Do you think the Rockets can beat the Magic in Orlando on Wednesday

Yes & hell yea.

Orlando is overrated. They have not inside presence whatsoever, hopefully Yao will kill them on the boards. If we can at least contain TMac, we should have another win.

 

The only thing the Rockets are consistent at is playing inconsistently, so I've pretty much given up hope on predicting games. The pessimist in me says that we'll lose by 20, the optimist in me says that we'll lose by three...

 

Yes!! The Magic play poor interior defense. Expect a big night from Steve and Yao.

 

Looking at the recent history, T-Mac will score 40 and D.Armtrong will also have a career night and we'll get our ass whipped. Hopefully thats not the case, but the rockets have had a hard time winning in Orlando.

 

hell yes

yao-25p 16r 4b
steve-18p 4r 8a
cat-22p 4r 3a

rox 91
magic 83

 

I agree. The Rox this year are so uinconsistent that they may win by 20 pts. or lose by the same.

~ kountzer ~

 

Depends on which Rocket team shows up....if it is the one that decides to play together and play hard, then yes.

If however, it is the lazy, me first team, then no.

DaDakota

 

TMac can get hot at any time and Grant Hill can get going too when his ankle isn't bothering him. I hope Posey/Hawkins or at times T-Mo will play defense against T-Mac. Role players are potential killers too.Armstrong,Garrity,Mike Miller,Pat Burke, Shawn Kemp,Andrew DeClercq. I don't think the Rockets are going to win but I would be very happy to see them prove me wrong.

 

No idea.

 

Only if the Rockets remember that Orlando has been beating our
asses for the last 3 years...

...if they think that they are going to walk all over Orlando, they will
lose like they lose all the other games they've refused to "prepare" for,
or take seriously.

 

Yes.

When Rockets play smart, they are one of the best teams in NBA. They can beat pretty much any team, except perhaps Lakers when Shaq and Kobe are healthy.

 

probably not

 

well, the rockets have not won in orlando since game 2 of the finals, and orlando has always been a tough place for the Rockets even when the rockets had good teams. And the Rockets inconsistency of late does not warrant the likelihood of a win in that tough place.

So I say no.

 

When you can't beat "bottomfeeders" at home, it is unlikely that you can beat good teams on the road. The Rockets will regret blowing this cushy homestand.

I am amazed at the excuses made on this board. Some of our players need a swift kick in the butt. Two weeks in a Bobby Knight basketball camp might help.

 

You can bet T-Mac will score a career high, that much is certain.

 

I sounds simple (nothing is simple to these Rockets) but if we play smart and as 'one team' - WE WILL WIN.

 

I love TMac, he's my favorite player next to Ming and I think he's the best player in the NBA, but Orlando really sucks.
They have to have the worst front-court in the History of the Game......and that's with Hill or Tmac occaisonally playing the '3'.

We shouldn't have a problem with this team unless Garrity starts hitting 3's.
Kemp, Burke, DeClercq.....
I love Hill as well, but he won't be too much of a factor with his current condition.


Edit:
Then again, knowing our team Jacque Vaughn and Jeryl Sasser are going to have 18+ points.

 

I predice we will hold Tmac below 20. Hill and Miller will have subpar games as well.

However, Garrity will pull a Troy Murphy and go off for 25. Darrell Armstrong will score like 95 points on 5 shots and dish out about 20 assists for wide open jumpers to Garrity.

 

Absolutely not.

Rockets will set a franchise record for most turnovers in a game.