Strange . . but Last year. . . SF and crew . . just screwed the pooch Even though that Laker Team would have beaten this Maverick team 4-1 as well I don't think we CHOKED [except in the last game] But I also know we lost. . . .just like last year all the WELL THIS and WELL THAT We Lost We could have won we showed moments of greatness and then moments of great weakness Same as last YEar Rocket River WE ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS OUR ROLE PLAYERs
I don't think game 7 was a choke job. I mean, really: everything went wrong. That happens sometimes. Happens during the season, happens during the playoffs. We had exactly one player (Yao) not suck in the game. We choked in games 3 and 4. Still, it was a good season. Hope next season will be better.
I think Choke City is a little harsh. We choked in individual games (5 and 7, imo), and were pretty damned good in others. In a couple, we lost but were within range. Overall, we could have done better. But "Choke" is getting swept out after being heavily favored, or at least being considered equal. Being an Oklahoma Sooners fan, after the Orange Bowl, I have come to a new appreciation of the word "choke." Look guys, this team did better than I had dreamed of at the beginning -- and even half-way point -- of the season. This team had absolutely no heart, no competitive fire at the begginning. We managed to pull out 5th seed, and take the series to a 7 games. There's no way that's Clutch, but there's no way that's Choke either. I call that IMPROVEMENT. I was very bummed out by the loss last night, but this is the best showing on a season we've had for six or seven years. Despite the 40 point loss in game 7, I am feeling a lot better about my Rockets than I have in years.
There are only a handful of teams in NBA history that have won the first two games on the road, then lost the series. Is that the result of the Rockets choking, or the Mavericks being clutch?
Dirk is going to have to show up at some point in the playoffs for Dallas to go much further... Did we choke? It's hard to say we didn't. I take solace in the fact though that the league (or at least Joe Crawford) decided that they wanted the Mavericks to stick around a little bit longer. 16 points from people other than T-Mac/Yao hurts. Dallas did a good job of defending the nonstar players. To win you have to have at least one other person really step up, and noone did last night.
Mavs being clutch. They played amazing. The Rockets didn't choke, they played their hearts out. They just weren't good enough. I mean, what can you do when guys like Terry, Finely, and Howard are just making everything they are throwing up? Nothing. Their supporting cast crushed ours. They were simply better. We have to accept that...and focus on getting better role-players. Just be thankful we don't have problems with the core...
I'm with Montogo. Unfortunately we choked. We had Dallas behind the 8 ball 3 times and couldn't finish it. Yes Dallas is the more athletic and talented team which is why we had to take advantage of the opportunities given us to to put them away. That we failed to when we had golden opportunities to me is a choke. Finally I find it really interesting reading how many people on this thread are arguing how it was essentially a given that Dallas would beat us when not that long ago most in this forum were saying it was guarenteed we would win because we played better D, had a better inside game along with a player they had no way of matching up with us. Yes they are superior athletically, in depth and in age but that still doesn't erase the fact that we had great chances to put them away and didn't. Dallas certainly won this series but at the same time we lost it a few times when it was right in our grasp.
In reality, We surprised Dallas and showed that we were a better team then they had prepared for....but honestly, they are clearly the better team, and Houston just made them rise to the occasion and challenged them to play the best basketball that franchise has ever played. What Houston showed is how a great player can carry a team...but not even Jordon would have been able to win with the supporting cast this team had.
he is just stating the facts. we choked. yao missing 5 straight freethrows. mc grady, despite his great play, missed key freethrows. but it wouldnt have come down to that if yao and the rest of the team didnt choke. we were up 2-0 and lost the series. that is choking. but it's over. we lost. next season we shall see if they make the moves to pull mc grady out of the first round.
Read his posts again. He said that anyone that doesn't agree with him is in denial and a fool. Is that part of the facts that you're referring to? That we're in denial and fools? If an 80-year old loses one-on-one with Jordan, do you say he choked? Maybe he just couldn't run as fast ... maybe he just got tired. That's what us fools think. When you're tired you can't shoot, you can't defend. It's not a matter of choking.
They put together what was likely the best team under the circumstances. The moves they made were awesome, and came very close to working out very very well. Some of ya'll act like other teams are just trying to find someone to give their young, talented, athletic players to.
I'd like to say, based on the endings of games 3 and 4, the Rockets did "choke." But hey, there's always next year to look forward to!
Is that necessarily the case, or is this simply the team Jeff Van Gundy was most comfortable with? He is continuing to follow his Knicks blueprint. He has a thing for older players. Given a 32-years old and a 26-year old of equal talent and "coachability" (whatever that means), he chooses to go after the former. There isn't necessarily anything wrong with that, but it is part of the package.
He just called you a NEW fan because you don't know it wasn't JEFF VAN GUNDY, it was Patrick Riley. Please don't make silly comments like this one... first check the facts before you report.
