ClutchFans Game Thread: Timberwolves @ Rockets 11/11/2004

Mo and boki should be ready for every game. If they play with this intensity every game with Yao and tmac than we will be the champs for sure>>>>

 

Hooray, hooray for Rockets2K and Vengeance! Where would us fans be without you guys, thanks again! BTW, your server speeds are blazing fast, Vengeance!

 

Yes, you heard it right.

http://www.hoopscentral.net/video/mokg.mpg

 

Glad to hear that it's going well. I can't really tell since I'm like right next to it. I'm a bit nervous about this server because It's only been up a week, but I think it'll handle the load better than my regular one which is now a paperweight.

Just looked through the logs and a few things stand out to me . . .

1. Too many IE users. In future, there may be annoying pop-ups for you . . .

2. Why in the world are most of my referrals from hoopchina.com?!?? Does word travel that quickly?

 

Loved the Rudy T segment, it actually brought tears to my eyes. I wish him the best in life. Is this the same tribute video that is going to be played the night we play the Lakers? Anybody know?

 

after tonight, Nachbar is #2 in 3pt FG% with a blistering 70% (up from 66.7%). Granted, its 7/10, but keep that 3pt shooting euro stereotype coming! and thank goodness too because we need this in order for our inside-out to work.

in other related news, mo set a career high for number of 3ptrs made (2).

 

oh... i hope no. after yao watches the segment he will play passively against rudy's fakers....

 

where is the video of yao's fadeaway shot?

 

from the above pic from chron, you can see ervin 'the gay' johnson is grabbin yao's hand,.... no foul called

 

It probably got reposted on that board, and was hit up a bunch. You know the other day, I saw one of R2K's yousendit links for a Yao dunk on the Yao ming mania board and I replied that I didn't think it was cool to repost the link like that because the yousendit links are so temporary. It turns out that he actually found the link on the ESPN boards and reposted it there. So yeah, these links really go around the horn in a hurry.

 

looking at that kg fall, i can't even figure out how that happened, didn't look like a typical ankle breaker.

 

Thx alot .....r2k Vengeance m_cable ......

 

Thank u Rockets2K , good job! Could u provide more clips like that?

 

Also thank u Vengeance! u rock

 

Both Mo and JJ do not look for Boki - I don't think it's on purpose - plays are not called for him - they are regular starters and trying to contribute - neither see the floor well anyway.

Also - JJ really over did it on the last play - I reviewed in slowmo on dvr you can see why ref called the foul - it was a hard block - but that move was to get Boki an open shot.

 

Maybe Yao should start wiping guys out with his elbows a la Malone.

 

Have to share this one.

 

Jeff Van Gundy was pleased with Yao's aggression. Check out his quote:

After Houston fell behind by 13 in the first half, Yao took control late, demanding the ball down low and making strong moves to the hoop to draw fouls. He took 16 free throws, making 13.

"He just played a little tired, but I thought he was very assertive offensively," Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy said. "Getting to the free-throw line 16 times is a great accomplishment, could have probably been there a little more even."

Early in the fourth, Yao spun around Ervin Johnson on the baseline and threw down a two-handed slam to give the Rockets a 76-73 lead.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/basketball/nba/11/12/timberwolves.rockets.ap/

 

Since I dl'ed two of these, I'm re-upping them here:
Yao dunk1b
Yao dunk2b

-- droxford