ClutchFans Game Thread: Timberwolves @ Rockets 11/28/2006

I liked them too

Alston was horrible...his shot is going down the drain...he is seriously starting to piss me off

Yoaza was killer tonight, Battier is exactly what we need!

 

Long game

hopefully...

 

Yao limping and grimacing, along with TMac.

 

why is Yao limping off court? What is wrong?

 

BTW Yao is hurt up a little.

Hopefully he wont be sore for tomm's game.

 

hopefully the Rockets will change up their defensive scheme tomorrow. You are right. The Suns will get 3s all day against this kind of d. TMac really needs a big game. Yao struggles against smaller ,quicker teams.

 

We were 100% FT 10.8 sec before the end of this game, who ruined our perfect FT game?

 

Rafer saves his ass in the 4th.
I really wanted to kick his butt hard

 

That's his pimp limp.

Easy win. Nice that we are taking care of the chumps, as we should. We just need that Killer Instinct to close out the upper tier teams to be considered one of them.

 

Wins a win..10-4 and the suns coming up. i cant or dont want to imagine how nash is gonna tear skip a new one.

 

he was awful for 3 quarters but down the stretch he was huge. i dont think they wouldve won if it werent for him. he set up everything the last couple of minutes.

 

As great as Yao and TMac are, its the role players that are showing a lot of grit and a lot of confidence. I have no problem, with the game being on the line, letting Luther or Rafer take a shot. Battier and Billy are stepping up too. It's too bad that Bonzi hasn't decided that he wants to be a part of something very special that is unfolding before our very eyes.

 

Oh don't worry, Yao is just mocking McGrady, that's all.

It's Yao's typical dry sense of humor...

 

Man oh man, how did we win this one? Say what you want but remember 2 yrs back? We werent playing well then. Our record started 6-11. Today we are 10-4 and we arent even CLOSE to playing our best ball.

Imagine, the possibilities ... Sura maybe a soon comeback? T-Mac starts heating up, and maybe a Fonzi Smells sighting if we can keep him away from the buffet table long enough.

All things considered and we are where we are? It will only get better from here. BTW, we are now 6-1 at home except for the Spur meltdown, we would be undefeated at home.

Relax ... It's all good!

 

Rafer was 2-9

someone else would have been at least 5-9...and we could have pushed it a little more to grab a 10-15 point lead

Alston was garbage tonight, and the last few minutes saved his ass

 

So is KG coming to the Rox now? Well, whatever happens to T-mac, Rox proved they have guys that can step up.

And why do people say the Rox are boring to watch? This is the only team that has 20 point leads evaporate in 5 min. but still win by making clutch shots. Watching this team gives me a heart attack everytime.

 

i don't even wanna watch the game tomorrow.

they had 4 days to prepare for the rox while we have to play tonight and TRAVEl...

add to that the fact that the rox defense packs it in and allows 3's. if the team adjusts then they won't be used to the defensive scheme.

tmac isn't putting up any points.

rafer shoots us out of every game.

i hope it's at least close.

 

safe to say that alston > mj?

jk. they both had putrid nights, yet alsto did bring us back. great game and we get the W. now everyone needs to get ready to kick the suns' asses

 

Uh so is anyone else as concerned about Yao's limp as I am? I hope it's nothing serious. Maybe just a tiny small slight sprain? Please God.

 

Hard to hate Rafer...he was shooting really horribly and was terrible on offense for 3 quarters, but he was excellent defensively....shut down James until he was finally banished to the bench for Randy Foye. And then even Randy didn't have much success against Rafer either. And it was nice to see him retain his confidence and come through in the 4th quarter when it counted.

But man....we can't have our backcourt starting games with 5-25 shooting ... won't beat elite teams that way.