonna havea shootout.
that's why tmac will outplay him ...anyhow...this is ourlast easy game before we go thru the hardest part of our schedule. it is a must win game because minny won't be easy on the road. rox win by at least 15.....97 - 82
Ahh yeah Rashard Lewis isn't playing, I forgot he was injured. Oh well T-Mac would have outplayed him anyways. Looks like T-Mac AND Luther Head are going to have to show up Ray Allen then. Seattle has to play Dallas the night before this game so they'll be tired and they'll probably have no spirit. Back to back against 2 tough teams on the road?? Ouch.
its amazing how lucky we seem to have gotten in respect to playing teams who are missing key players. Mind you, there are ALOT of inuries across the league right now. Simple really, keep Ray Allen in check, win the ballgame. Holding him under 30 should be enough but less than 25 and we're fine. McGrady to score an easy 28. Howard 20. Battier and Head 15. Alston 2-25. Rocks 100 - Sonics 88.
Win while the team has momentum. We will need the buffer when we start playing with the better teams.
I just pray to god that Bob Hill (I think that the Sonics coach) will put Earl Watson on T-Mac, oh I'll be having an absolutely escatatic morning if he did. Oh course, he'll more likely put Ray Allen on T-Mac, and he is about 8 cm and 8 kg less than T-Mac. Please McGrady, post up against Allen and you will have absolutely no problem. Battier on Ray Allen, should be no problem.
We should do well in this game. Sonics have no real low post threat without Rashard Lewis. Further, this allows Battier over to guard Allen for the most part of the game. T-Mac will probably guard Damien Wilkens when Seattle goes with 3 guards or even Wilcox and Allen at times. Rafer will have a tough time with Ridnour but should be ok. Mutumbo, Hayes and Howard should help on the offensive board as Seattle's big men are not that strong. I am predicting Rox 98 Sonics 86.
