It might not be so inside anymore. Vegas has the Rockets favored by 10 points. That's a lot considering the Suns still have Joe Johnson and Shawn Marion. If the booze is going to affect Amare, it will help the Rockets' cause.
what would be the conversation between posey and amare... P: "man we just got our asses whooped by houston. i need a drink" S: "maaaaaan, now i gotta go get my ass whooped by houston tomorrow. line some shots up." P: "drink up"
Rocketsfans smoking crack again. Good to see means you will probably get your asses handed to you tonight like in the past.
Somehow I am less confident about this game than the Memphis game. Rockets may lay an egg after a huge victory Saturday. It reminds of the Clippers game. If Clippers hadn't missed their last 7 shots in the game, Rockets would lost instead winning by 4 points.
10 would be too much. Suns still have Amare, Marion, Joe Johnson, and Barbosa. Foskul always play Yao tough and physical. And somehow Amare I Am ROY Stoudamire get fired up when playing Yao.
Good to see jealous Rockets fans again. In the only game Amare scored only 19 he didn't take a shot the entire 4th quarter. Crybabies. Unlike Yao , Amare gets double and triple teamed all the time. Yao gets outmuscled by Vitaly Potapenko one on one.
LOL. That's the funniest post I have seen all week. It's good to see our old friend slinslin back. Thought we would never see you again after the Marbury trade. At least give bored posters here some stuff to bash about.
Jealous of what? Our franchise is getting better with every game played.. yours is just in the beginning of rebuilding. Enjoy the lottery troll.
Rockets keep guard up Van Gundy, team know complacency spells trouble By MEGAN MANFULL Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle The Rockets are in the midst of their longest winning streak of the season. The Suns are entrenched in one of their worst seasons. So it would seem that predicting tonight's outcome would be easy. It's anything but. Despite a five-game winning streak, the Rockets are unpredictable, especially when they are about to play an opponent that has given them trouble recently. This season, the Rockets are 1-1 against the Suns, who will be at Toyota Center tonight. The Rockets hope to build on the momentum from their Saturday night victory over Memphis, but coach Jeff Van Gundy admitted after that game that he isn't sure what to expect when his team takes the court. "I'm not an expert on the team yet, totally," he said. "But (Saturday) was a good win against a very good team. At the same time, we realized (Memphis) was playing back-to-backs, so we had that advantage. I think the main thing now for us is to focus on what's next, and that's Phoenix. They've given us enough problems." The biggest problems came Feb. 2, which was after the Suns had made their blockbuster deal that sent Stephon Marbury to the Knicks. They were also without injured starters Amare Stoudemire and Zarko Cabarkapa. Everything seemed to point in favor of the Rockets. But nothing went right that night in Phoenix. The Rockets were without Steve Francis, who was serving a one-game suspension for missing the team flight, but their collapse could not be blamed on his absence alone. The Suns dominated and dealt the Rockets a 99-79 loss. It was the Rockets' most lopsided defeat since their 29-point loss to Sacramento on Nov. 28. The victory over the Rockets snapped Phoenix's three-game losing streak but hardly put the Suns on a winning track. They lost their next eight games. The season hasn't improved for Phoenix, a team that will arrive in Houston desperate for a win. The Rockets know they cannot afford a letdown. "We understand that they have beaten us and we really have to step it up and take care of business (today)," Mark Jackson said. The Rockets want to prove they no longer are treating any game as a "big" one. The theory that the Rockets always step up when it comes to "big games" makes Van Gundy shudder. He has preached all season that every game is as big as the next, but the players haven't always responded that way. They needed triple overtime to defeat Atlanta at home and a buzzer-beater to down the Bulls. And they suffered a 17-point defeat against a struggling Seattle squad two weeks ago. But they have put those memories behind them during their five-game winning streak. "Like coach said, this is a game that's important, just like these games that we won," Francis said. "Phoenix is a team that likes to get up and down the court. We can't overlook anybody. We've seen what Atlanta did when they came in. Chicago. "We want to try to maintain the same intensity, the same composure and not worry about what's ahead of us. I don't overlook them at all." With only 17 games remaining, the Rockets are so close to the playoffs they can almost start looking at gaining home-court advantage. But after four consecutive lottery seasons, they are afraid to get excited. They know they have vulnerabilities to overcome. After all, it was only four games ago against Dallas that the Rockets turned the ball over 28 times. Three games ago, Van Gundy criticized some of his starters for overlooking the Clippers. Saturday, they had to play without Clarence Weatherspoon, who sat with a strained left calf and is day-to-day. "We're going to come into the game and play just like we played Memphis," Maurice Taylor said. "At this point in the season, you have to start getting ready for the season after. We can't take any games off. We can't take any teams for granted." Link
